Claire Ahuriri-Dunning (born 1989) is a New Zealand playwright.[1]

Personal life

Ahuriri-Dunning was born in Takapuna, Auckland, in 1989.[1] She has Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Scots, German Jewish and Irish Catholic heritage.[1] She was educated at Glenfield College, and then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Auckland.[1] She has worked as a software tester and a drama teacher at a high school.[2][1] With her husband James Dunning, Ahuriri-Dunning is the founder of Pearangi Creative and Sky Bear Games. [3]

Plays

Other work

In 2009, Ahuriri-Dunning wrote and directed The Virgin Party at the Drama Studio at the University of Auckland.[13] Reviewer James Amos described it as "a fairly judicious (yet fun and very thought provoking) look at women's roles and stereotypes throughout history".[13]

Ahuriri-Dunning has also published a board game, Cat Capers.[1]

Awards

Spilt Milk won Auckland Flip the Script in 2005, and later also received a Special Mention from Playmarket's Plays for the Young competition in 2010. Dracula was shortlisted in the Adam NZ Play Awards of 2018.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Claire Ahuriri-Dunning". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Claire Ahuriri-Dunning". The Big Idea. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Claire Ahuriri-Dunning & James Dunning". The PumpHouse Theatre. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Spilt Milk". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. ^ "TROLLS, DRAGONS AND MAJOR LIFE DECISIONS - Theatreview". www.theatreview.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. ^ "A Midsummer's Nightmare". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Alice's Revenge". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Dracula". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Hercules". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  10. ^ "King Arthur the Pantomime". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Shakespeare Junior". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  12. ^ "The Iliad". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  13. ^ a b "The Virgin Party - Intense discussion about women's roles and perceptions". www.theatreview.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.


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