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April Phillips

APRIL PHILLIPS

  
Nationality:    New Zealander
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Literary Agent:    Playmarket Inc  

April Phillips is the award winning New Zealand writer of international hit plays STiFF, and Death & Taxe$, and of the film Letter For Hope. Phillips writes about ordinary people facing extraordinary moral dilEmmas. Her aim is to create believable characters and situations that the audience will relate to so that they will leave the Theatre wondering whether they themselves would have made the same choices.

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below is a list of April Phillips's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Blue Eyes         Bonking James Bond         Death & Taxe$         Death & Taxes$         Insrinct         Killing Me Softly         Motel         Snip         Stiff

Blue Eyes

Synopsis:
Life story of Frank Sinatra together with his most famous songs

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Play with music

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Bonking James Bond

Synopsis:
When Betty discovers her husband is having an affair she turns to her fantasy life. A secret agent will help. When it is all over Betty discovers that she does not need a marriage to be happy

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One act

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Death & Taxe$

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Death & Taxes$

Synopsis:
There is competition in the office - whoever has the most sales gets a trip to Hawaii. Gareth Burke is determined to win - so too is Lucille Potts and be the first woman to do so. Lucille turns to the occult. Gareth has trouble with his overbearing wife, the Inland Revenue and the fact that he is dead. And there is a yak that is hanging around

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Comedy

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Insrinct

Synopsis:
Two women have the High School coach tied up in a cellar. Are they after justice or revenge? And is he innocent or guilty?

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Genre:
Thriller

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Killing Me Softly

Synopsis:
Three friends meet regularly to discuss old times

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Drama

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Motel

Synopsis:
a drama of four vignettes set in one slightly seedy motel room where the unrelated stories and guests are linked by the Motel Manager whose own secrets are eventually revealed. Jenny needs the room to have sex with a stranger. Pearl and Harry need the room for peace. But peace comes at a price. A travelling salesman who sees the world through rose tinted glasses and drinks from a glass half full, is changed forever when he meets the motel manager. Annabel needs the room for a casual affair, but then she meets the housekeeper from Hell. Luxury hotels epitomise how the other half live and how the other half die. Surrounded by opulence and scandal and immortalised forever within the walls of a grand building. But a motel is a metaphor for the life the ordinary person. You and I. the average Joe who just passes through life, making no great difference to the world. We may leave a mess behind. Trash the room. Leave dirty laundry. Steal the towels. Or simply pass through unnoticed. No legacy. No accountability. We're all just passing through. there's an anonymity about backwater Motels that's attractive to many. Couples needing a room for illicit affairs. Cons hiding out or dealing drugs. Somewhere to lie low. Somewhere to hide. - http://www.theatreview.org.nz/

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Basement, Lower Greys Ave, Auckland     13 Aug 2013

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CAS'n'OVA Productions and GODIVA Productions

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Snip

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Frank's wife wants him to have a vasectomy - or else

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Stiff

Synopsis:
After the death of her father, Angel Delight is, ahem, 'delighted' to discover she has inherited her father's funeral parlour, which sits on land worth millions. However, a small condition in he will states she must operate the business for 5 years to reach the 100th anniversary. Undeterred, she falls back on the business she knows best  prostitution. Recruiting three friends, Roxanne the dominatrix, Delilah the transvestite and ditzy Sherry, Angel is determined to make her new venture a success. Of course, their situation goes from the sublime to the ridiculous as they deal with difficult clients, running funerals, nasty pimps & grieving widows. Not to mention the odd stiff or two. - http://www.theatreview.org.nz/

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Adam Playwriting Series, Nz     2002

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Genre:
comedy

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