Stuart Hoar

Stuart Hoar (born 1957) is a New Zealand playwright, teacher, novelist, radio dramatist and librettist.[1] Hoar was born in New Plymouth and he was educated at James Cook High School, Manurewa and University of Auckland. He worked in the film industry as a sound recordist. In 1987, Squatter was chosen for Playmarket's National Playwrights Workshop and the following year Hoar was Writer in Residence at Mercury Theatre and recipient of the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award.[2] In 1993, Hoar received the Robert Burns Fellowship. Since the age of 24 he has written over 30 radio plays which have been broadcast internationally.[3] He has taught playwriting at Canterbury and Auckland universities and currently works for Playmarket as their script advisor.[1]

Plays
  • 1987 - Squatter - Mercury Theatre, Auckland
  • 1989 - Scott of the Antarctic - Allen Hall, Dunedin
  • 1990 - Exile - Allen Hall, Dunedin
  • 1991 - A Long Walk Off A Tall Rock - NZ Drama School, Wellington
  • 1992 - American Girl - Allen Hall, Dunedin
  • 1992 - The Danger of Lifts - Court Two, Christchurch
  • 2005 - Bright Star – Circa Theatre, Wellington
  • 2006 - Backwards in High Heels - Court Two, Christchurch [1]
  • 2013 - The Great Art War (with Phillip Norman) - Court Theatre, Christchurch
  • 2014 - Pasefika - Circa Theatre, Wellington
  • 2018 - Rendered, Auckland Theatre Company[4]

Awards
  • 1988 - Writer In Residence, Mercury Theatre
  • 1988 - John Reid Memorial Award
  • 1988 - Dominion Sunday Star Times Bruce Mason Award
  • 1990 - Literary Fellow, Auckland University
  • 1993 - Burns Fellow, Otago University
  • 2007 - Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship[5]
  • 2007 - Best Radio Play, Radio New Zealand Awards for Attitude[6]
  • 2010 - Adam New Zealand Play Award for Pasefeka[1]

References
  1. Forster, Michelanne; Plumb, Vivienne (2013). Twenty New Zealand Playwrights. Wellington: Playmarket. ISBN 9780908607471.
  2. "Spotlight Stuart Hoar". Playmarket News Issue 22. Spring 1999.
  3. Edmond, Murray. "Plays and Playwrights". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. "Giltrap Audi season of Rendered". Auckland Theatre Company. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. "Fellows". Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  6. "Pasefika". Scoop Independent News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.


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