Gary Henderson (playwright) explained

Gary Henderson (born 1955) is a New Zealand playwright, director and teacher.^[1] Henderson's work has been produced both nationally and internationally with his play Skin Tight having travelled to Edinburgh, New York City and Canada. Whilst at the 1998 Edinburgh Fringe Festival it won the Fringe First Award.^[2] In 2013 Henderson received a $20,000 Playmarket Award, acknowledging his contribution to New Zealand theatre.^[3]

Personal Life

Gary Henderson was born in Geraldine in South Canterbury, and travelled north to Auckland where he has lived ever since.

Plays

• Things That Matter (Auckland Theatre Company 2023)^[4]
• Shepherd (The Court Theatre 2015)^[5]
• My Bed My Universe (Massive Company, 2014)^[6]
• Stealing Games (Capital E 2009)^[7]
• Sun Shower (in Mother Whaea Tama Son) (Musgrove Studio 2009)^[8]
• The Good One (in Mother Whaea Tama Son) (Musgrove Studio 2009)
• Lines of Fire
• Peninsula (Court Theatre 2005)^[9]
• Home Land (commissioned by the Fortune Theatre, 2004), about an ageing Otago farmer who has to leave his farm due to failing health.^{[10] [11]}
• Without Trace
• An Unseasonable Fall of Snow (Downstage Theatre, 1998)^[12]
• Mo and Jess Kill Susie (BATS Theatre 1996)^[13]
• Spine-Tingle
• The Judas Zoo (with Christian Penny and Anna Marbrook) (Theatre at Large 1995)^[14]
• Tigerplay (BATS Theatre 1994)^[15]
• Skin Tight (BATS Theatre 1994)^[16]
• Sunset Cafe (BATS Theatre 1993)
• The Big Blue Planet Earth Show (with Emma Robinson, Shane Bartle, Toni Gordon and Tina Cook) (BATS Theatre 1991)^[17]
• Alien Kiss (Circa Theatre 1990)^[18]
• The Song of Bobby Zack (BATS Theatre 1989))
• Zippy and Gonk Meet the Hooded Mangler
• Ziggy's Tribe (Parkway Intermediate School, 1987))
• Monsters

Notes and References

1. Book: Forster. Michelanne. Plumb. Vivienne. Twenty New Zealand Playwrights. 2013. Playmarket. Wellington. 9780908607471.
2. Web site: Gary Henderson. Playmarket. 21 April 2016.
3. News: Grant. Nick. Rise and Fall. 21 April 2016. New Zealand Listner. 24 July 2014. Bauer Media Group.
4. Web site: Things That Matter. 12 August 2023. Auckland Theatre Company. Auckland Theatre Company. 22 November 2023.
5. Web site: Shepherd production page. February 2015. Theatreview. The Theatreview Trust. 23 April 2016.
6. Web site: My Bed My Universe. April 2014. Theatreview. The Theatreview Trust. 23 April 2016.
7. Web site: Stealing Games production page. July 2009. Theatreview. The Theatreview Trust. 23 April 2016.
8. Web site: MOTHER / WHAEA, TAMA / SON production page. March 2007. Theatreview. The Theatreview Trust. 23 April 2016.
9. [Court Theatre (New Zealand)|Court]
10. News: National Business Review. Till. Francis. 15 October 2004. Theatre Review.
11. Book: Marc Maufort . David O'Donnell . 978-90-5201-359-6 . 1376-3199 . en . 23674269M . 466 . 2007 . Brussels . Peter Lang . Performing Aotearoa: New Zealand Theatre and Drama in an Age of Transition.
12. Book: Henderson, Gary. Three Plays by Gary Henderson. Playmarket. 2007. 978-0-908607-30-3. Wellington, New Zealand. 105.
13. Book: Henderson, Gary. Three Plays by Henderson. Playmarket. 2007. 978-0-908607-30-3. Wellington,New Zealand. 51.
14. News: THEATRE Briefs. Hewitson. Michelle. 11 March 1995. New Zealand Listener.
15. News: Playmarket News. 1998. SPOTLIGHT Gary Henderson.
16. Book: Henderson, Gary. Three Plays by Gary Henderson. Playmarket. 2007. 978-0-908607-30-3. Wellington, New Zealand. 13.
17. News: Evening Post. Atkinson. Laurie. 13 May 1993. Theatre Review.
18. News: The Evening Post. Atkinson. Laurie. 9 May 1990. Henderson's Alien Kiss makes hat-trick.