Ralph McCubbin Howell


Ralph McCubbin Howell is a Wellington-based New Zealand playwright and actor. Howell was the recipient of the 2014 Bruce [Mason Playwriting Award]. His work The Devil's Half Acre was commissioned and produced by the 2016 New Zealand International Festival of the Arts.
Howells has a BA in Theatre & English at Victoria University of Wellington. He also trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Howell often performs as an actor in his own work, with roles in many initial productions of his plays including The Bookbinder, The Devil's Half Acre, The Road That Wasn't There, Broken River, and The Engine room.
Howell is the co-director along with Hannah [Smith (director)|Hannah Smith] of the theatre company Trick of the Light. Their play The Road That Wasn't There won Howell an Outstanding New NZ Play in 2013 and Smith the Most Promising Director at the Wellington Theatre Awards.

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