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PLAYMARKET ANNUAL 2022
Coming soon
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PLAYS FOR THE YOUNG Submissions open
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 Kia ora <<First Name>>
A recent experience I had leads me to reiterate a message to playwrights about ownership of work. Playwrights, who are rightly thrilled that their work is going into rehearsal, have been known to tell the director to ‘do what you like with it’. This is a phrase that does not belong in a playwrights vocabulary. I have seen playwrights' jaws drop at the lack of resemblance a production has to the original script. Playmarket’s licences stipulate that any changes must be run past the playwright and this wise clause exists because so many scripts have been distorted in the absence of playwright engagement. Most directors honour the script that inspired them to want to put it on stage and, of course, there are myriad directors who have excellent input as to how to improve your script, but you must not give blanket permission to them. Know that you can say no to changes and thus on opening night the audience sees the play you have agreed to. Call on Playmarket at any time you are experiencing difficulty sustaining your rights.
The recently announced free trade agreement between Aotearoa and the European Union includes an agreement by Aotearoa to extend the copyright term. For most of the world the term of copyright has been for 70 years, while Aotearoa has been 50 years. This new agreement brings those rights in line with those worldwide. New Zealand will have four years from commencement of the Agreement to implement these changes to the Copyright Act 1994. This will have a positive impact on the future of your work.
Our Te Hono programme runs for just over one more month and the ten playwrights and ten script advisors are fully engaged in the development of ten new works. I look forward to learning of the fruits of these partnerships.
Salesi is in the thick of a lot of publishing right now: the Playmarket Annual will have gone to print by the time you read this and will be in your mailboxes shortly. It is packed full of information and provocation on this year’s theme of BIPOC women working in Aotearoa theatre.
Our partners at the Whitireia publishing course are deep in preparation for the volume of two verbatim plays and these will be available in November. We are also well along the way with our 2022 Guideline publication, Access for Artists and Audiences. A lot of publishing to look forward to!
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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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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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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CAPITAL E NATIONAL CREATIVE RESIDENCY 2022
22 – 25 September
Aotearoa-based Theatre for Young Audiences makers and aspiring makers are invited to apply for the 2022 National Creative Residency, a dynamic professional development programme and ideas lab for 15 selected practitioners. This intensive creative process supports the development of new work from seed ideas through to the first draft.
See here for more details
Applications close 29 July
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HOWICK LITTLE THEATRE PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP WITH PAUL KALBURGI - AUGUST
A 10-week workshop with Paul Kalburgi, award-winning screenwriter, playwright, television producer and author of The Writer’s Toolkit. Begins Tuesday 2 August and runs for 10 weeks, 7pm to 9.30pm. Cost: $200 (limited to 10 people aged 18 years and over).
See here for more details and registrations here.
YOUNG WRITER IN RESIDENCE 11 SEP - 7 OCT
NZ Young Writers Festival in Dunedin has a residency open to NZ writers aged 18-35. Return travel within NZ and a stipend of $3600 is included. The writer will also present an event at the festival.
See here for more details.
Applications close 31 July
SCRIPT TO SCREEN STORY CAMP AOTEAROA 15 – 19 NOV
Story Camp seeks feature film projects from a well-developed treatment through to a script in advanced development. Up to eight selected writers or teams will participate in a rigorous five-day residential experience designed specifically to meet the development needs of their project.
See here for more details.
Applications close 10 August
YALE DRAMA SERIES COMPETITION
Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays in English. The winner of the competition will be awarded $10,000 and publication of their manuscript by Yale University Press.
See here for more details.
Submissions close 15 August
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MODERN LETTERS WRITER IN RESIDENCE
This position has been created to foster NZ writing by providing the appointee with the opportunity to write full-time within an academic environment. The residency is open to writers in all areas of literary activity. Applicants should be writers of proven merit and must be a NZ citizen or permanent resident.
See here for more details.
Applications close 30 September
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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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Harlequeen
by Abby Howells
The Basement 14 – 16 Jul
Comedian Abby Howells (7 Days) weaves together stories of female comedians from history with her own tales of triumph, foolishness, and heartbreak. In this award-winning show you will laugh, you will cry, you will not be impressed by Abby's ventriloquist skills, but she will do it anyway.
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Mrs Krishnan’s Party
by Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis
Indian Ink at Santa Monica College Performing Arts Centre, USA
8 – 24 July
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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Timberrr…!
by Damon Andrews and Matt Chamberlain
Centrepoint 16 July - 13 August
World Champion Axeman Ned Murphy is set to retire at the top of his game, until a young city-slicker named Billy turns up, claiming to be his son. Billy’s determined to win Ned’s acceptance and, if that means becoming an even better woodchopper than his old man, so be it! Three brilliant actors play 18 characters in this comedy featuring horse riding, competitive woodchopping, a town dance, two world wars, and tons of heart!
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The Swing
by Helen Pearse-Otene
Te Rākau Theatre at Te Whaea 23 – 24 July
An enduring shame, seemingly unshiftable. Lashed, locked, encased in every cell. Te Rākau Theatre presents a powerful retelling of the ancestral pūrākau of Tānemahuta, atua of light and Hinetītama, daughter of dawn. Experience the story through our unforgettable Theatre Marae method. The Swing portrays a whānau struggling to recover from the shadow of ngau whiore and whakamomori – sexual abuse and suicide.
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Wednesday to Come
nā Renée
Circa Theatre 23 Jul – 20 Aug
Four women. Four generations. One whānau. As the 1930's Depression threatens to tear New Zealand’s working class apart, four generations of a single family must confront a personal crisis when the husband and father dies in a relief camp. For the first time in its production history, Wednesday to Come is retold through the lens of a Māori Pākehā whānau.
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Scattergun: After the Death of Rūaumoko
by Ana Chaya Scotney
The Basement 28 – 30 Jul
Joyfully and honestly exploring themes of diaspora, marvelling at the forces of tectonic power and the natural world, what binds us, as tangata, beneath the divisive architecture of the modern time? Class, race, gender, power and identity politics, Indigenous longing. Tīhei Mauri Ora.
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