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Introduction
Van Badham is an Australian writer and activist. A playwright and novelist, she writes dramas and comedies. She is a regular columnist for the Guardian Australia website. Badham is also an ambassador for the National Secular Lobby.
Early life
| Name | Van Badham |
| Net Worth | $3 million |
| Occupation | Writer, Activist |
| Age | 48 years |
| Height | 1.68m |
Vanessa “Van” Badham was born on November 29, 1974 (age 48 years) in Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Australian parents. Her parents worked in the New South Wales gaming and track industry, with her father eventually working as a manager in the registered club industry.
Van Badham studied creative writing and performance at the University of Wollongong, graduating with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) degrees. At university, Badham won the Philip Larkin Poetry Prize in 1997, and the Des Davis Drama Prize and Comedy Prize in 2000.
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In 2001, she went on an exchange with the University of Sheffield in the UK to study English literature. At the University of Wollongong, she was drawn into involvement with student politics and left-wing activism, and she was elected editor of the Student Representative Council newspaper, Tertangala.
She worked with the Student Union as Media Officer and Women’s Officer, and sat on the Academic Senate and University Internationalisation Committee. By 1998, Badham was an avowed anarchist and Small and Regional Campuses Officer and then President of the New South Wales branch of the National Union of Students, caucusing with radical group Non Aligned Left. In 2013, she completed a Master of Arts degree with First Class Honours in Theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.
Career
Van Badham won the Naked Theatre Company’s first “Write Now!” play competition in 1999 and with it a production of her winning play, The Wilderness of Mirrors, at the Sydney Theatre Company’s Wharf studio. About secret service infiltration of an activist organisation, the play brought her to public attention and she began to stage more work across Australia.
Badham relocated to the United Kingdom in 2001. In the UK, Badham’s work was discovered by the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, who staged a collaborative production of Kitchen with Nabokov Theatre in 2001. A play about marriage as a metaphor for capitalism, it then toured to the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, A 2003 play, Camarilla, was a critical success at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, cementing Badham’s international reputation as a proponent of radical political theatre.
In Australia, Van Badham’s plays have had mainstage seasons at Griffin Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, The Sydney Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre Company. She was appointed Literary Manager of London’s Finborough Theatre in 2009 and worked there until relocating to Melbourne to become an artistic associate at the Malthouse Theatre from 2011 to 2013.
Van Badham Awards for her theatre work include the 2005 Queensland Premier’s Literary Award for Black Hands / Dead Section, the 2014 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award for Muff and the 2014 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards for The Bull, the Moon and the Coronet of Stars.
In 2009, it was announced that Van Badham had been signed for a three-book deal by Pan Macmillan Australia. Her first book, Burnt Snow, was released in September 2010. In November 2021 she released her debut non-fiction book with Australian independent publisher Hardie Grant Books, Qanon and On.
Van Badham began publishing political commentary and arts criticism for the Guardian Australia website in 2013. Her commentary has also appeared in publications The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Irish Times, Der Freitag, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Women’s Agenda, Australian Cosmopolitan and Daily Life.
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As a commentator, Van Badham has been a guest of The Drum on ABC Television, Politics HQ on Sky News Australia, Radio National, Sunrise and The Project and in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019 was a panellist on the ABC’s Q&A programme. Additionally, she has been a featured speaker at the Wheeler Centre, Festival of Dangerous Ideas, All About Women festival, Melbourne Writers Festival and Australian Council of Trade Unions National Congress.
Husband
Is Van Badham married? Van Badham is a married woman and has children with her husband. Her partner is Ben Davison and haven’t disclosed their weddding date and place.
Van Badham net worth
How much is Van Badham worth? Van Badham net worth is estimated at around $3 million. Her main source of income is from her primary work as a writer and activist. Van Badham’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $350,000 dollars annually. Her remarkable achievements have earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars trips. She is one of the richest and influential writers in Australia. She stands at an appealing height of 1.68m and has a good body weight which suits her personality.