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  • Harbouring Ghosts: Extract of play.

    17/8/10(0)

    Playwrights, Publications, Scripts

    Harbouring Ghosts: Extract available online

    Teachers and students are now able to view scenes of Kerry Lynch’s play ‘Harbouring Ghosts’ which has undergone a significant rewrite in 2010. The play is appropriate for Level 2 or 3 NCEA and requires 10 Principal roles (3 must be Male) and a Chorus of 5 (2 must be Male). Kerry is a published writer who has written 3 plays for teenagers, for licensing details please contact Playmarket. ©2010 Kerry Lynch

  • Review: Drama Cuts by Susan Battye

    13/7/10(0)

    NCEA, Playwrights, Reviews, Scripts, Teaching

    Reviewer : Verity Davidson, President Drama New Zealand.

    This interesting and rich resource for Drama and English educators comes in two parts: the first is a volume of excerpts of plays from around the world, edited by Susan Battye; the second is a resource book written by Susan Battye with a wide range of activities, additional resources related to the plays and synopses of the plays from the excerpts were taken.

  • Drama Cuts – a book of extracts from Commonwealth plays published

    06/5/10(0)

    Books, NCEA, Scripts

    A  book of extracts from Commonwealth plays and accompanying Teacher’s Resource book edited and written by Drama New Zealand member, Susan Battye, was published in May 2010 by Phoenix Education Ltd.

  • Niu Sila Education Pack

    16/11/09(0)

    Curriculum, Scripts, Teaching

    Niu Sila is a hugely popular Pacific Island play with students and teachers alike. Check out this well thought out education pack from Auckland Theatre Company’s

  • Jigsaw and United We Stand two plays for classroom and school performance

    16/11/09(0)

    Books, Scripts, Teaching

    Jigsaw is a 56 minute contemporary socio-drama by Susan Battye set in Auckland and Hamilton across two generations. United We Stand is a one hour 20 minute ‘centennial’ play that describes a moment in New Zealand’s social history in 1908, with humour and pathos, music and dance!

  • Baghdad, Baby! By Dean Parker – New Play Press Publication 2007

    16/11/09(0)

    Scripts

    An exotic tragi-comic epic with romantic overtones, Baghdad, Baby! is a perfect balance of humour, politics, broken hearts and outrage. Read an excerpt from the text and decide for yourself!

  • Awhi Tapu by Albert Belz – New Play Press Publication 2007

    16/11/09(0)

    Scripts

    At the foot of the Urewera ranges lies Awhi Tapu – a desolate forestry village. With the forestry industry closed down, most have left – Wendyl, Sonny, Casper and Girl Girl have only each other and their fertile imaginations to rely on. Awhi Tapu is a story of loss, belonging, but most of all, friendship. Read the sample text and decide for yourself!