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JOHN VAKIDIS |
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Nationality: New Zealander Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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The Bruce Mason Playwright Award winner in 1996, John Vakidis is best known for his stage and radio plays. A New Zealander of Greek-Romanian stock and resident in Paekakariki, Johns first radio play was produced in 1989. A playwright in residence at New Zealand Drama School 1988-1989, John is also an actor and was involved in the establishment of BATS Theatre (in its current form) in Wellington in the early 1990s.
Plays by John Vakidis
Busted | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1999 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, New Zealand | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98383 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Nick, sixteen, becomes involved with a gang and in trying to be accepted leads his friends and parents on a nightmare journey. | |||||
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Die Laughing | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #116314 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Kaitiaki | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98384 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Drama with songs | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Keep Your Nose Clean | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket, New Zealand | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98385 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Ti'a and Mark are two prisoners sharing a cell. In flashback we find out their crimes and much more as well about our society in general. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pay You Thursday | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket, New Zealand | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98386 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two misfits meet in the Manners Mall and decide to escape south on the ferry. A strange friendship develops. | |||||
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Rivermouth | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket, New Zealand | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98387 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by John Vakidis and Hone Kouka | |||||
Synopsis: | The evening begins as a celebration of the old gang ten years on and ends as an unsettling night of revelations of both past and present. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Taiki E | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tour of NZ secondary schools | 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket, New Zealand | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98388 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Youth Audience One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by John Vakidis and Hone Kouka | |||||
Synopsis: | A touring band has some serious problems with drugs. Suitable for teenage audiences. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tommy Swain | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket, New Zealand | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98389 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | one musician | |||||
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Synopsis: | A monologue about a man and his addictions. Marked out Vakidis strong, real grasp of character and dialogue and a style of naturalism which is gripping and moving in its honesty and what it reveals of people. | |||||
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Twice Around The Garden | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #116315 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tzigane | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket, New Zealand | ISBN/ASIN: | 1_playmarket_tzigane | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98390 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Winner of the Chapman Tripp Award for Best New New Zealand Play | |||||
| A classic of New Zealand theatre, John Vakidis' Tzigane is an enormously affecting story about an immigrant family. Warm, passionate and very funny, Tzigane (Romanian for Gypsy) introduces us to a Greek-Romanian New Zealand family whose situation (separated from each other by distance and expectations) speaks to many of us. The New Zealand born children return to the family home for a reunion, where a secret is gradually revealed. | |||||
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Way Forward, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket, New Zealand | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98391 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Radio Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | he Way Forward takes place inside and outside an urban Residential Centre for teenagers. The facility houses both serious offenders and a number of youths being held in the Care and Protection Unit. The two units within the compound are seperate from each other, and the teenagers have no contact. | |||||
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