Bill Sheat
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William Newton Sheat was a New Zealand lawyer and arts advocate whose input was instrumental in many arts organisations including as a founding member of the New Zealand Film Commission, Creative New
The Hannah Playhouse
The Opera House
Embassy Theatre
Playmarket
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Playmarket is a not-for-profit organisation providing script advisory services, representation for playwrights in New Zealand and access to New Zealand plays. Playmarket was founded in 1973 to encoura
Bill Sheat
…New Zealand. This ranged from Downstage, New Zealand's first professional theatre, to a government funding body the Queen Elizabeth ll Arts Council, to Playmarket, New Zealand agent for playwrights and setting up the national drama school Toi Whakaari. Sheat also encouraged investment in a New Zealand film industry…
Murray Lynch director of Playmarket