Ralph McCubbin Howell is a Wellington-based New Zealand playwright and actor.[1] He was the recipient of the 2014 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award.[2] His work The Devil's Half Acre was commissioned and produced by the 2016 New Zealand International Festival of the Arts.[3]
Howells has a BA (Honours) in Theatre & English at Victoria University of Wellington. He also trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (UK).[4]
Howell often performs as an actor in his own work, with roles in many initial productions of his plays including The Bookbinder,[5] The Devil's Half Acre, The Road That Wasn't There,[6] Broken River, and The Engine room.
Howell is the co-director along with Hannah Smith of the theatre company Trick of the Light.[4] Their play The Road That Wasn't There won Howell an Outstanding New NZ Play in 2013 and Smith the Most Promising Director at the Wellington Theatre Awards (2023).[4]
Awards
edit- 2014 – Bruce Mason Playwriting Award.[7]
- 2014 – The BookBinder: Best Theatre; Best in the Fringe; Tiki Tour Ready Award – New Zealand Fringe Festival[8]
- 2013 – The Road That Wasn't There: Outstanding New NZ Play[4]
- 2013 – Production of the Year – Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards[9] Auckland Arts Festival Award – Auckland Fringe Festival 2013[10]
- 2011 – Outstanding new New Zealand Playwright of the Year – Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards 2011[11]
References
edit- ^ "Playmarket". Playmarket New Zealand. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Ralph McCubbin Howell wins Bruce Mason Playwrighting award". scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Coleman, Ewen. "Review, The Devil's Half Acre". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d "About". Trick of the Light. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Atkinson, Laurie. "The Bookbinder". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ McCubbin Howell, Ralph. Here / Now (first ed.). Playmarket. pp. 221–269. ISBN 978-0-908607-59-4.
- ^ "Bruce Mason Playwright Awards". Te Ara Encclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Kerr, Brianne. "New Zealand Fringe Festival Awards 2014". The Big Idea. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Smythe, John. "Chapman Tripp Theatre awards 2013". theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Keeping up with NZ".
- ^ scoop, media. "Chapman Tripp Theatre awards 2011 award winners". scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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