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DIANNA FUEMANA |
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Nationality: Niue New Zealander Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Playmarket Inc |
Dianna Fuemana created BIRDS for world premier at the Niue Arts Festival, 22 29th April 2011. A master at story telling and performance, her work includes internationally acclaimed and award winning works Mapaki and The Packer. In 2010 Fuemana was the winner of the NZ International Festival of the Arts Once Upon a Deadline' competition and was nominated for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre in Los Angeles, International'. Her repertoire of plays produced includes Jingle Bells, My Mother Dreaming and Falemalama. Dianna is this year's recipient of Script to Screen, KILLER Films screenwriting intern in New York. Dianna resides in west Auckland.
Plays by Dianna Fuemana
Birds | ||
| 1st Produced: | Niue Arts Festival | 22 Apr 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 | #137622 | |||
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: | piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | BIRDS, an urban story told through the eyes of a young Niue boy growing up in Auckland's Avondale Hood-Lands. Tommy likes to dance the hip-hop, has a mad crush on the lead Kapa Haka girl at school and believes he can kung fu the biggest bully terrorizing the local Riversdale Park. But Moka has different plans for Tommy. Moka wants him to wake up on time for school, go to university and learn things Niue. Two wills collide but both must win in order to fly like the BIRDS. Shining a light on the bond between son and mother within a small community, BIRDS gives flight to the voices of the hood. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mapaki | ||
| 1st Produced: | BATS Theatre, NZ | 1969 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | The Play Press, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12801 | |||
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: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | possible crowd | |||||
Notes: | Can also be performed as a solo piece for one woman | |||||
Synopsis: | Challenges the usual image of Pacific Islands women with energy, humour and satire. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Packer, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney | 2009 | ||||
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 | #113445 | |||
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: | Monologue play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Shane works as a packer in a factory. His wife is alcoholic - but he is having sexual relations with a girl at work. Shane dreams of becoming a hip hop artist | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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