CONGRATULATIONS TO...

Whiti Hereaka - selected for the Summer Residency at the Michael King Writers' Centre.

BATS Theatre - whose premises have been bought and secured for the theatre by Sir Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh.

Arthur Meek (On The Upside-Down Of The World), Fiona Samuel (Bliss) and Thomas Sainsbury (Supercity) - all winners in the 2011 NZ Writers Guild's SWANZ Awards.

Eli Kent - awarded an Arts Foundation New Zealand New Generation Award. 

James Griffin (Outrageous Fortune) - awarded Best Script drama/comedy at the Aotearoa Film and Television Awards.

All the nominees and winners in the 2011 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards.

PLAYMARKET wishes to especially congratulate:

Ralph McCubbin Howell - The Peter Harcourt Award for Outstanding New Playwright of the Year sponsored by BATS Theatre and Taki Rua Productions for The Engine Room.

Dean Parker - Outstanding New New Zealand Play of the Year sponsored by PLAYMARKET and Capital E National Theatre for Children for Slouching Toward Bethlehem.