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Christina Stachurski

CHRISTINA STACHURSKI

  (1961 - )
Nationality:    New Zealander
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Literary Agent:    Playmarket Inc  

After acting out the saints and martyrs at primary school, Christina found heaven on earth in a converted billiard saloon, the Cue Theatre in Inglewood. At university in Christchurch, she carried on acting while studying Drama. In her Master of Arts (1993) she studied ancient to modern Drama and wrote a thesis entitled Foreskin's Legacy: Gender, Sex and Violence in Recent New Zealand Theatre. Christina has a doctorate in New Zealand Literature from the University of Canterbury, and teaches there and at the Hagley Writers' Institute.

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

         Domestic Bliss         Hot Stuff         Love Babe         Pitcairn         Skool!

Domestic Bliss

Synopsis:
Domestic Bliss was inspired by tracks worn into lino in the kitchen of an old abandoned house. What might the women who lived there over the years say to each other if they could meet? Grace (a 1950s housewife with a secret), Jackie (a feisty 1970s solo mum) and Sarah (a modern businesswoman and mother of two) all live at 47 Portia Street.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
the University Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand    1994

Organisations:
Pavlova Productions

1st Published:
Available from http://www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/christina-stachurski   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Hot Stuff

Synopsis:
A farce about sex, drugs, violence, revenge and true love. When Rosie (a student), Tracey (a mother) and Penelope (a credit card maxed-out socialite) secretly sign on for telephone sex training, they don't expect to see their partners turn up at Fifi's, also a massage parlour. While Simon is innocently delivering extra hot Thai takeaways, Duane has left the missus and wants a spot of "hot stuff". Henry (an undercover detective) is staking out Rick, Fifi's accountant who's at the centre of an unravelling drug deal, code name Hot Stuff. A fast-moving farce with many disguises and surprises.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
the Mill Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand    2000

Organisations:
Riccarton Players

1st Published:
Available from http://www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/christina-stachurski   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Farce

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Love Babe

Synopsis:
Love Babe is set in a contemporary cafe, late at night.Cassie and Nick get into an argument about love and beam in extracts from the stories and lives of famous lovers. Cassie and Kate, the waitress - get so frustrated with Nick's point of view that they cut, paste and rewrite the tragic stories, with all the scenarios being played out on stage. At the same time, Nick's and Cassie's relationship develops, and the audience are posed with lots of questions about the nature of love.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Old Library    2006

Organisations:
NortHLAnd Youth Theatre

1st Published:
Available from http://www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/christina-stachurski   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy. One Act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  9            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Pitcairn

Synopsis:
Pitcairn explores the island's unique and complex history. Four of the five characters are based on real people. John Adams is the last surviving mutineer, a rough-as-guts sailor visited by the hounds of Hell. Teehuteatuaono (a Taihitian woman) was tricked onto the Bounty and has been plotting ever since. Six generations later, handsome Andrew Young is a charming tour guide, but is he all he seems? And what happened between 1948 and 1952 to provoke an ordinary New Zealand woman (married to the new school teacher) to take on the British Government?

Notes:
Pitcairn was developed with the Assistance of Auckland theatre Company, Auckland, New Zealand As part of the Next Stage: Plays on the Journey to Full Production in 2011. "the NEXT STAGE is A vital part of Auckland theatre Company's mission to bring utterly original, fervently New Zealand stories to the stage. Previous seasons have taken the Audience by surprise, showcasing new plays from remarkable talents that Are entertaining, challenging And enthralling."

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Available from http://www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/christina-stachurski   -

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

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3-5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Skool!

Synopsis:
Rural Sunnybrook School faces losing one teacher at the end of the year unless staff can fundraise enough to cover that salary. At the same time, the teachers have individual crises to deal with: Daphne's newly retired husband is driving her up the wall, Derek has to learn to cope once his mother dies, Miranda's marriage is in trouble, and Libby juggles teaching, sole responsibility for her four children, housework and sleep. they all have trouble with the new, power-crazed principal.

Notes:
(While the school itself should stay fictional, localising details can be changed)

1st Produced:
the Mill Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand    2008

Organisations:
Riccarton Players

1st Published:
Available from http://www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/christina-stachurski   -

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:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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