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Thief of Colours (New edition)
Three nasty adults set out to steal all the colour from the island of Whitehaven. Three brave kids try to stop them.
Stephen Sinclair
Dec 24, 20241 min read


Ladies Night
By Stephen Sinclair and Anthony McCarten A comedy about a group of unemployed blokes who decide to become male strippers to improve...
Stephen Sinclair
Apr 16, 20191 min read


New Zealand Plays: Further Ruminations
When I first became interested in going to the theatre as an adolescent in the early ‘70s, New Zealand plays were fairly thin on the...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 28, 20182 min read


New Zealand Plays – Highlights
I’ve been thinking about what New Zealand plays have excited and moved me over the years. Here are some thoughts, in no particular...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 28, 20182 min read


Political 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...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 28, 20182 min read


Lyricism in New Zealand Plays
Lyricism doesn’t have a strong presence in New Zealand drama – at least, not the kind that gets produced. Baxter wrote some lyrical plays...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 28, 20182 min read


News 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 Sinclair
Sep 28, 20181 min read


News 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...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 28, 20182 min read


… 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...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 28, 20181 min read


Success
Carl, Jules and Derek are stand up comedians. Starting out in Auckland, they shared dreams, ideas, and a flat, convinced they were...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 28, 20181 min read


Well, 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 Sinclair
Sep 22, 20181 min read


Two 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 Sinclair
Sep 22, 20182 min read


It'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 Sinclair
Sep 22, 20181 min read


Remain in the Light
The 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...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 22, 20183 min read


Success
Carl, Jules and Derek are stand up comedians. Starting out in Auckland, they shared dreams, ideas, and a flat, convinced they were...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 22, 20181 min read


The Bach
A comedy of manners, a drama of betrayal, a search and rescue of contemporary Kiwi issues, The Bach plays out through the minefields of...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 22, 20181 min read


Meet The Feebles
Written by Stephen Sinclair, Frances Walsh, Danny Mulheron and Peter Jackson It is an irreverent, outlandish, part-musical satire on...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 21, 20181 min read


Russian Snark
Misha (Stephen Papps), a once celebrated Russian filmmaker has fallen on hard times. He resolves to leave his homeland in search of a...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 21, 20181 min read


Remain In Light
One 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,...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 21, 20181 min read


Blowing It
By Stephen Sinclair and Stephen Papps An arresting one man show, this is a comedy-drama about an undercover police officer who becomes...
Stephen Sinclair
Sep 21, 20181 min read
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