Sarah Delahunty

Sarah Delahunty MNZM (born 1952) is a New Zealand writer and director who was born in Wellington.[1] An award-winning playwright, Delahunty has written over 30 plays, often focussing on works for youth.[2]

Delahunty in 2015

In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, Delahunty was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to theatre.[3]

Awards
  • Best Theatre, NZ Fringe Festival Affinity [4]
  • 2012 Playmarket's Plays for the Young Competition The Beanstalkers
  • 2009 Playmarket's Plays for Young Competition 2b or not 2b
  • 2008 Pick of the Fringe 2b or not 2b [1]
  • 1987 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award [5]

Publications

Two Plays Sarah Delahunty (Playmarket, 2009); 2b or nt 2b and Eating the Wolf. [6]

Plays
  • 2015 – Where She Stood, nominated for 2016 Fringe Festival Residency Award [7]
  • 2014 – 4 billion likes [8]
  • 2013 – Affinity [9]
  • 2011 – Falling Sparrows Here or There [10]
  • 2011 – Crazy Joint Love [11]
  • 2010 – Song of Four [12]
  • 2010 – Trusting Strangers, Counting Stars
  • 2010 – Inside Out [13]
  • 2010 – Medea Songs
  • 2008 – The Antigone Project
  • 2008 – 2b or nt 2b [6]
  • 2007 – Another Planet [14]
  • 2007 – Homework [15]
  • 2006 – Superbeast [16]
  • 2005 – Eating the Wolf [6]
  • 2002 – Driving You Crazy [17]
  • 2002 – The Oddity [18]
  • 2002 – Lifelines (music by Michelle Scullion) [8]
  • Time On Our Side
  • 2000 – Damage [19]
  • Blind Date [20]
  • Dear Felicity [21]
  • 1998 – The Last Gasp Café [22]
  • 1996 – Second Sight [23]
  • 1992 – Gifts [24]
  • Greener Grass [25]
  • 1986 – Loose Connections [26]
  • 1985 – Stretchmarks [27]

Plays for children
  • The Beanstalkers
  • Friends Forever
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Magic in the Air
  • The Emperor's New Clothes
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Puss in Boots
  • The Adventures of Toad (adaptation)
  • Harry Under the Bed
  • The Frog Prince
  • The Tinderbox
  • Jack and the Beanstalk
  • Rumpelstiltskin
  • The Gingerbread Man
  • Snow White and Rose Red
  • The BFG (adaptation)
  • The Twits (adaptation)
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References
  1. Forster, Michelanne; Plumb, Vivienne (2013). Twenty New Zealand Playwrights. Wellington: Playmarket. ISBN 9780908607471.
  2. "Sarah Delahunty". Playmarket. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2015". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  4. Kerr, Brianne (11 March 2013). "New Zealand Fringe Festival Awards 2013". The Big Idea. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  5. Edmond, Murray. "Bruce Mason Playwriting Award". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  6. Delahunty, Sarah (2009). Two Plays Sarah Delahunty. Wellington: Playmarket. ISBN 978-0-908607-36-5.
  7. "2016 award winners! – Fringe Festival". fringe.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  8. Circa 1996 – 2016. Wellington: Whitireia Publishing. 2016. ISBN 978-0-9941302-3-5.
  9. "New Zealand Theatre: theatre reviews, performance reviews - Theatreview". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  10. "Falling Sparrows Here or There – Deeply simple fun with angst". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  11. "New Zealand Theatre: theatre reviews, performance reviews – Theatreview". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  12. "Song Of Four :: Young and Hungry Arts Trust – NZ Youth Theatre". www.youngandhungry.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  13. "Wellington.scoop.co.nz » Fringe: Inside Out in Newtown". wellington.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  14. "Another Planet | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  15. "Homework | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  16. "Superbeast – Delahunty does it again". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  17. "Driving You Crazy | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  18. "The Oddity | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  19. Smythe, John (2004). Downstage upfront. Wellington: Victoria University Press. p. 491. ISBN 0-86473-489-1.
  20. "Blind Date | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  21. "Dear Felicity | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  22. "The Last Gasp Cafe | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  23. "Past Playwrights :: Young and Hungry Arts Trust – NZ Youth Theatre". www.youngandhungry.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  24. "Gifts | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  25. "Greener Grass | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  26. Smythe, John (2004). Downstage upfront. Wellington: Victoria University Press. p. 481. ISBN 0-86473-489-1.
  27. Circa 1976-1996. Wellington: The Council of Circa Theatre. 1996. p. 49. ISBN 0-473-04155-3.



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