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Nixon, Carl
Carl was born in Christchurch in 1967 and has an MA in Religious Studies from Canterbury University. He taught high school English briefly before teaching in Japan for two years. He is now a full time writer. He has twice won the Sunday Star Times Short Story Contest (1997 and 1999) and was runner up in the prestigious Katherine Mansfield Literary Awards in 1999. His stories have been published widely both here and overseas and many have been broadcast by Radio New Zealand. His involvement with theatre began in 1986 when he started performing in Theatresports shows at The Court, something he continued to do for the next fourteen years. His recent work for theatre includes adapting Nobel Prize winner J. M. Coetzees Booker Prize winning novel Disgrace for the stage. The completed script has been scheduled for production in September 2005 by Auckland Theatre Company. He has also been commissioned by the Court Theatre to write a new script for a full-length play.

NB:- All of Carl's children's plays have EXPANDABLE casts - click on title to check

Crumpy
Comedy/Drama, Cast: 3 (1 female, 2 male)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Children’s Theatre/Comedy, Cast: 4 (2 female, 2 male)

Hansel & Gretel
Children/Children’s Theatre, Cast: 4 (2 female, 2 male)

Jack and the Beanstalk (C NIxon)
Children’s Theatre/Drama, Cast: 4 (2 female, 2 male)

Kiwifruits
Comedy, Cast: 7 (3 female, 4 male)

Puff The Magic Dragon
Children’s Theatre/Pantomime, Cast: 4 (1 female, 3 male)

Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer
Children’s Theatre/Pantomime, Cast: 4 (1 female, 3 male)

Stinky the Goblin and the Queen
Children’s Theatre/Comedy, Cast: 4 (2 female, 2 male)

Super Nan
Comedy, Cast: 4 (2 female, 2 male)

The Birthday Boy
Comedy/Drama, Cast: 6 (3 female, 3 male)

The Book of Fame
Drama, Cast: 4 (0 female, 4 male)

The Dragon of an Ordinary Family
Children’s Theatre/Drama, Cast: 4 (2 female, 2 male)

The Great Piratical Rumbustification
Children’s Theatre/Drama, Cast: 4 (2 female, 2 male)

The Little Mermaid
Children’s Theatre/Drama, Cast: 4 (2 female, 2 male)

The Owl and the Pussycat
Children’s Theatre/Drama, Cast: 4 (2 female, 2 male)

The Raft
Drama, Cast: 5 (2 female, 3 male)

The Reluctant Dragon
Children’s Theatre/Drama, Cast: 4 (2 female, 2 male)

The Three Little Pigs
Children’s Theatre/Comedy, Cast: 4 (1 female, 3 male)

The Ugly Duckling
Children’s Theatre/Comedy, Cast: 12 (5 female, 7 male)

Two Fish 'n' a Scoop
Drama, Cast: 4 (1 female, 3 male)

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