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Laneikka’s second play FEMINAZI was the recipient of the EDGE SPACE Inner West Council Grant and has been programmed by Belvoir St Theatre as part of their Sydney World Pride season.

★★★★ - time out

★★★★★ - the queer review

https://belvoir.com.au/productions/feminazi/

You can purchase the play here.

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At seventeen Laneikka wrote DEAD SKIN that went on to sell out a season at Kings Cross Theatre. The play won the State Theatre Company of South Australia’s Young PlaywrightsAward and has been published by Australian Plays Transform. Laneikka is the recipient of the Diversity Entertainment Creative Mentorship, their play DEAD SKIN will be performed in LA while Laneikka works on a feature film adaption of the play with Diversity Entertainment, LLC.

★★★★ - the queer review

‘A furious and urgent work that shatters the cobwebs off the stale queer narrative…’ - the australian arts review

You can buy a copy of the play here.

CREATOR AND PRODUCER

Nominated for BEST PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2022.

In partnership with KXT, with support from PYT Fairfield Laneikka has created and produced THE MONOLOGUE COLLECTIVE a year-long writing program for teenagers to develop monologues for teenagers to perform in the HSC. The Monologue Collective was performed at KXT and Shopfront to SOLD OUT audiences, published by Play Lab Australia.

The program includes two developments at PYT Fairfield, dramaturgy from Bernadette Fam and Riley Spadaro, seven workshops with Alana Valentine, Polly Rowe, Jordy Shea, Merlynn Tong, Ayeesha Ash, Lewis Treston, Anchuli Felicia King, and was performed

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Funded by Create NSW, Country Women’s Association NSW, Rodney Seaborn Foundation.

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supported by city of sydney - concept by ziggy resnick and written by laneikka denne for brand x flying nun season 8.

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Recipient of the Q LAB grant, SHITHOLE is in development with Q Theatre.

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a commission from spineless wonders publishing, in-development with RaCreate with support from the city of sydney in 2025.

jury member for flickerfest 2024’s ‘flicker up’ youth film festival.

queer writing mentor for teenage writers for ‘stories from the heart’ in collaboration with sydney world pride x atyp - 2023

performer and panelist for sydney writer’s festival - out west edition, 2023.

performer and panelist at the blue mountains writers festival.

FEMINAZI: a part digital part theatre performance about a self-proclaimed feminist who sets out to kill every man in the world. Feminazi was awarded the Inner West Council EDGE Grant.

Verbatim piece about the recent sex education and consent petition around Australia.

Working with established theatre practitioners to produce The Monologue Collective through the program.

Writing program for Western Sydney writers to develop their craft and publish work in hardcopy and electronic forms.

Writing program to develop work and learn how to pitch theatre works to Merrigong Theatre Company.