FULL LENGTH PLAYS
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PŌTAE
90mins Cast 9+
A moving inter-generational drama and love story chronicling the origin and journey of a hat as it moves through a family across a lifetime (over 70 years). The play explores the bonds of love and whānau as well as the pain of loss through wars, immigration, imprisonment, and colonisation. Written in English, Te Reo Māori, and New Zealand Sign Language, the play weaves multiple languages, spans the country and globe from Dunedin to Wairewa to Cairo, Egypt, and moves fluidly through time: past, present, and future.
WINNER (1st Equal) – New Zealand Playwrights’ Association of New Zealand Long Play Competition 2019. “The play is well crafted structurally, sophisticated in its use of language(s), and theatrically engaging. It employs the use of a chorus—TĪPUNA—representing Māori ancestors. [T]his chorus perform waiata, mōteatea, and haka that support, punctuate, or contrast the scenes. Furthermore, the characters are interesting and multi-dimensional. Pōtae is driven by strong female characters, and we are held by their secrets and sacrifices. ” – Lori Leigh
DTU
90mins 2M
Jack is a struggling paving contractor in Christchurch, New Zealand. His 20-year-old son, Charlie, lives in a world of gangs and drugs. Charlie is sentenced to a minimum of two years in prison on drugs charges but not before lending his dad $60,000 which he borrowed from the gang leader. An earthquake in September 2010 sees a change in Jack’s fortunes, but the gang are putting pressure on Charlie for the money to be returned. Charlie is to be released from prison on 22 February 2011. That same morning, Jack is in the CTV building, filming a commercial for his paving firm. At 12.51pm a deadly 6.3 magnitude quake strikes the city.
WINNER – New Zealand Playwrights’ Association of New Zealand Long Play Competition 2017. “[An] unflinching story about crime, family and sacrifice. The characters speak in totally authentic voices as they portray a part of New Zealand life that is rarely seen on our stages but definitely exists. And it displays, in bucket-loads, human compassion and the difficulty of everyday life that families in New Zealand today can face.” – Dave Armstrong
TRANS TASMIN
ISBN: 9781549750489
95mins 1TW 2W 2M
Tasmin Mahika is on a journey as she expresses her identity through art and theatre. She falls in love with university student actor and budding rugby star, Simon Greenwood, but the relationship is fraught with secrets and insecurities.
Trans Tasmin is a play that explores gender roles in contemporary society, and especially attitudes towards transgender women.
HONORABLE MENTION – New Works of Merit (New York) 2015
READING – Mid-Winter Readings, The Court Theatre 2015
2nd PLACE – 85th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition (Stage Play) 2016
“Powerful, gutsy stuff, very impressive” – Jean Betts
“… a powerful story” – Dr Hana O’Regan
“… finely crafted” – Lexie Matheson ONZM
