One of Australia’s leading dramaturgs, Peter Matheson deals with script development, script assessment and dramaturgy. Peter works on story, structure, characterization and language skills in taking your play script, your story, your manuscript to the next level.
With a wide range of experience from state theatre companies to regional ones, from city to country, from physical theatre through text based narrative, Peter guides individual playwrights through the creative process and the maze of what to do with your play when it’s finished.
Over time, he has found that the scripts playwrights present are not always realized by conventional theatre. He has also been asked to assess various forms of manuscript; from film through to various forms of prose. In dealing with various theatrical conventions, he has accepted that ‘story’ takes many forms but there are craft skills that are common.
He deals with new writers, emerging ones and ones who have emerged. He works with initial ideas through to first draft, from first to rehearsal draft. He assesses and plans different paths through writers’ ideas.
He has a commitment to excellence, intellect and strong emotional stories. He is committed to writing to the highest level and to the widest possible audience.
Peter Matheson is a freelance dramaturg and script assessor living on the north coast of NSW. He has a scattered stable of individual clients in all capital cities, and the regions of NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Northern Territory and Tasmania as well as New Zealand, USA, Hawaii and Britain.