6 PLAYMARKET ANNUAL THE MAGAZINE OF THE NEW ZEALAND PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT Playmarket Annual Editor: Mark Amery Design: Cansino & Co Advertising: Annesley Kingston Editorial Assistants: Salesi Le’ota and Murray Lynch
Published by Playmarket PO Box 9767, Wellington Aotearoa New Zealand Ph. 64-4-382 8462 Fax. 64-4-382 8461 www.playmarket.org.nz email: info@playmarket.org.nz ISSN 1179-9676 (Print) ISSN 2463-7343 (Online)
The Playmarket Annual is published once a year. The next issue will be September 2017. The views expressed in this magazine are not, unless stated, those of Playmarket staff or its board.
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Advertising enquiries: Annesley Kingston, ph. 04 476 7449. Playmarket Board: Danielle Grant (Chair), Chontelle Climo, Catherine Fitzgerald, Pip Hall, Alister McDonald, Peter Rutherford, Jason Te Kare, Brent Thawley and Stephanie van der Wel.
6 WHY I WROTE THE PLAY I WROTE #1 Hone Kouka on The Prophet
Playmarket Staff: Director Murray Lynch; Script Advisor Stuart Hoar; Client Promotion Salesi Le’ota; Licensing Administrator Kirsty Bruce; Financial Advisor David Jenkins; Accounts Alan Collins.
12 REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL Abby Howells on t-shirts and pants
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9 AUCKLAND ROUNDUP
15 RESPECT THE WORK Stephen Blackburn on respect 18 THE PLAY IN THE PLAYGROUND Kate Prior on the play in schools
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29 WELLINGTON ROUNDUP 32 WHY I WROTE THE PLAY I WROTE #2 Nathan Joe on Like Sex
COVER IMAGE: Shoulda Woulda Coulda devised by the cast, Auckland Theatre Company Next Big Thing 2016. Image: Michael Smith.
34 PUT YOUR NAME ON IT Lauren Jackson with Tim Bray
PAGE THREE IMAGE: Dust Pilgrim by Red Leap Theatre. Image: Josh Griggs.
38 THEATRE IS A HUI Jamie McCaskill with Te Rākau