World Interplay 2009 was a global festival of young playwrights e. Offering real opportunities to develop skills, exchange ideas and collaborate with leading international artists, it will attract the hottest emerging theatre writers from around the world. Brought together in Cairns Australia for two intensive weeks, these writers were empowered to raise their voices, squeeze their hearts and unleash their intellect in this rigorous theatre-writing event. World Interplay 2009 was sponsored by The Australia Council for the Arts and Arts Queensland, Interplay’s partners for the 2009 JUTE, the leading theatre company in Cairns, who will support the delivery of the 2009 World Interplay Festival. 2009 World Interplay Festival Program