Pip Hall

Philippa "Pip" Hall (born 1971) is a New Zealand stage, screen and radio script writer and actor. She is a water ballerina and co-founder of the contemporary water ballet company Wet Hot Beauties,[1] and current president of the New Zealand Writers Guild.[2] She is the daughter of Roger Hall, and was educated in theatre studies and drama at the University of Otago.

Plays

  • Queen B, commissioned by The Young and Hungry Arts Trust and first produced at BATS Theatre in July 1997, directed by Paula Crutchlow. Published by Playmarket.[3]
  • No Man's Land, commissioned by Allen Hall Lunchtime Theatre at University of Otago, 1999
  • Shudder, commissioned by The Young and Hungry Arts Trust and first produced at BATS Theatre in July 2000, directed by David O'Donnell. Published by The Play Press.[4]
  • Red Fish, Blue Fish, first produced at Silo Theatre in 2000, directed by Rebecca Hobbs
  • The Woman Who Loved a Mountain, workshop reading at the Taranaki Festival of the Arts
  • Who Needs Sleep Anyway?, co-written with Roger Hall, commissioned by Plunket Society, first produced at Fortune Theatre in May 2007, directed by Conrad Newport[5]
  • Up North, first produced by Centrepoint Theatre in 2010
  • The 53rd Victim,[6] about Rachel Brooke-Taylor, a New Zealand doctor, who eventually became the 53rd victim of the 2005 London bombings[7]
  • Ache, produced at Court Theatre in 2014, directed by Daniel Pengelly

Awards

  • Bruce Mason Award Winner 2009[8]
  • New Zealand New Play Award for The 53rd Victim, 2009[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Wet Hot Beauties!". Wet Hot Beauties. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "About Us". New Zealand Writers Guild. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Hall, Jackson, George, Pip, Lauren, Miria. Three Young & Hungry Plays (First ed.). Playmarket. pp. 17–41. ISBN 978-0-908607-40-2.
  4. ↑ Randerson, Hall, Jo, Pip (2003). Fold / Shudder. The Play Press. pp. 23–77. ISBN 1877319015.
  5. ↑ "Who Needs Sleep Anyway?". Theatre Aotearoa. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Adam NZ Play Award". Playmarket. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  7. ↑ "The 53rd Victim by Pip Hall". Major Plays. RNZ. October 31, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Pip Hall wins Bruce Mason Playwriting Award". The Big Idea. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
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