Kathleen Gallagher (New Zealand writer)
Kathleen Gallagher (born 1957) is a playwright, filmmaker, poet, and novelist from New Zealand.[1][2][3][4]
Early life
[edit]Gallagher was born in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1]
Career
[edit]She started writing at age 18[1] and was writing plays for theatre by 1984.[5] Gallagher has written and produced at least 15 plays,[2][1] working with the Blue Ladder Theatre Group and the Women's Action Theatre[1] Her plays have been performed on stage and on radio, in New Zealand and in Australia.[1][3] She has also published three collections.[1] Another New Zealand poet, Dame Fiona Kidman, described her work saying "the presentation of these poem is exquisite, the work itself is interesting and image laden, often delicate in style."[1]
Gallagher is an advocate for peace, and has directed multiple documentaries on the environment, spirituality, and the peace movement.[2] These include the documentary Peaceful Pacific, and the documentary Tau Te Mauri – Breath of Peace, which describes New Zealand's peace movement towards becoming nuclear-free.[1] The film Seven Rivers Walking – Haere Mārire, which she co-directed with Galyene Barns, premiered at the 2017 NZ International Film Festival.[6]
Gallagher has an ATCL in drama from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, a BA in history and religious studies from the University of Canterbury, and a Postgraduate Diploma in accounting from Victoria University of Wellington.[1] She has worked as an accountant and has lectured accounting and taxation at the University of Auckland and Nelson Polytechnic.[1]
Awards
[edit]New Zealand Playwrights Award 1993 – winner[5][3]
New Zealand Radio Awards 1996 – finalist for Charlie Bloom[1][5][3]
New Zealand Media Peace Awards 1996 – finalist for Charlie Bloom[1][5][3]
Sonja Davies Peace Award 2004 – winner for Tau Te Mauri – Breath of Peace[1][7]
World Peace Film and Music Festival – commended for He Oranga, He Oranga[1]
Works
[edit]Film and television
[edit]Jimmy Sullivan (2000) as director and writer[2]
Tau Te Mauri – Breath of Peace (2004) as director and writer[2]
Peaceful Pacific (2004) as director[2]
He Oranga, He Oranga (2007) as director, writer and producer[2]
Barefoot Peacemakers (2008) as producer[2]
Earth Whisperers Papatuanuku (2009) as director, writer and producer[2]
Water Whisperers Tangaroa (2010) as director, writer and producer[2]
Sky Whisperers Ranganui (2011) as director, writer and producer[2]
Nancy Wake: The White Mouse (2014) as executive producer[2]
Hautu (2016) as director[2]
Seven Rivers Walking – Haere Mārire (2017) as co-director[6]
Poetry collections
[edit]Twilight Burns the Sky (2001)[1][3]
Plays and play collections
[edit]Mothertongue (1999), a collection of four plays: Mothertongue and Jacaranda (both written with Kate Winstanley), and Offspring and Banshee Reel (both written with Gen Rippingale)[8]
Peace Plays (2002), a collection of three plays: Charlie Bloom, Hautu, and Shanty and the Angel.[9] Charlie Bloom was first performed in 1996.[1]
Earthquakes & Butterflies (2018),[10] an adaptation of her 2015 novel
Novels
[edit]Earthquakes & Butterflies – Otautahi Christchurch (2015)[1][10]
Īnangahua Gold (2018), with drawings by Michael Coughlan[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Gallagher, Kathleen". www.read-nz.org. January 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Kathleen Gallagher". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Kathleen Gallagher". New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) – Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Seven Rivers Walking". RNZ. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d Joyce, Janet (June 2007). "A breath of peace: an interview with Kathleen Gallagher" (PDF). Chrysalis Seed Arts. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Seven Rivers Walking – Haere Mārire | Film | NZ On Screen". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ Screen, NZ On. "Kathleen Gallagher | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Gallagher, Kathleen; Winstanley, Kate; Rippingale, Gen (1999). Mothertongue : four plays of Women's Action Theatre. Publishing Giant Press. ISBN 0958358265.
- ^ Gallagher, Kathleen (2002). Peace Plays. Doygal Press. ISBN 0473088088.
- ^ a b Fletcher, Jack (21 February 2018). "Creative Conversations: Earthquake play a chance to process and talk about Christchurch's loss". Stuff. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Gallagher, Kathleen (2018). Īnangahua Gold. KingFisher Publishing. ISBN 9780473459451.
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