Donna Abela has written over 25 plays for audiences of all ages.

They have been heard on radio, and performed in theatres great and small, schools, museums, youth theatres, community centres, town halls, show grounds and in a semi-derelict power station.

Her plays include The Greatest Show On Earth, Fathom, The Daphne Massacre, Tales From the Arabian Nights, Circus Caravan, Highest Mountain Fastest River and Snipe.

Donna co-founded Powerhouse Youth Theatre in Western Sydney in 1987, and devised her early plays, such as Ratbags and Reek Havoc, with this company.