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Tza Drake

TZA DRAKE  (1978 - )

 Nationality:    New Zealander
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Literary Agent:    Tim Gordon

Tza Drake was once a chef. For fifteen years he toiled over the ovens chopped like a mad men, screamed, was screamed at, a lot, drank heavily, womanised and the rest, then he turned 30. Hangovers got so much worse, he met a woman, he started listing to talk-back radio, and he began talking to his cats. Tza Drake also decided that he would throw everything he had at writing. Quitting the cooking game he returned to University and completed a BA in FILM STUDIES, as he was doing this degree he wrote his second play 'My Kitchen Kills' which showed some real progression for a man who once stood in a kitchen and said "oh fuck this I'm going to be a writer, at least the shit that comes with that doesn't come with a fucking knife"! Tza is currently finishing his third play 'Once Upon a Time in Wellington' the last in his trilogy of plays about Wellington being performed in May 2014. (Tza Drake)

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

         My Kitchen Kills         Once Upon a Time in Aro Valley

My Kitchen Kills

My Kitchen Kills
My Kitchen Kills takes you inside the kitchen to meet the Stef and Sam, into what will pan out to be one wildest and most stressful weekends they have ever had. Gambling debts, a mysterious death, a cover up and a cop  sounds like a recipe for disaster? Or an opportunity knocking? This is a hilarious peek into hospitality at its most gritty. Not to be missed!
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Sold out Season Part 2 in 'The Restaurant with No Name' Trilogy

1st Produced:
BATS - Out Of Site - Cnr Cuba & Dixon, Wellington    21 May 2013

Organisations:
Rubricks Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Black Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Once Upon a Time in Aro Valley

Once Upon a Time in Aro Valley
It centres around friends Dennis and Gene. Dennis finds himself in an awkward situation. His girlfriend is dead, it's kind of his fault, and he doesn't know what to do. Like many blokes in a spot, he calls his best mate Gene, who is horrified to discover Liz's body in the bathtub. the limits of friendship are tested, weaknesses are exposed, truths are sought and a bloody outcome seems to be the only conclusion.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Sold Out Season. Part 1 in 'The Restaurant with No Name' Trilogy

1st Produced:
BATS, Wellington    20 Feb 2009

Organisations:
Rubricks Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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

Booksellers:

Genre:
Black Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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