Talofa lava
Fakaalofa lahi atu
Malo e lelei
Kia orana
Tena koutou
Ni sa bula
Taloha ni

Welcome to another late after-match report – and the first 2011 Banana Boat broadside.

Present

– were AMBER ARANUI, GRANT BAYLEY, CLAIRE NOBLE, VENUS STEPHENS, GERALDINE WARREN, STAN WOLFGRAMM, JENNI HEKA and DAVID MAMEA.

Apologies

– were received from LEILANI UNASA, CHRIS MOLLOY, ERIC SMITH and DANNY AUMUA.

Banana Boat Business

There was a gentle reminder for the Brown Ink sessions – okay, they were generous exhortations. JENNI tempted those present with the promise of Heka Catering putting on the Brown Ink feed.

News to Use

The GRANT BAYLEY LIBRARY is as follows:

– The Best Plays of 1969-1970 – Otis L Guernsey, editor

– Curtain Times: The New York Theatre 1965-1987 – Otis L Guernsey Jr

– Five New Zealand Plays – John Thomson, editor

– Jumpers – Tom Stoppard

– My Best Play – a self-selected anthology that includes Noel Coward, Somerset Maugham, AA Milne

– Objection Overruled – Carolyn Burns

– Two Plays by Tom Stoppard: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, and Professional Foul – Tom Stoppard

A webpage will be set aside for this library.

Coming Up

2011 is shaping up to another bumper year for Banana Boat and its yet-unnamed sibling organisation/production-unit. What else did you expect us to say: Watch this space.

Assuming someone (cough) is organised enough, it’s hoped that the February 2011 fono will be held in South Auckland.

Script Reading

GRANT shared a five-minute monologue that emotionally affected all present – technical discussions almost seemed like an insult but it’s one thing to share within a group, and another to share with a cold audience. The Banana Boat always wants its writers to put their best jandle forward ’cause it’s what we do.

Next Fono

– will be on THURSDAY 27 JANUARY 2011 at the usual time and place. This will be the first fono for 2011.