Modern Letters graduates honoured at Adam Play Awards
Philip Braithwaite has won the 2013 Adam NZ Play Award and Hannah McKie has won Best Play by a Woman Playwright.
Philp Braithwaite (MA in Creative Writing, 2003) is the winner of Playmarket's 2013 Adam New Zealand Play Award, for his play The Mercy Clause. Philip is an award-winning playwright and theatre practitioner. Amongst his awards are the BBC World Service/British Council International Radio Playwriting Award 2001, the Sony Award for Radio Drama and the Massey University Cultural Award.
Hannah McKie (MA in Creative Writing, 2009 and current PhD in Creative Writing candidate) has won the Best Play by a Woman Playwright category for Mary Scott: Queen of the Backblocks. Her play will be put forward as the Play Press submission to the prestigious international Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Established in 1978, the Blackburn Prize is given annually to recognise women who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre.
Both Philip and Hannah were members of the MA programme's scriptwriting stream, convened by Ken Duncum.
Now in its sixth year, the Adam NZ Play Award recognises and celebrates the best in new writing for theatre. The overal winner and runner up, and three special category winners were announced by Playmarket's Director Murray Lynch at an award ceremony at Circa Theatre on 6 April.
Read more about the Adam NZ Play Award and the 2013 winners.