Sarah Delahunty
Appearance
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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]
Life
[edit]Delahunty was born in Wellington, and grew up there with her sister, politician Catherine Delahunty.[2][4] Sarah enrolled at the New Zealand Drama School but found it boring and left after ten days. She then worked at Downstage Theatre, before getting a lead role on soap opera Close to Home.[4]
Awards
[edit]- Best Theatre, NZ Fringe Festival Affinity [5]
- 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[6]
Publications
[edit]Two Plays Sarah Delahunty (Playmarket, 2009); 2b or nt 2b and Eating the Wolf. [7]
Plays
[edit]- 2020 - #UsTwo: Six Decades of Sisterhood
- 2019 - This Long Winter
- 2018 - Question Time Blues with Catherine Delahunty
- 2015 – Where She Stood, nominated for 2016 Fringe Festival Residency Award [8]
- 2014 – 4 billion likes [9]
- 2013 – Affinity [10]
- 2011 – Falling Sparrows Here or There [11]
- 2011 – Crazy Joint Love [12]
- 2010 – Song of Four [13]
- 2010 – Trusting Strangers, Counting Stars
- 2010 – Inside Out [14]
- 2010 – Medea Songs
- 2008 – The Antigone Project
- 2008 – 2b or nt 2b [7]
- 2007 – Another Planet [15]
- 2007 – Homework [16]
- 2006 – Superbeast [17]
- 2005 – Eating the Wolf [7]
- 2002 – Driving You Crazy [18]
- 2002 – The Oddity [19]
- 2002 – Lifelines (music by Michelle Scullion) [9]
- Time On Our Side
- 2000 – Damage [20]
- Blind Date [21]
- Dear Felicity [22]
- 1998 – The Last Gasp Café [23]
- 1996 – Second Sight [24]
- 1992 – Gifts [25]
- Greener Grass [26]
- 1986 – Loose Connections [27]
- 1985 – Stretchmarks [28]
Plays for children
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ a b Forster, Michelanne; Plumb, Vivienne (2013). Twenty New Zealand Playwrights. Wellington: Playmarket. ISBN 9780908607471.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b mins, Adam Goodall Read Time: 39. "The One-Day Spin: A Chat With Sarah and Catherine Delahunty". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Kerr, Brianne (11 March 2013). "New Zealand Fringe Festival 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.
Categories:
- 1952 births
- Living people
- New Zealand women dramatists and playwrights
- New Zealand theatre directors
- New Zealand women theatre directors
- Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- 20th-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century New Zealand women writers
- 21st-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century New Zealand women writers
- New Zealand writer stubs