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Martin Algus
Martin Algus is the most awarded Estonian playwright. His debut works, Thirst and You Are!, won both prizes in the 2007 New Drama Competition. He gained international recognition in 2011 when his play Contact won the New Baltic Drama competition and premiered in Finland. Algus works as a freelance actor, playwright, screenwriter, producer, and translator. He has translated over 25 plays and received the Estonian Theatre Union’s prize for translation.
His texts often explore the limits of relationships, identity, and self-destruction with a mix of dark humour and raw honesty, placing ordinary people in situations that reveal emotional and social fragility.
Awards and prizes
2022 BBC Audio Drama Award for Best European Drama for The Lion (Lõvi), with Andres Noormets
2014 Estonian Theatre Award for Original Dramaturgy for Sulphur Magnolias (Väävelmagnoolad)
2013 Second Prize at the Estonian Theatre Agency’s New Drama Competition for Sulphur Magnolias (Väävelmagnooliad)
2012 Award for Original Drama from the Cultural Endowment of Estonia for Contact (Kontakt)
2010 First Prize in New Baltic Drama 2011 for Contact (Kontakt)
2009 First Prize at the Estonian Theatre Agency’s New Drama Competition for Postmodern Households (Postmodernsed leibkonnad)
2007 First Prize at the Estonian Theatre Agency’s New Drama Competition for Thirst (Janu)
2007 Second Prize at the Estonian Theatre Agency’s New Drama Competition for You Are! (Ise oled!)