Hannah Belanszky is a writer and Yuwaalaraay woman based in Sydney. Her debut mainstage play DON’T ASK WHAT THE BIRD LOOK LIKE premiered at Queensland Theatre in 2023 and is shortlisted for the 2024 Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting, was a finalist for the 2019 Queensland Premier’s Drama Award, the 2019 Lord Mayor’s Award for Best New Australian Work. Her play SAPLINGS premiered in Sydney Festival 2024 at Australian Theatre for Young People. She wrote, directed and performed in THE WIVES OF WOLFGANG which won Best Cabaret at the Adelaide Fringe weekly awards and has also been performed at Fringe World Perth and Brisbane Powerhouse. Hannah has also been in writers’ rooms for Jungle Entertainment, Matchbox Pictures, See-Saw Films, Bunya Productions and New Canvas, has worked as a Development Coordinator for Unless Pictures, and was selected for the 2022 Netflix ANZ Writer’s Journey lab in partnership with Australians in Film.