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Playwrights Association Of New Zealand
The Playwrights Association of New Zealand (PANZ) is an incorporated society in New Zealand. The association was founded in 1958. It awards an annual Outstanding Achievement Award, which from 1988 to 2016 was known as The Doug Wrenn Award. Doug Wrenn was a former president of PANZ. The award, instituted in 1988, is presented to "a member who had significant success in playwriting during the year". Award winners Outstanding Achievement Award winners include: 2022: Tim Hambleton, "for community theatre productions of ''On the Right Track'', ''Gone to Seed'' and ''Killer Boobs''" 2021: Rex McGregor 2020: Lindsey Brown 2019: Alister Emerson 2018: Elspeth Tilley 2017: April Phillips 2016: Rex McGregor 2015: Rex McGregor 2014: Graeme Webber 2013: April Phillips 2012: Jennie Turner 2011: Neil Troost 2010: Angie Farrow 2009: Peter Franklin 2008: Leo Cappel 2007: Thomas Sainsbury 2006: Denis Edwards 2005: Diane Francis 2004: Richard Prevett 2003: Rosalie Carey 2002: Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth Tilley
Elspeth Nina Tilley is an Australian playwright, actor and academic and is a full professor at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand. Academic career Tilley earned a BA(Hons) in 1996 at the University of Queensland with a thesis called ''More than one and solo: subjectivity in contemporary Australian and Canadian monodrama'', which she followed with a PhD in drama and literature in 2007. Her doctoral thesis, also at Queensland, was titled ''White vanishing: a settler Australian hegemonic textual strategy, 1789-2006''. After this Tilley moved to Massey University, where she was promoted to full professor in 2023. Tilley's research covers theatre, performance, literature, media and public communication, examining ethics and social justice. She has published four books, including White Vanishing' and Creative Activism: Research, Pedagogy and Practice'' Tilley's plays have been published in Canada, New Zealand, the USA and the UK, produced around the world. Her plays have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Phillips
April Phillips (born 1965) is an actress, writer, singer, director and producer of film and theatre. She was born in Coventry, England, but resides in Wellington, New Zealand. Her production company, Godiva Productions Limited, was named after the Lady Godiva legend of her hometown of Coventry. Writing Phillips holds a master's degree in Scriptwriting from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington. Her theatre works are represented internationally by Playmarket. and by David Spicer Productions in Australia. Phillips writes predominantly for theatre and film but has had two radio plays recorded by Radio New Zealand. Her most successful stage play, the modern farce ''"STiFF"'', has been produced internationally. Acting Phillips is a stage and screen actress. She is represented by The Pro Actors. She has been a member of the acclaimed women's comedy troupe Hens' Teeth since 1995. Singing Phillips is a professional and recorded sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angie Farrow
Angela Rosina Farrow (born 1951) is a New Zealand academic and writer for theatre and radio. Born in the United Kingdom, Farrow was appointed professor emerita at Massey University in November 2022. She was promoted to full professor in 2011 and in the same year was awarded Massey University lecturer of the Year. Farrow has published books on the production of physical theatre as well as her own numerous plays for theatre and radio. In April 2015, her series of 10-minute-long sketches ''Together All Alone'' was performed at Bats Theatre in Wellington. In the 2021 New Year Honours, Farrow was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rend ..., for services to the arts, particularly theatre. Awards *The Pen is a Mighty Sword Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalie Carey
Rosalie Louise Carey ( Seddon; 18 May 1921 – 29 June 2011) was a New Zealand actor, playwright, director and author who founded the Globe Theatre in Dunedin, the first purpose-built theatre for professional repertory in New Zealand, with then-husband Patric Carey. In 2010 Carey was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the theatre. The New Zealand Society of Authors made Carey an honorary life member. Early life Carey was born on 18 May 1921 to parents Ada Yvonne Rica Seddon and Richard Stephen Rowley Seddon. Carey was brought up in Lumsden and Hamilton, and planned to study theatre and acting in England but had to change her plans after the outbreak of World War II. She was an elocution and voice production teacher in Waikato, before joining the New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force. She adapted two novels which were performed in Hamilton, and wrote and played the lead part in ''Amy Robsart'', performed in 1940, receiving particular att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbell Smith (playwright)
Sydney Campbell Smith (25 February 1925 – 13 July 2015), generally known as Campbell Smith, was a New Zealand playwright, poet, wood engraver and arts administrator. Biography Born in Masterton in 1925, Smith was the son of Annie and Syd Smith, a signwriter. He served a trade apprenticeship, and then studied at Canterbury University College, graduating with a Diploma of Fine Arts in 1952, and then spent a year at Auckland Teachers' Training College. He married Esme Dunbar in 1953. After a period in London, the couple returned to New Zealand in 1956. Smith taught at Waihi College and then, from 1961, Fairfield College in Hamilton. Smith was a wood engraver and printmaker, focusing on the life and culture of New Zealand. Subjects including rugby, farming, gum digging and Māori culture. His work is held in public collections, including those of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Waikato Museum. As a playwright, Smith wrote 24 plays, many of which are about notab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Turner (New Zealand Poet)
Brian Lindsay Turner (born 4 March 1944 in Dunedin) is a New Zealand poet and author. He played hockey for New Zealand in the 1960s; senior cricket in Dunedin and Wellington; and was a veteran road cyclist of note. His mountaineering experience includes an ascent of a number of major peaks including Aoraki / Mount Cook. His writing includes columns and reviews for daily and weekly newspapers, articles, given radio talks, and written scripts for TV programme. His publications include cricket books with his brother Glenn Turner, the former NZ cricket captain, essays, books on fishing, the high country, and eight collections of poetry. His other brother is golfer Greg Turner. Turner lives in Oturehua, a town of 30–40 people in the Maniototo region of Central Otago. He moved there in late 1999. Awards and recognition Source: *1979 – Commonwealth Poetry Prize *1985 – J.C. Reid Memorial Prize *1993 – Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry *1997 – appointed Canterb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronwyn Elsmore
Bronwyn Margaret Elsmore is a New Zealand fiction and non-fiction writer and playwright. She was a senior lecturer in religion at Massey University from the late 1980s until 2005, and has written a number of works about religion in New Zealand. Life and career Elsmore was born in Wairoa, Hawkes Bay. She has a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington. She has worked as a journalist for the ''Bay of Plenty Times'' and ''Radio New Zealand'', and as a creative writing tutor. From the late 1980s until 2005 she was a senior lecturer in religious studies at Massey University. She has written several non-fiction works about religion in New Zealand. ''Te Kohititanga Marama'', about the prophet Te Matenga Tamati, was published in 1998; a review in ''The Southland Times'' described her as "one of the leading writers on Maori religion in New Zealand". ''Creedism: Religious Prejudice in New Zealand'' (1995) examined "the extent and the scope of religious intolerance in this country". He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dunmore
John Dunmore (born 6 August 1923) is a New Zealand academic, historian, author, playwright, and publisher. Biography Dunmore was born in Trouville-sur-Mer, France, lived in Occupation of the Channel Islands, Jersey under German Occupation during World War II, and then in England, where he received a BA from the University of London. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1950. He completed a PhD under historian John Cawte Beaglehole, J. C. Beaglehole at Victoria University of Wellington in 1962, studying the European and American voyages of scientific exploration#Maritime exploration in the Age of Enlightenment, French contribution to the exploration of the Pacific Ocean in the 18th century. He was Professor of French, Head of the Department of Modern Languages, and Dean (education), Dean of Humanities at Massey University, from which he retired in 1985. Dunmore's main field of history is the exploration of the Pacific, particularly by French navigators. He has written two major biograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Pearce (director)
Arnold Leslie Pearce (20 April 1887 – 17 August 1977) was a New Zealand film director, who directed numerous short films in Hollywood during the 1930s, including several with W.C. Fields and Bing Crosby. Selected filmography * ''The Delightful Rogue'' (1929) * '' Meet the Wife'' (1931) * ''The Dentist'' (1932) * ''Blue of the Night'' (1933) * ''The Stoker'' (1935) * ''Can You Hear Me, Mother?'' (1935) * ''You Must Get Married ''You Must Get Married'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce and starring Frances Day, Neil Hamilton and Robertson Hare. It was based on a novel of the same title by David Evans. Premise In order to be able to work in Br ...'' (1936) * '' The Road to Hollywood'' (1947) References External links * 1887 births 1977 deaths People from Christchurch New Zealand film directors New Zealand expatriates in the United States {{film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Awards
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 Songs * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1999 *"new", by Loona from '' Yves'', 2017 *"The New", by Interpol from ''Turn On the Bright Lights'', 2002 Acronyms * Net economic welfare, a proposed macroeconomic indicator * Net explosive weight, also known as net explosive quantity * Network of enlightened Women, a conservative university women's organization * Next Entertainment World, a South Korean film distribution company Identification codes * Nepal Bhasa language ISO 639 language code * New Century Financial Corporation (NYSE stock abbreviation) * Northeast Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion in the northeastern United States Transport * New Orleans Lakefront ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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