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Kathleen Gallagher (New Zealand writer)

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Kathleen Gallagher (born 1957) is a playwright, filmmaker, poet, and novelist from New Zealand. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Gallagher was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. [1]

Career

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

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

Film and television

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

Tara (1987) [1] [3]

Gypsy (1993) [1] [3]

Twilight Burns the Sky (2001) [1] [3]

Plays and play collections

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

Earthquakes & Butterflies – Otautahi Christchurch (2015) [1] [10]

Īnangahua Gold (2018), with drawings by Michael Coughlan [11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Gallagher, Kathleen". www.read-nz.org. January 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Kathleen Gallagher". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Kathleen Gallagher". New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) – Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Seven Rivers Walking". RNZ . 29 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Joyce, Janet (June 2007). "A breath of peace: an interview with Kathleen Gallagher" (PDF). Chrysalis Seed Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Seven Rivers Walking – Haere Mārire | Film | NZ On Screen". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Screen, NZ On. "Kathleen Gallagher | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  8. ↑ Gallagher, Kathleen; Winstanley, Kate; Rippingale, Gen (1999). Mothertongue : four plays of Women's Action Theatre. Publishing Giant Press. ISBN   0958358265.
  9. ↑ Gallagher, Kathleen (2002). Peace Plays. Doygal Press. ISBN   0473088088.
  10. 1 2 Fletcher, Jack (21 February 2018). "Creative Conversations: Earthquake play a chance to process and talk about Christchurch's loss". Stuff. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  11. ↑ Gallagher, Kathleen (2018). Īnangahua Gold. KingFisher Publishing. ISBN   9780473459451.
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