Claire Ahuriri-Dunning

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Claire Ahuriri-Dunning (born 1989) is a New Zealand playwright. [1]

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Personal life

Ahuriri-Dunning was born in Takapuna, Auckland, in 1989. [1] She has Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Scots, German Jewish and Irish Catholic heritage. [1] She was educated at Glenfield College, and then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Auckland. [1] She has worked as a software tester and a drama teacher at a high school. [2] [1] With her husband James Dunning, Ahuriri-Dunning is the founder of Pearangi Creative and Sky Bear Games. [3]

Plays

Other work

In 2009, Ahuriri-Dunning wrote and directed The Virgin Party at the Drama Studio at the University of Auckland. [13] Reviewer James Amos described it as "a fairly judicious (yet fun and very thought provoking) look at women's roles and stereotypes throughout history". [13]

Ahuriri-Dunning has also published a board game, Cat Capers. [1]

Awards

Spilt Milk won Auckland Flip the Script in 2005, and later also received a Special Mention from Playmarket's Plays for the Young competition in 2010. Dracula was shortlisted in the Adam NZ Play Awards of 2018. [1]

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  2. ↑ "Claire Ahuriri-Dunning". The Big Idea. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Claire Ahuriri-Dunning & James Dunning". The PumpHouse Theatre. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Spilt Milk". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "TROLLS, DRAGONS AND MAJOR LIFE DECISIONS - Theatreview". www.theatreview.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "A Midsummer's Nightmare". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Alice's Revenge". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Dracula". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Hercules". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "King Arthur the Pantomime". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Shakespeare Junior". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "The Iliad". www.playmarket.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  13. 1 2 "The Virgin Party - Intense discussion about women's roles and perceptions". www.theatreview.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.


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