Kirk Waaka Torrance

Ngāti Kahungunu



Kirk Torrance is an actor with a Bachelor of Perfoming Arts from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School. Torrance was a member of Writers Block, a writers group led by Hone Kouka in 2002. Torrance’s play "Strata" won the 2003 Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for most original production, outstanding new playwright and most promising new director (Tim Spite).

Biographical sources

  • http://johnsonlaird.com/actors/Kirk_Torrance 14 Oct. 2010.
  • Dixon, Greg. “Seeking Spirits in the Dark.” NZ Herald 22 Feb. 2005. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/auckland-festival/news/article.cfm?c_id=500839&objectid=10112037 14 Oct. 2010.

    Fiction

  • "Battalion." Huia Short Stories 3. Ed. John Huria. Wellington, N.Z.: Huia, 1999. 193-198.
  • Other

  • Dixon, Greg. "Seeking Spirits in the Dark." NZ Herald 22 Feb. 2005. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/auckland-festival/news/article.cfm?c_id=500839&objectid=10112037 14 Oct. 2010.
  • Performing Arts

  • "Strata." BAS Theatre. Wellington, N.Z. Sept.-Oct. 2003.

    Reviews

  • Young, Stuart. "Strata." New Zealand Herald 17 Aug. 2006. http://subs.nzherald.co.nz/event/story.cfm?c_Id=500839&objectID=10112854