Matthew, Mark, Luke
and Joanne
Matthew, his friend and business partner Mark, and Matthew’s wife Joanne, have all for various reasons and in different ways, given their lives over to a higher power. But what if those three ways of living are incompatible? Who will give up what they believe first?
Professional Productions
2016
Court Theatre, Christchurch
Director: Steven Ray
Community Productions
2018
Howick Little Theatre
2019
South Canterbury Drama League
THE WAR ARTIST
Three characters, all soldiers in the New Zealand Division in France in 1918. The play focuses on the creation of the painting Burial Party at Bellevue near Solesme by George Edmund Butler. Butler was the New Zealand army’s first official war artist. The War Artist explores ideas around the validity of creating art in the face of war, and the solace to be found in the rites of burial.
Professional Productions
2015
Centrepoint Theatre, Palmerston North
Director: Jeff Kingsford-Brown
TWO FISH 'N' A SCOOP
An interracial love story set in a Kiwi Fish and chip shop. Two actors play twelve characters in a story that is both funny and moving.
Professional Productions
2013
Centrepoint Theatre, Palmerston North
Director: Jeff Kingsford-Brown
2012
Fortune Theatre, Dunedin and Otago/Southland Tour
Director: Patrick Davies
2010
Court Theatre Production, Christchurch
Director: Greg Cooper
Community Productions
2014
Howick Little Theatre
2017
Ashburton College
THE BIRTHDAY BOY
What happens to long-term friends when life takes them in completely different directions? When Stuart and Elizabeth meet their oldest friends, David and Kathy, to celebrate David's 40th birthday, they're not expecting the shock announcement that changes all their lives.
Professional Productions
2010
Circa Production, Wellington
Director: Jane Wadell
2008
A Court Theatre Production, Christchurch
Director: Steven Ray
Community Productions
2011
Howick Little Theatre
THE RAFT
Set over a rainy weekend in a West Coast bach, the story of a devastating family tragedy and healing.
Professional Productions
2009
Centrepoint, Palmerston North
Director: Steven Ray
Downstage, Wellington
Director: Duncan Smith
2007
Court Theatre, Main Stage, Christchurch Arts Festival
Director: Stephanie McKellar Smith
Radio Productions
2008
Radio New Zealand
(winner: Best NZ Radio Drama)
Community Productions
2010
Howick Little Theatre
2011
Waipukarau Little Theatre
2011
Mairangi Players
2016
Waiheke Theatre Company
2020 The Globe, Dunedin
2020 (postponed due to Covid)
Williamstown Little Theatre Company
Melbourne, Australia.
2021
Hutt Repertory
2021
Takaka Drama Society
2022
Napier Repertory Players
2024
Canterbury Repertory Theatre
DISGRACE
Adapted from the Booker Prize winning novel by J.M. Coetzee. Professor David Lurie has an impulsive affair with a student. When the affair sours he is denounced and retreats to an isolated East Cape Province smallholding owned by his daughter Lucy
Professional Productions
2005
Auckland Theatre Company
Director: Colin McColl
CRUMPY - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BARRY CRUMP
Professional Productions
2002
The Theatre, Auckland
Castcorp Theatre Productions
2001
The Fortune Theatre, Dunedin
Southland/Otago Tour
2000
Seven Sisters Productions in association with
The Court Theatre
Director: David McPhail
Nelson Arts Festival Season (1 week)
THE BOOK OF FAME
Adapted from the Deutz Medal winning novel by Lloyd Jones. The play relives the legendary 1905 tour of the United Kingdom by The Originals, the first rugby team to bear the name All Blacks.
Professional Productions
2003
Downstage Theatre, Wellington
Director: Gary Henderson
2003
Auckland Arts Festival
Centrepoint Theatre, Palmerston North
Christchurch Arts Festival
Community Productions
2011
Christ's College, Christchurch. Senior Production.
Director: David Chambers
KIWIFRUITS - A NEW ZEALAND FAIRY TALE
Co-written with C. Cooper. Fay Gay tells her fellow drag performer, Tatiania, the story of how The Castle Road Tavern was turned from a working man's pub into a venue for spectacular drag shows. A mad, free-wheeling Kiwi version of the Cinderella story.
Professional Productions
2000
Centerpoint Theatre
2000
The Fortune Theatre, Dunedin
Director: Brian Aitken
1999
The Court Theatre, Christchurch
Director: David McPhail
Community Productions
2013
Howick Little Theatre
2023
Dolphin Theatre, Onehunga, Auckland
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND (ABRIDGED)
Co-written with C. Cooper and G. Cooper The history of New Zealand is acted out in it's entirety - 1000 years in 100 minutes. A comedy for three actors.
Professional Productions
2006
The Herald Theatre, Auckland
The Edge Productions
2001
CCC SummerTimes outdoor season at Hagley Park
1999
Fortune Theature Dunedin - 1 week season
Tour of Otago and Southland - 3 weeks
1998
A Court Theatre Production Court II for a 5 week season (extended)
Directed by Mark Hadlow.
Wearable Arts Festival, Nelson