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XAVIER COY
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Xavier Coy is a Sydney based writer and actor. He started writing plays about ten years ago and staged Smokin’ Joe, Caught Out, Distorted, Are You Listening Now? and Charles & Larry. From there he went on to work in TV on Channel 10’s Five Bedrooms whilst being part of development rooms along the way. In 2023 Xavier premiered my short film Fighting at Sydney Film Festival.
In 2017 Xavier was awarded the Terracini Estate Residency for writing. Other writing credits include Not Even God Can Save Us (ACA), The World According to Jerry and Agency (KXT Storytellers Festival), Buried, Are You Listening Now? and Distorted (Old 505 Theatre), Caught Out (Sydney Fringe Festival and Bondi Feast) which took out the NIDA Award for Best Writer & winner of Sydney Fringe Award at the 2018 Sydney Fringe Festival, and Charles & Larry (Flightpath Theatre). Recent and exciting news sees Caught Out being adapted into a musical format in collaboration with Squabbalogic Independent Musical Theatre Inc. which has been funded by Create NSW and a federal Rise Grant. Xavier has producing attachments for his feature films, the comedy, The Dream (Sugary Rum Productions) and a drama Changing Tides (Goose Bridle Productions). |
