Stephen SinclairApr 16, 20191 minLadies NightBy Stephen Sinclair and Anthony McCarten A comedy about a group of unemployed blokes who decide to become male strippers to improve thei...
Stephen SinclairSep 28, 20182 minNew Zealand Plays: Further RuminationsWhen I first became interested in going to the theatre as an adolescent in the early ‘70s, New Zealand plays were fairly thin on the grou...
Stephen SinclairSep 28, 20182 minNew Zealand Plays – HighlightsI’ve been thinking about what New Zealand plays have excited and moved me over the years. Here are some thoughts, in no particular sequen...
Stephen SinclairSep 28, 20182 minPolitical theatre in New Zealand – plays to change the world!There ought to be more political theatre in New Zealand. The stage is after all first cousin to the soap box: a platform for airing polit...
Stephen SinclairSep 28, 20182 minLyricism in New Zealand PlaysLyricism doesn’t have a strong presence in New Zealand drama – at least, not the kind that gets produced. Baxter wrote some lyrical plays...
Stephen SinclairSep 28, 20181 minNews Flash – “Intimacies” to Receive an ATC Workshop! Yes folks, this is an opportunity to see this unique double bill of one act plays which explore the way in which the new technologies are...
Stephen SinclairSep 28, 20182 minNews Flash – “Intimacies” to Receive an ATC Workshop!Folks, it’s true – and imminent! Literary Manager of the Auckland Theatre Company Philippa Campbell and Artistic Director Colin McColl ha...
Stephen SinclairSep 28, 20181 min… And me old mate Pappsy is in the cast! Stephen Papps Play Blowing It - Yes indeed folks, old friend and flat mate Steve Papps is playing the role of Jules. This is the latest o...
Stephen SinclairSep 28, 20181 minSuccessCarl, Jules and Derek are stand up comedians. Starting out in Auckland, they shared dreams, ideas, and a flat, convinced they were changi...
Stephen SinclairSep 22, 20181 minWell, it was a blast!After months of planning and applications and budgets and weeks of rehearsal … two great seasons of my play! Wellington turned out for it...
Stephen SinclairSep 22, 20182 minTwo Openings In One Night!It’s true. The fateful day: 14th October. The venues: Lynfield and Green Bay High Schools. The play: “Remain in Light,” my play for drama...
Stephen SinclairSep 22, 20181 minIt's Been A Busy Old Year...… during which I co-produced three of my plays and directed two! ‘Twas nice to end with a bang – in the form of a sell-out season of our ...
Stephen SinclairSep 22, 20183 minRemain in the LightThe following is the copy of a letter I wrote to a teacher who asked me about the ideas in the play. It might be of interest to someone s...
Stephen SinclairSep 21, 20181 minSuccessCarl, Jules and Derek are stand up comedians. Starting out in Auckland, they shared dreams, ideas, and a flat, convinced they were changi...
Stephen SinclairSep 21, 20181 minThe BachA comedy of manners, a drama of betrayal, a search and rescue of contemporary Kiwi issues, The Bach plays out through the minefields of m...
Stephen SinclairSep 21, 20181 minMeet The FeeblesWritten by Stephen Sinclair, Frances Walsh, Danny Mulheron and Peter Jackson It is an irreverent, outlandish, part-musical satire on show...
Stephen SinclairSep 21, 20181 minRussian SnarkMisha (Stephen Papps), a once celebrated Russian filmmaker has fallen on hard times. He resolves to leave his homeland in search of a fil...
Stephen SinclairSep 20, 20181 minRemain In LightOne morning the sun refused to rise. And then the morning after that. And the morning after that. Perhaps it was tired of what it saw, da...
Stephen SinclairSep 20, 20181 minBlowing ItBy Stephen Sinclair and Stephen Papps An arresting one man show, this is a comedy-drama about an undercover police officer who becomes to...
Stephen SinclairSep 20, 20181 minDrawer of KnivesWhen Russell has starts an affair with the solo mum downstairs, he sets in motion a series of events which culminate in murder. But who ...
