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ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD 2022
SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN
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PLAYMARKET ANNUAL
2021 EDITION OUT NOW
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 Kia ora <<First Name>>
My message in last month’s bulletin about emerging out of Covid restrictions proved to be somewhat premature, with Auckland, Waikato and Northland currently unable to present theatre and the rest of the country still restricted in its ability to viably stage theatre. Many productions have been postponed and some have been cancelled altogether. The impact for playwrights, as well as the sector overall, is immense. I have been lobbying for support for those whose work has been cancelled or indefinitely postponed. In most cases, community or school licences are charged on a fee basis rather than on a royalty basis and playwrights will have already received their payment when these licences were confirmed. Producers are able to hold these over to a time when they can be staged safely and when they fit within their ever-shifting schedules. We understand the reasons we are living under these restrictions but a lot of finger-crossing is going on for the future of presenting live theatre in Aotearoa. We have been negotiating a number of online licences which has allowed some productions to at least present a digital version of a production or reading for a restricted time.
Meanwhile, among other activities, we have been reading new scripts, negotiating licences for 2022, as well as a few screenplay agreements, and the publishing programme is in full swing.
Due to government restrictions it is looking unlikely that the Accolades will go ahead this year but we plan to hold a small event in Wellington to launch the Maria Dronke volume and our new guideline booklet. The Bruce Mason Award is in the middle of the voting process as I write, and the prize will be awarded whether or not a live event is held. It will be next year before we can complete our nationwide series of meetings with clients with a visit to the South Island.
This week we offered development to three works which were submitted to the Brown Ink programme and we look forward to these plays receiving input from a clinic or our Te Hono partnership with a script advisor. Congratulations to those selected. You can read about them below.
The Brown Ink submissions were assessed by four script advisors including our Kaihāpia Tuhinga Māori, Jason Te Kare, and Suli Moa, CNZ Playmarket Pacific Script Advisor Trainee. Suli, and Erina Daniels, Playmarket He Pia Māori Kaihāpai Tuhinga, have been undertaking some excellent dramaturgy exercises set by Stuart Hoar, Jason Te Kare, Allison Horsley, Philippa Campbell, Victor Rodger, Catherine Fitzgerald, and Gary Henderson. This training is coming to an end this month. We thank the tutors; we’re proud of the programme, and we’re thrilled to be adding to Suli and Erina’s skill sets.
This time of lockdown is a challenging one. Some of you will be experiencing stress, disruption, anxiety and disappointment with both financial and emotional consequences; much juggling of commitments and, for many, the additional obligations that family brings. Some playwrights have reached out to us. Please be in touch if you need advice on where to seek help; please take time to do the things that inspire you, eat well, and exercise.
We are currently accepting submissions for the Adam NZ Play Award. You can submit here. Entries close on 1 December.
Kia haumaru te noho
Murray Lynch
Director/ Tumuaki o Playmarket
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Submissions are now open for the 2022 Adam NZ Play Award.
Awards may be given in the following  categories:
- Best Play
- Best Play by a Māori Playwright
- Best Play by a Pasifika Playwright
- Best Play by a Woman Playwright
- McNaughton South Island Play Award
- Dean Parker Adaptation or Non-Fiction Award
The competition is open to any New Zealand citizen/permanent resident. Plays must not have had a professional production (pending productions, readings, workshops or community productions are fine).
Scripts may only be submitted to this competition once. There are no limits on length, style, theme or cast size.
We are very grateful for the generosity of the Adam Foundation who enable us to offer a total of $8,000 in prizes. All who make the shortlist will be eligible for distribution to potential producers.
Visit here for more information
Applications close 1 December 2021
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Thank you to all those who submitted work to our Brown Ink Development Programme. The works selected for development in 2022 are:
Lupahila by Ali Foa'i
Departures by DF Mamea
Our Side of the Fence by Rawinia Parata.
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Congratulations to Whiti Hereaka who is the recipient of the NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2021. She will use the fellowship to complete the research and development for a new novel. Read more here
Renée with deliver this year's Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Pānui (formerly the Book Council Lecture). Renée’s address is entitled If you don’t get your head out of a book, my girl, you’ll end up on Queer Street and will be delivered at the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa on 10 November at 6pm. More details here
Congratulations to Carl Nixon who has been nominated for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel for The Tally Stick. The Ngaio Marsh Awards celebrate excellence in mystery, thriller, crime, and suspense writing from New Zealand storytellers
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UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO/CREATIVE NZ WRITER IN RESIDENCE 2022
Tenable for twelve months from early January. The Writer is expected to live in the Waikato region during the tenure of the award. The sole purpose of the position is to give the Writer the freedom to write. It is expected the Writer will participate in the cultural life of the University and there are no teaching or lecturing duties attached to the award. More information here.
Applications close 15 October
NZ FRINGE FESTIVAL 18 FEB - 22 MAR 2022
Registrations are open for Aotearoa’s biggest Fringe Festival. NZ Fringe is the space to take a risk, be a punk, get unfiltered and be the rebellious artist you dream of setting free. More information here.
Registrations close 15 October
SUMMER AT Q THEATRE
Summer at Q is the annual celebration of independent makers, designed to give artists and audiences a chance to take risks with marketing and technical support provided by Q. All artforms welcome. More information here.
Submissions close 17 October
INTO THE JUNGLE: HOW TO CREATE INNOVATIVE THEATRE 30 OCT 9.30am - 1pm
An awesome and inspiring Beginner's Guide to Writing Workshop with award-winning playwright Gary Henderson. Using exercises and provocations Gary takes participants through an exciting process of discovering the possibilities and rules to break when writing for theatre. More information here.
2022 RANDELL COTTAGE WRITERS RESIDENCY 1 JULY – 31 DECEMBER 2022
The fellowship comprises a stipend, currently set at $27,450, and six months’ rent-free accommodation in Randell Cottage, one of Wellington’s oldest colonial buildings. The Trust is particularly interested in hearing from mid-career and Māori and Pasifika writers. More information here.
Applications close 5 November
THE NZSA LAURA SOLOMON CUBA PRESS PRIZE
Published and unpublished NZ authors are invited to enter manuscripts written across genres for new writing with a ‘unique and original vision’. The Prize is a cash award as an ‘advance’ of NZ$1000 and a publishing contract supplied by The Cuba Press. Cuba Press will edit, design, print, market, distribute and promote the book and e-book and pay standard author royalties. The NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize will pay for the book production and printing. More information here.
Submissions close 31 January 2022
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Little Red Riding Hood
by Brendon Bennetts
Centrepoint Theatre 12 – 16 October
Little Red Riding Hood has to take some delicious treats to Granny who is sick in bed. The only problem is that she's on the other side of the deep, dark forest, where the Big Bad Wolf lives! Why is the forest so empty? Why does Grandma look so strange? And why didn’t Red’s mum accompany her 7 year old daughter as required by law?
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Ka-Shue
by Lynda Chanwai-Earle
Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival 15 Oct & Hawke's Bay Arts Fest 20 Oct
An epic story of love, laughter and loss over a hundred years, seen through the eyes of a Chinese family struggling to resettle in Aotearoa. Ka-Shue portrays a broad sweep of political events between the two countries as a backdrop for the personal dramas of the five characters, all of them brilliantly written and performed by Lynda Chanwai-Earle, music performed by talented Māori musician Nikau Wi Neera.
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Whānau
curated by Kerryn Palmer and Sally Richards
Tahi Festival at BATS 19 – 23 Oct
Four amazing actors, eleven homegrown monologues, sixty minutes. Whānau, lifts the lid on the complexity of family relationships from disastrous to delicious; featuring extracts from ten brilliant New Zealand solo shows. Featuring work by Vela Manusaute, Felix Desmarais, Rob Mokaraka, Jamie McCaskill, Toa Fraser, John Broughton, Emily Duncan, Tom Scott, Melissa Sutherland and Nicola Pauling. Come join the family.
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Skin Tight
by Gary Henderson
Southern Magpie at The Hope Theatre, London 19 Oct – 6 Nov
1950s, the rural plains of Southern New Zealand. A couple’s past unravels in a tender, playful and bruising encounter. As Tom and Elizabeth face their final struggle and look back over their lives, their darkest secrets, fears and desires are laid bare as fractured moments of violence and memory play out around an old, decaying farm. Skin Tight is a fierce portrayal of our need to hold onto love and the past, and to find a place to truly belong.
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Back to Square One?
by Anders Falstie-Jensen
The Rebel Alliance at TAHI Festival BATS 20 Oct
The Rebel Alliance invites you into 95-year-old Inga’s living room in Denmark as she reaches out through space and time to her grandson in New Zealand. Inga has seen world wars, cold wars, and civil wars. In real life and on TV. And when you’re close to 100 you know a thing or two about a thing or two. Sometimes all you need is an old lady to set you straight. It's theatre, but only just! Shortlisted for the 2021 Adam NZ Play Award.
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The End of the Golden Weather
by Bruce Mason
Brilliant Adventures at Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival 31 Oct
Bruce Mason’s quintessential Kiwi classic chronicles the friendship between a 12-year-old boy and the wild-limbed Firpo. Through the boy’s eyes we see the wonder of life on a perfect beach, in a perfect 1930s New Zealand, during a perfect summer. It’s a world of magic and transformation, where anything can happen and miracles seem possible.
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