Playwright Arthur Meek wins major arts award
Playwright Arthur Meek wins major arts
award
Arthur Meek, author of On the Upside Down
of the World, , won a major arts award last evening.
He won the $80,000 Harriet Friedlander
New York Residency at the Macquarie Private Wealth New
Zealand Arts Awards last evening. Details here.
Arthur held a residency at the Michael
King Writers’ Centre in 2011 and his play On the Upside
Down of the World is being staged in Devonport next Monday,
for one night only, as a fundraiser for the centre.
The
play has received rave reviews. An Auckland Theatre Company
production, it stars Laurel Devenie and is directed by Colin
McColl. It will be presented at The Victoria Theatre in
Devonport on Monday October 8, at 7.30 pm. Arthur will be at
the performance.
Tickets are $30 for
adults and $25 for students, available from the Michael King
Writers’ Centre, phone 09 445 8451 or email
assistant@writerscentre.org.nz
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