David O'Donnell
Senior Lecturer,
School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies
Phone: 04 463 6828
Email: address
Street Address: Room 303, 77 Fairlie Terrace, Kelburn Campus
Nearest Fax: 04 463 5090
Currently Teaching
THEA 101 - The Live Act: Introduction to Theatre
Course Coordinator
THEA 203 - Space, Light and Text
Course Coordinator
THEA 403 - Drama and Theatre in Aotearoa New Zealand
Course Coordinator
Qualifications
Graduate New Zealand Drama School
BA Victoria
Postgraduate Diploma in Arts Otago
MA Otago
Current Research Projects
- Theatre director with particular interest in new New Zealand work.
- Writing and researching further articles about New Zealand and Pacific Island theatre.
Areas of Supervision
- New NZ Work.
- Theories of Acting and Directing.
- Māori Theatre.
- Post-Colonial Theatre.
- Shakespearean Performance.
- Community Theatre.
- NZ and Australian Theatre History.
Major Achievements
- Awarded Production of the Year for Collapsing Creation, Chapman Tripp Awards, December 2009.
- Co-editor (with Marc Maufort) of Performing Aotearoa: New Zealand Theatre and Drama in an Age of Transition.
- Awarded Production of the Year for Yours Truly, Chapman Tripp Awards, December 2006.
- Awarded Director of the Year, Production of the Year for Albert Speer, Chapman Tripp Awards, December 2004.
- Nominated for Best Director, Best Production, Most Original Production for Irish Annals of Aotearoa, Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards, December 2001.
- Award for Excellence in Teaching, Victoria University, October 2000.
- Nominated for Best Director, Best Production, Most original Production for The Sojourns of Boy, Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards, December 1999.
Professional Links and Responsibilities
- Executive Member Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA).
- Judge Marlis Thiersch Prize (ADSA).
- Member, Victoria University Summer Shakespeare Trust Board.
Selection of Publications
- Maufort, Marc and O'Donnell, David (eds.) Performing Aotearoa: New Zealand Theatre and Drama in an Age of Transition. Brussels: PIE Peter Lang, 2007.
- O'Donnell, David. "Criminals and Celebrities: The inter-generational performance practice of Miranda Harcourt and Stuart McKenzie." Performance Research 9:3 (2004): pp. 116–128.
- O'Donnell, David. "Issues in PI Women's Theatre: Vula and Frangipani Perfume." Illusions 36 (Winter 2004): pp. 32–35.
- O'Donnell, David. "Introduction." Frangipani Perfume by Makerita Urale and Mapaki by Dianna Fuemana. Wellington: The Play Press, 2004, pp. i–x.
- O'Donnell, David. "Whaddarya? Thirty Years of the New Zealand Play and Questions of Identity." Playmarket News 32 (Spring 2003): pp. 11–15.