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CARL NIXON (1967 - ) |
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Nationality: New Zealander Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Plays by Carl Nixon |
Birthday Boy, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Court Theatre, Christchurch | 2008 | ||||
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| 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 | #120108 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | What happens to long-term friends when life takes them in completely different directions? Award-winning writer Carl Nixon explores middle class parenthood with exhilarating gusto, covering 25 years of family, friendship, careers and complications in a series of male birthday occasions. When Stuart and Elizabeth meet their oldest friends, David and Kathy, to celebrate Davids 40th birthday, theyre not expecting the shock announcement that changes all their lives. The play starts in present day Wellington then moves into the future, showing us the journey of these characters, the choices they make and the consequences. | |||||
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Complete History Of New Zealand, the | ||
| 1st Produced: | WEL Academy, Hamilton, NZ | 2006 | ||||
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| 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 | #57745 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Notes: | written by Carl Nixon , Craig Cooper, Greg Cooper. part of FUEL: Festival of New Zealand Theatre | |||||
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Crumpy | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2000 | ||||
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| 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 | #116455 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | The life of a New Zealand television personality | |||||
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears | ||
| 1st Produced: | Court One, Christchurch, NZ | 17 Jan 2011 | ||||
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 | #124069 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | the play takes the popular story of a young girl who stumbles into the Bear family home and adds an uppity queen, a love-struck prince and plenty of slapstick humour to create a fun-filled farce for all ages. Bartlett has set this version of the fairytale in New Zealand, with the three bears' house becoming a seaside caravan and the set incorporating plenty of Kiwiana. | |||||
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Great Piratical Rumbustification, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Court One, Christchurch | 27 Sep 2010 | ||||
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 | #119783 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | from book by Margaret Mahy | |||||
Synopsis: | Popular New Zealand playwright Carl Nixon has adapted this beloved children's tale, in which young Oliver Terrapin discovers his new babysitters aren't quite what his parents had imagined. Tom Trevella, Claire Dougan, Daniel Pengelly and Eddy Dever portray Mahy's crew of crazy characters, from Orpheus Clinker to Terrible Crabmeat, the oldest and deafest of all the pirates . Elsie Edgerton-Till directs this production. | |||||
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Puff The Magic Dragon | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1997 | ||||
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| 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 | #116456 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Jackie Paper in the Land of Honalee having adventures with Puff a magic dragon | |||||
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Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2000 | ||||
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 | #116457 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | How Rudolph saves Christmas | |||||
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Super Nan | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fortune Theatre, Dunedin | 18 Jul 2011 | ||||
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 | #130658 | |||
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Genre: | TYA | |||||
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Synopsis: | When Young Josh is sent to stay with his geriatric grandmother he expects a weekend of endless tedium only interrupted by tedious knitting. If only his grandmother was more like his hero, that caped crime fighter, Super Nan! What Josh doesn't know is that Super Nan and his own seemingly frail Grandmother are one and the same. . . until the nefarious Dr Cavity sets out to eliminate all chocolate from the world! | |||||
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Two Fish 'n' a Scoop | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Forge at The Court Theatre, Christchurch | 29 Oct 2010 | ||||
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 | #121182 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Set in a Chinese-owned fish-n-chips shop, TWO FISH 'N' A SCOOP follows a blossoming romance between new employee Jason (Robbie Hunt) and the owner's daughter, Rhea (Cassie Baker). However, their love is threatened by cultural and racial divides as well as pressure from family and friends with all the characters played by Hunt and Baker. | |||||
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