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Briar Grace-Smith

BRIAR GRACE-SMITH

  
Nationality:    New Zealander
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Briar Grace-Smith's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Briar Grace-Smith's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         100 Cousins         Haruru Ma!         Purapurawhetu         When Sun and Moon Collide

100 Cousins

Synopsis:
arohaina House is home for a small group of young people bound together by circumstance. the residents of arohaina discover that finding a house doesn't always mean finding a home, and that dreaming is easier than the real thing. When Sione Schuster (aka the Polynesian Disco God) enters the house our make believe whanau is put to the test. Sharing the house is a Christian with a sex addiction, a couple of ex street kids who dream of becoming wedding planners, a deep thinker and the New Girl. . . 100 Cousins was commissioned by Massive Company, with workshop and Dramaturgy support from Playmarket.
Playmarket News

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1st Produced:
The Edge, Auckland, Nz    

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Haruru Ma!

Synopsis:
Silas has spent most of his life trying to rid himself of memories of experience in the Maori Battalion. after 30 years he has returned home alone to find himself confronting the daughter of a young private shot and killed during the war.
Playmarket News

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Purapurawhetu

Synopsis:
Purapurawhetu tells the story of a small community whose past, present and future are intricately woven around a young weaver. as he works, a mysterious old woman appears, revealing a past of hidden secrets, dark stories, jealousy - a past filled with loss - but a future with hope.

Notes:
won Chapman Tripp theatre Award for Outstanding New Play

1st Produced:
Wellington     1997

Organisations:
commissioned by Taki Rua's Te Roopu Whakaari season

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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When Sun and Moon Collide

Synopsis:
A year ago two Danish backpackers were murdered near a remote New Zealand village. Did one of the villagers do it? Declan recently released from prison for a crime he did not commit. Isaac who runs the tearoom or anorexic Francie his only customer. The Night of the Dead Moon comes around. Secrets are exposed and the murderer revealed

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1st Produced:
Circa Theatre     2003

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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