OSCAR KIGHTLEY
| Nationality: | Samoan New Zealander |
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Plays by Oscar Kightley
Dawn Raids |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: A Samoan family living in Auckland experiences stressful times during the infamous Labour Department 'Dawn Raids' | ||||
Fresh off the Boat |
| 1st Produced: | Christchurch Arts Centre, NZ | 1993 | ||
| Company: | Pacific Underground | |||
| 1st Published: | The Play Press | 2004 | ||
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| Genre: | comedy/satire | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Notes: This play has reached the status of Pacific Islands classic | ||||
Synopsis: The trials and tribulations of an immigrant Samoan family and their attempts to make sense of their new home. | ||||
Niu Sila |
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | full length | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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Notes: written by Dave Armstrong and Oscar Kightley | ||||
Synopsis: This theatrical two-hander was inspired by Armstrong´s upbringing. Two childhood mates, a Samoan and a Palagi, discover cultural difference and commonality in a ´60s suburb. | ||||
Tatau:Rites Of Passage |
| 1st Produced: | Aotea Centre in Auckland | 1996 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Devised and performed by Anton Carter, Rob Dilley, Meg Dunn, Erolia Ifopo, Oscar Kightley, Karen Lantry, Shimpal Lelisi, Mishelle Muagututi'a, Stefo Nantsou and Joy Vaele | ||||
Synopsis: In 1995 Zeal was invited to New Zealand to co-produce a new work with Christchurch-based Samoan theatre company PACIFIC UNDERGROUND. Based on the ancient tradition of the tatau (tattoo) and following the stories of post-war Polynesian migration to New Zealand | ||||