Playmarket BROWN INK Sessions
Script development, working with producers and women writing for theatre are areas key to the growth of Maori and Pasifika theatre, and the focus of Playmarket’s Brown Ink Sessions presented with the Auckland Council and Toi O Manukau.
Writing workshops from experienced and celebrated New Zealand playwrights Stuart Hoar and Victor Rodger will foreground clinics, open to observers, of two new Pasifika works; Rushing Dolls by Courtney Meredith with script advisor Toa Fraser and E ono tama’i pato by Maureen Mariner Fepuleai with script advisor Margret-Mary Hollins.
Producers and venue managers will be available in a kind of speed dating event to be grilled on what they look for when programming work and how to get work from page to stage.
A spotlight will be thrown on women writing for theatre - asking the hard questions of celebrated and emerging playwrights Riwia Brown (Irirangi Bay, Once Were Warriors), Briar Grace Smith (Purapurawhetu, Nga Pou Wahine) Miria George (and what remains, He Reo Aroha), Dianna Fuemana (Mapaki, The Packer) and Leilani Unasa (His Mother’s Son).
In a feature session John Broughton will discuss his journey as a playwright and the pleasure and pain of creating the classic work Michael James Manaia. By special arrangement with Taki Rua Theatre a semi-staged reading of this powerful play will be presented in the evening and open to the wider public for koha entry.
Mangere Arts Centre - NGO TOHU O UENUKU
Member Profile
Jenni HekaJENNI HEKA
Jenni is the Maori and Pacific Island Playwright Development Coordinator for Playmarket. She also freelances in theatre production, and on the odd occasion does a bit of acting. She has fifteen years experience within television, film, theatre, festivals and museums, both nationally and internationally.
Jenni is a passionate advocate for creating and developing new Maori and Pasifika theatre, both in productions and in opportunities for practitioners. As a freelance producer, she has worked with Loud & Brown Limited and Kila Kokonut Krew. She is also one of the coordinators of the Banana Boat Writers group, which meets on the fourth Thursday of every month.The BANANA BOAT is a loose collective of Pasifika writers who meet once a month in Grey Lynn, Auckland.
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