Plays and Productions

 It is four years into the Great War and in Brisbane, Australia, Daisy Harvey is frustrated. At nearly 17 she's desperate for a life with more purpose and freedom. As the wars end draws 

near, the tide finally begins to turn for Daisy; in her relationships with her mother, uncle, and father at the front, and in her tentative new romance with the Kiwi soldier Jack. Set entirely within the month of October, shortly before the final November armistice, this compelling family drama visits the world of the first ANZAC's with humour and heart.  

Shortlisted for 2026 Adam NZ Play Award.  Scheduled for production, Dolphin Theatre Onehunga, October 2026. Image from Dolphin Theatre staged read with Evie DePledge and Rama Buisson as Daisy and Jack.

It is 1993 and best mates Ben, Caja and Paul are leaving the shelter of their rural primary school to start high school in Rotorua. They’re certain their friendship will last, but they have no idea how much things will change; not only with the coming flood of technology but in their views of the world, Aotearoa and each other. 

Following the characters through to the age of 24, this dramedy explores issues of identity, prejudice, friendship and belief against the backdrop of the 1990s and early 2000s. While attitudes and issues have shifted, “Home” raises ubiquitous questions about how and when to stay in relationships with people whose worldview is widely, and sometimes terribly, different than our own.

Image from staged reading at Dolphin Theatre; fetturing Tane Hippolite, Kelsey Mercer, Ben Wickers and directed by AJ Johnson.

 Feminism is good for everyone… isn't it?  Heather and Robert Barnett’s domestic life is shaken up when daughter Marlene brings home a copy of The Female Eunuch. Worse, it’s outspoken Australian author is coming to New Zealand, and Marlene wants to see her. 

It was 1972 when Germaine Greer visited New Zealand and feminism hit the papers and the mainstream like never before. This Christchurch family dramedy takes us to a different but not so distant time, before the Equal Pay Act and when feminist was very much a dirty word.

Image from table read at the Dolphin Theatre, featuring Penel Keegan, Shivaun Statham, Gavin Leary, Stephanie Mcintyre and Ruth McNeilly.