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Carl Nixon

CARL NIXON  (1967 - )

 Nationality:    New Zealander
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below is a list of Carl Nixon's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Birthday Boy, The         Complete History Of New Zealand, the         Crumpy         Gingerbread Man, The         Goldilocks and the Three Bears         Great Piratical Rumbustification, The         Puff The Magic Dragon         Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer         Super Nan         Three Little Pigs, The         Two Fish 'n' a Scoop

Birthday Boy, The

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.
http://www.theatreview.org.nz

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1st Produced:
Court Theatre, Christchurch    2008

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Complete History Of New Zealand, the

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Notes:
written by Carl Nixon , Craig Cooper, Greg Cooper. part of FUEL: Festival of New Zealand Theatre

1st Produced:
WEL Academy, Hamilton, NZ    2006

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Play/Drama

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Crumpy

Synopsis:
The life of a New Zealand television personality

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1st Produced:
-    2000

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gingerbread Man, The

Synopsis:
In Bain and Nixon's version, the audience help a hapless chef (Trevella) figure out the recipe to create the gingerbread man before the freshly-baked biscuit (Allan) decides he doesn't want to be a snack and goes on the run from a variety of pursuers (played by Trevella and Burns).
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

Notes:
written by by Dan Bain and Carl Nixon

1st Produced:
Court Theatre, Bernard Street, Addington, Christchurch    03 Oct 2012

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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.
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

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1st Produced:
Court One, Christchurch, NZ    17 Jan 2011

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Great Piratical Rumbustification, The

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.
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

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from book by Margaret Mahy

1st Produced:
Court One, Christchurch    27 Sep 2010

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Genre:
Adaptation Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Puff The Magic Dragon

Synopsis:
Jackie Paper in the Land of Honalee having adventures with Puff a magic dragon

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1st Produced:
-    1997

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

Synopsis:
How Rudolph saves Christmas

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1st Produced:
-    2000

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Super Nan

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!
- www.theatreview.org.nz

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1st Produced:
Fortune Theatre, Dunedin    18 Jul 2011

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Genre:
TYA

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Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Three Little Pigs, The

Synopsis:
He'll huff and he'll puff...Three pigs. Three houses. One wolf. Big Trouble!
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

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1st Produced:
Court Theatre, Bernard Street, Addington, Christchurch    16 Jan 2013

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TYA

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Two Fish 'n' a Scoop

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.
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

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1st Produced:
The Forge at The Court Theatre, Christchurch    29 Oct 2010

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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