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PLAYS FOR THE YOUNG COMPETITION - NOW OPEN
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MEET OUR NEW PASIFIKA TRAINEE SCRIPT ADVISOR
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 Kia ora <<First Name>>
This month, longstanding staff member Stuart Hoar is leaving Playmarket. He has been on staff for twelve years – he left for a little while around 2017 and then came back but we’ll ignore that – a massive run, and we will miss him terribly. Stuart has been a major force in our relationship with clients and supplying feedback on what must be thousands of scripts. All the best Stuart for the next phase of your life.
We welcome Allison Horsley who worked for us a little while around 2017 and now returns (there’s a cycle emerging here). We’re thrilled Allison will be back on staff as Script Advisor to join Jason Te Kare. She was a highly-regarded script advisor during her time here, and since then has continued to forge strong ties throughout the country for her trustworthy advice to playwrights. Allison will work from her home in Dunedin, thus increasing our presence in Te Waipounamu. Currently four Playmarket board members are based in Nelson, Christchurch and Dunedin. Jason is currently working from his temporary home in Riyadh but will return next year to be based in Auckland.
The other big news is the announcement below of the shortlist and winner of Playwrights b4 25. Congratulations to all of these playwrights. These plays deserve to be seen on our stages and we look forward to seeing them develop.
Also announced below is the recipient of the Creative New Zealand Playmarket Pasifika Trainee Script Advisor residency. Congratulations Sarai. We look forward to working with you. We’re thrilled to partner with Auckland Theatre Company on this programme.
Our Te Hono programme, where a playwright and a script advisor are paired to work on a new script, is underway with 20 participant pairings. Applications were way above the number we can accommodate. These pairs will be working together intermittently over the next three months.
A number of publications are in progress right now – the Playmarket Annual is soon to go to print and the next in our guideline series and the volume of two verbatim plays are in preparation. The Annual will be in your mailboxes in July. The other two will be out in October and November respectively.
The next competition deadline is Plays for the Young which closes on 1 August.
Kia haumaru te noho.
Murray Lynch
Tumuaki /Director Playmarket
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We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2022 Playwrights b4 25 Competition.
TALIA PUA for Pork and Poll Taxes
Talia’s play is a rich, poetic family drama inspired by the history of Chinese market gardeners in the poll tax era. Read more about it here.
Many thanks to our partner Auckland Live who have provided the winner's prize and for their continued support of young playwrights.
Congratulations to our other finalists: Melanie Allison, Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana, Jack McGee and Mia Oudes.
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PASIFIKA TRAINEE SCRIPT ADVISOR RESIDENCY
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We're pleased to announce the 2022 Creative New Zealand Playmarket Pasifika Trainee Script Advisor Residency has been awarded to Sarai Perenise-Ropeti (Solosolo, Upolu and Iva, Savai’i and Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa).
The 14-week week residency programme includes in-depth industry mentoring by senior practitioners in dramaturgy that aims to grow the pool of Pasifika script advisors in Aotearoa.
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ASIAN INK SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED
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Our Asian Ink development programme is looking for NZ Asian writers with the best new and original work. The programme offers playwrights a development workshop with a professional script advisor and actors dedicated to helping you develop your play.
Plays previously selected for Asian Ink development include Pork and Poll Taxes by Talia Pua, Not Woman Enough by Hweiling Ow, Orientation by Chye-Ling Huang, MoodPorn by Matthew Loveranes, Let's Save the Universe by Benjamin Teh, A Moment or Two by Arun Subramanian, Flesh Off the Boat and Scenes from a Yellow Peril by Nathan Joe.
Submissions can only be entered into this programme once and you may enter a maximum of three scripts. Plays entered under this programme may have been previously produced.
Submissions are through our website and are open until 1 July 2022.
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A competition to find the best new plays to inspire and excite young audiences.
There are three categories: 3–8 years, 8–12 years, or written for teenagers.
Submissions can only be entered into this competition once and you may enter a maximum of three scripts. Plays entered under this competition may have been previously produced.
All submissions are read blind by the judges.
See here for more details.
Submissions close 1 August
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Congratulations to Whiti Hereaka who has won the $60,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn prize for fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her novel Kurangaituku. Read more here and Whiti's interview with Radio NZ is available here.
Congratulations to Ana Scotney who is a recipient of a 2022 Springboard award from The Arts Foundation. Ana receives $15,000 and a mentorship with Dame Gaylene Preston. Read more here.
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BARBARIAN RUCKUS 3 - 9 JULY
Ruckus (formerly known as Let’s Make Work Together) is Barbarian Productions’ creative practice week for independent artists at their home, the Vogelmorn Bowling Club. Ruckus participants are given rehearsal space somewhere in the Vogelmorn Precinct over a week along with some mentorship support. See here for more details
Applications close 10 June
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BATS STUDIO RESIDENCIES
BATS Theatre is hosting two residencies in the Studio for the second half of 2022. Each residency is four weeks long and comes with a grant of $2000. This is an opportunity to test and play with ideas without the pressure of a performance deadline. BATS are seeking applicants at any stage of their career who are interested in collaboration between multiple artforms.
See here for more details
Submissions close 18 June 2022
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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MODERN LETTERS
MĀORI AND PASIFIKA CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP - TE HIRINGA A TUHI
Convened by Victor Rodger 5 Jul – 7 Nov
This creative writing workshop is a practical paper for students who wish to produce fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry or scriptwriting which is informed by Māori or Pasifika perspectives, cultures and origins, the process of colonisation, or questions of identity and belonging. See here for more details.
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AUCKLAND WRITEFEST 2022
Sunday 24 July
This year Beginner's Guide Writing Workshops are bringing together an amazing group of tutors and wordsmiths under one roof to teach a broad range of writing skills over one super stimulating day. If you are a writer looking to improve your craft or a newer writer looking to learn and connect with other writers - this event is for you! Tutors include Kathryn Burnett, Nick Ward and Dominic Hoey among others.
See here for more details.
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Tawata Productions' festival of new work in development, Breaking Ground, returns for 2022. This year there are public readings of 4 new works on Friday 24 June and Saturday 25 June at Te Auaha Centre of Creativity in Wellington. Attendance is free but tickets are essential due to covid regulations.
This year the public readings are:
The World's First Lovers by Jessica Latton
The Wall by Joe Dekkers-Reihana
Pane Provocations by Teherenui Koteka
The Legend of Pam and Terry by Nathan Mudge and Mycah Keall
See the website here for more details.
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SCRIPT TO SCREEN FILMUP MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME
A six-month professional development programme for writers, directors and producers. It supports and empowers eight filmmakers each year to reach the next stage in their film careers. Applicants must have a feature project in development, and be able to demonstrate that their project and career are at the right stage for mentorship.
See here for more details.
Applications close 27 June
TOUR-MAKERS 2023 EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST OPEN
Tour-Makers' purpose is to deliver high-quality work to professional performing arts venues throughout Aotearoa (with a capacity of 200+ audience size). Tour-Makers is able to tour up to three medium - large scale, tour-ready works per year.
See here for more details.
Submissions close 11 July
HOWICK LITTLE THEATRE PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP WITH PAUL KALBURGI - AUGUST
A 10-week workshop with Paul Kalburgi, award-winning British screenwriter, playwright and television producer, and author of The Writer’s Toolkit. Starting at Howick Little Theatre on Tuesday, 2 August and running for 10 weeks, 7.00pm to 9.30pm. Cost: $200 (limited to 10 people aged 18 years and over).
See here for more details and registrations here.
YALE DRAMA SERIES COMPETITION
Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays in English, with a minimum of 65 pages. The winner of this annual competition will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of their manuscript by Yale University Press, and a celebratory event.
See here for more details
Submissions close 15 August
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MODERN LETTERS WRITER IN RESIDENCE
The Writer in Residence has been created to foster New Zealand writing by providing the appointee with the opportunity to write full-time within an academic environment for the period of tenure. The residency is open to writers in all areas of literary activity. Applicants should be writers of proven merit and must be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident.
See here for more details.
Applications close 30 September
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Puti Lancaster – Harvester of stories
Rosheen Fitzgerald for Bay Buzz
A tribute to theatremaker Puti Lancaster who passed away in December 2021.
Bookmarks with Jacob Rajan
Radio New Zealand
Jacob Rajan, co-founder of Indian Ink Theatre Company, talks about what he's reading, watching and listening to in his spare time.
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Oscar Kightley wishes his play wasn't relevant
Tulia Thompson for NZ Geographic
The actor, writer and director’s play Dawn Raids is being restaged, 25 years after he wrote it.
How sustained support for playwrights impacts artistry
Alexis Frasz for Howlround
Findings from the recent assessment of the USA National Playwright Residency Programme.
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Noho Digital School Tour
Young & Hungry
Available from 9 May
A 50-minute show featuring extracts from Aotearoa playwrights. Scenes, performance pieces, mōteatea, haka and waiata for students in years 10-13. Playwrights include Apirana Taylor, Witi Ihimaera, Dean Parker and Briar Grace Smith. Noho illuminates and investigates colonising narratives and provides a robust platform for discussion, kōrero and growth. A full teachers' resource pack is available. Contact Young & Hungry for Bookings.
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The Adults are Talking
by Jack McGee
Squash Co. Arts Collective at BATS 7 – 11 Jun
Sasha is the president of the VUWSA and her executive is in a shambles. Aside from her Women’s officer, the executive consists entirely of men - in one big, goon-squad, clique together. Sasha stays up to all hours, doing their work for them. Working past the last bus, she’s nearly burnt through the taxi budget, and needs to motion for an increase. The only problem is, that will require a majority vote... Shortlisted for 2022 Playwrights b4 25.
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Lovin' it
by Jo Randerson
Centrepoint 2022 Basement Company 9 – 11 Jun
Thirteen peculiar lost souls pick through the rubbish heap of a post-apocalyptic world. In their quest for a link to the past, what will they find? The secrets of an enlightened society? Or just info on the latest buy one get one free deal? Surely we left something meaningful behind... Join the 2022 Basement Company in this hilarious dark comedy of our relentless appetite for products and our ravenous desire to belong.
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Krishnan’s Dairy
by Jacob Rajan
Indian Ink at Q Theatre and Te Raukura ki Kāpiti 9 Jun – 2 Jul
Ordinary people, legendary love. Take a look behind the counter of the corner dairy and discover a love story as wondrous as the Taj Mahal. Winner of the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe First Award and two Production of the Year Awards in New Zealand, this iconic play has won the hearts of generations of people throughout the world.
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Mrs Krishnan’s Party
by Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis
Indian Ink at Q Theatre 9 - 26 Jun
Step into the back room of Mrs Krishnan’s dairy where garlands decorate the ceiling, music flows and Mrs Krishnan is throwing a party like no other. Food simmers on the stove, laughter abounds and strangers become friends in this joyous celebration of life.
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Bodgie
by Anya Tate-Manning
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School at BATS 10 – 18 Jun
"The world has always owed more to the youth than it has ever paid."
Wellington, 1956. Youth in Revolt. Welcome to a world of misfits, outcasts, juvenile delinquents, sexual immorality and the birth of Rock and Roll.
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Matenui
by Mitch Tawhi-Thomas
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School at BATS 10 – 18 Jun
A troubled woman arrives to stay at her sister's house for support, but tension bursts when she clashes with her overbearing brother-in-law. Matenui is a kitchen sink drama set in 1977 Aotearoa that seethes and explodes like a domestic opera, up against a backdrop of one of the most turbulent times in our country's history.
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An Unseasonable Fall of Snow
by Gary Henderson
Hollywood Fringe, USA 10 - 19 Jun
A bewildered young man is questioned by a ruthless interrogator, who circles like a predator, forcing him closer and closer to an awful admission. A compelling investigation of truth, consequences, and the ultimate value of human life. This one-act mystery play is an intriguing psychological study of the innermost private depths of the human condition, as mysteries often are.
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Yes Yes Yes
by Eleanor Bishop and Karin McCracken
Auckland Live, Carterton Events Centre, Circa 14 Jun - 28 Jul
Part confession, part documentary, part open conversation, Yes Yes Yes is a theatre show created for young adults that explores the knotty and necessary topics of healthy relationships, desire and consent. This latest work from award-winning duo Karin McCracken and Eleanor Bishop blends audience interaction with a captivating solo performance and features in-depth interviews with teenagers from around Aotearoa.
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The Engine Room
by Ralph McCubbin Howell
Hagley Theatre Company 17 – 24 Jun
The Engine Room by Ralph McCubbin Howell, is Hagley Theatre Company's second major season of 2022. Rugby and politics come together in this Kiwi play directed by Brendon Bennetts. Set during the 2008 election, the play charts political and personal conflicts against a backdrop of police brutality and protest lines. With sport and politics going head to head, the battlelines are drawn. And the whole world is watching.
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Ngā Rorirori
by Hone Kouka
Tawata Productions at Circa Theatre 18 – 25 Jun
Māori. Dance. Theatre. Farce. A rural marae has hit the jackpot – if they pass one final hurdle, that is. The haukāinga must convince the Government’s Chief Executive of the Department of ‘Whenua, Whakapapa and Whatever’ that they are the true descendants of their eponymous ancestor. If they are successful at doing so, the vast coastline in their rohe reverts to their ownership, garnering millions of dollars… in back rent alone.
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Scenes from a Yellow Peril
by Nathan Joe
Auckland Theatre Company 21 Jun – 3 Jul
An uncomfortable, playful and enlightening provocation on racism and privilege in Aotearoa. A meta-analysis of Asian identity, carved into razor-sharp scenes that cut to the cultural quick. Scenes from a Yellow Peril is less a play, more a series of insights that, when taken together, expose the pain of the way in which some people are othered but whose experience will not be denied. This is a doom scroll disguised as a play.
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The Sh*t Kid
by Sarah Harpur
Nelson Fringe Festival 23 – 24 Jun
Sibling rivalry. Olympic ambition. Mark Todd fever-dreams. A very sexy horse. There's a 'sh*t kid' in every family. In Sharni's family, it's her. The Sh*t Kid is a one-person play about one mediocre person. Written and performed by award-winning writer and comedian, Sarah Harpur, and directed by award-winning, multi-talented Carrie Green. Shortlisted for the 2022 Adam NZ Play Award.
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Badjelly the Witch
adapted by Tim Bray from the book by Spike Milligan
Tim Bray Theatre Company Auckland Tour 2 – 30 Jul
Kiwi kids have grown up with the story of Tim and Rose’s madcap adventure through the great black forest and into Badjelly’s castle, and this July children of Auckland can experience the electric, cult classic stage show Badjelly The Witch live! A quest full of twists and turns, with memorable characters and sausage turning spells. This bustling stage show will delight children and parents alike in a one-hour stage extravaganza.
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