Sarah Delahunty
Sarah Delahunty MNZM (born 1952) is a New Zealand writer and director who was born in Wellington.[1] An award winning playwright, Delahunty has written over 30 plays, often focussing on works for youth.[2]
In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours Delahunty was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to theatre.[3]
Awards
- Best Theatre, NZ Fringe Festival Affinity [4]
- 2012 Playmarket's Plays for the Young Competition The Beanstalkers
- 2009 Playmarket's Plays for Young Competition 2b or not 2b
- 2008 Pick of the Fringe 2b or not 2b [1]
- 1987 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award [5]
Publications
Two Plays Sarah Delahunty (Playmarket, 2009); 2b or nt 2b and Eating the Wolf. [6]
Plays
- 2015 - Where She Stood, nominated for 2016 Fringe Festival Residency Award [7]
- 2014 - 4 billion likes [8]
- 2013 - Affinity [9]
- 2011 - Falling Sparrows Here or There [10]
- 2011 - Crazy Joint Love [11]
- 2010 - Song of Four [12]
- 2010 - Trusting Strangers, Counting Stars
- 2010 - Inside Out [13]
- 2010 - Medea Songs
- 2008 - The Antigone Project
- 2008 - 2b or nt 2b [6]
- 2007 - Another Planet [14]
- 2007 - Homework [15]
- 2006 - Superbeast [16]
- 2005 - Eating the Wolf [6]
- 2002 - Driving You Crazy [17]
- 2002 - The Oddity [18]
- 2002 - Lifelines (music by Michelle Scullion) [8]
- Time On Our Side
- 2000 - Damage [19]
- Blind Date [20]
- Dear Felicity [21]
- 1998 - The Last Gasp Café [22]
- 1996 - Second Sight [23]
- 1992 - Gifts [24]
- Greener Grass [25]
- 1986 - Loose Connections [26]
- 1985 - Stretchmarks [27]
Plays for children
- The Beanstalkers
- Friends Forever
- Sleeping Beauty
- Magic in the Air
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- Beauty and the Beast
- Puss in Boots
- The Adventures of Toad (adaptation)
- Harry Under the Bed
- The Frog Prince
- The Tinderbox
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- Rumpelstiltskin
- The Gingerbread Man
- Snow White and Rose Red
- The BFG (adaptation)
- The Twits (adaptation)
References
- ^ a b Forster, Michelanne; Plumb, Vivienne (2013). Twenty New Zealand Playwrights. Wellington: Playmarket. ISBN 9780908607471.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Sarah Delahunty". Playmarket. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2015". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Kerr, Brianne (11 March 2013). "New Zealand Fringe Fesitval Awards 2013". The Big Idea. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ Edmond, Murray. "Bruce Mason Playwriting Award". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ a b c Delahunty, Sarah (2009). Two Plays Sarah Delahunty. Wellington: Playmarket. ISBN 978-0-908607-36-5.
- ^ "2016 award winners! - Fringe Festival". fringe.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ a b Circa 1996 - 2016. Wellington: Whitireia Publishing. 2016. ISBN 978-0-9941302-3-5.
- ^ "New Zealand Theatre: theatre reviews, performance reviews - Theatreview". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Falling Sparrows Here or There - Deeply simple fun with angst". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Theatre: theatre reviews, performance reviews - Theatreview". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Song Of Four :: Young and Hungry Arts Trust – NZ Youth Theatre". www.youngandhungry.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Wellington.scoop.co.nz » Fringe: Inside Out in Newtown". wellington.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Another Planet | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Homework | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Superbeast - Delahunty does it again". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Driving You Crazy | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "The Oddity | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Smythe, John (2004). Downstage upfront. Wellington: Victoria University Press. p. 491. ISBN 0-86473-489-1.
- ^ "Blind Date | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Dear Felicity | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "The Last Gasp Cafe | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Past Playwrights :: Young and Hungry Arts Trust – NZ Youth Theatre". www.youngandhungry.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Gifts | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Greener Grass | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Smythe, John (2004). Downstage upfront. Wellington: Victoria University Press. p. 481. ISBN 0-86473-489-1.
- ^ Circa 1976-1996. Wellington: The Council of Circa Theatre. 1996. p. 49. ISBN 0-473-04155-3.
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