Gary Henderson (born 1955) is a

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playwright, director and teacher. Henderson's work has been produced both nationally and internationally with his play ''Skin Tight'' having travelled to

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and

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. Whilst at the 1998 Edinburgh Fringe Festival it won the Fringe First Award. In 2013 Henderson received a $20,000 Playmarket Award, acknowledging his contribution to New Zealand theatre.

Plays

* ''Shepherd'' ( The Court Theatre 2015) * ''My Bed My Universe'' (Massive Company, 2014) * ''Stealing Games'' (Capital E 2009) * ''Sun Shower'' (in Mother Whaea Tama Son) (Musgrove Studio 2009) * ''The Good One'' (in Mother Whaea Tama Son) (Musgrove Studio 2009) * ''Lines of Fire'' * ''Peninsula'' (Court Theatre 2005) * ''Home Land'' (commissioned by the

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, 2004), about an ageing Otago farmer who has to leave his farm due to failing health. * ''Without Trace'' * ''An Unseasonable Fall of Snow'' (

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, 1998) * ''Mo and Jess Kill Susie'' (

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1996) * ''Spine-Tingle'' * ''The Judas Zoo'' (with Christian Penny and Anna Marbrook) (Theatre at Large 1995) * ''Tigerplay'' (BATS Theatre 1994) * ''Skin Tight'' (BATS Theatre 1994) * ''Sunset Cafe'' (BATS Theatre 1993) * ''The Big Blue Planet Earth Show'' (with Emma Robinson, Shane Bartle, Toni Gordon and Tina Cook) (BATS Theatre 1991) * ''Alien Kiss'' ( Circa Theatre 1990) * ''The Song of Bobby Zack'' (BATS Theatre 1989)) * ''Zippy and Gonk Meet the Hooded Mangler'' * ''Ziggy's Tribe'' (Parkway Intermediate School, 1987)) * ''Monsters''

References

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