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Roger Hall was born in England in 1939 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1958. He worked first for State Fire Insurance, later working as a teacher and editor with the Education...

Thomas Sainsbury grew up in Matamata, a small rural town in the Waikato. He completed a BA at Auckland University, majoring in English Literature and Theatre, and became involved as a writer...

Gary Henderson was born in Geraldine in South Canterbury, and gradually spiralled his way north to Auckland where he has lived since.Gary's plays have been professionally produced around New Zealand, in South...

A black comedy about the tale of Debbie, Josie and Max.Debbie, a compulsive binge-eater and Tony Robbins disciple wants nothing more than a hot body, a hot boyfriend, and a hot handbag...

Young people re-imagine Foreskin’s Lament, NZ’s 1980s state-of-the-nation play about masculinity, using contemporary material ranging from the Chiefs ‘stripper scandal' to an online incident, to re-examine sexism and masculinity in New Zealand...

Shakespeare has power. Miss Lucy knows it. The themes in his work speak to her. Ambition. Jealousy. Deception. Disorder. She believes in the Bard’s stories, because they’ve helped her understand her own...

Two hugely popular plays hailed as contemporary classics for their fresh, witty takes on New Zealand society.Bare blew New Zealand theatre away when it premiered in 1997 and has gone on to...

Sarah has her first alien encounter. Lua is a modern day Casanova. Fisi murders Jason. Finn is about to become a father. Sam has her first slow dance with a boy.101 New...

In Haruru Mai, a Māori Battalion veteran returns to his small Northland hometown after forty years. His arrival revives anxieties over land and family, and Māori participation in the war. Haruri Mai...