Three short plays for women. In the first play we meet Elsie as she cleans a theatre cloakroom. In the second, Sandra sterilises her dishes, reminiscing about the secret she shared with her obsessive father. In the third play Joy goes to visit a charity fortune-teller and discovers her mother. (more…)
Set in the living room of a house in Ponsonby, this is a hard-hitting play about four women who challenge the violence in NZ society and debate the use of it by women. The action of the play is interwoven with rehearsals for a satirical revue the women are soon to present. (more…)
Irihapeti, a young Maori woman, is torn between her successful city life and the old values and customs she has grown up with and must confront this dilemma when she and her sisters return home for Christmas. (more…)
Tig, mentally injured after a sexual assault relies totally on her lover Missy for survival and Missy suffers the consequences of this gruelling role as care giver. (more…)
Caroline Harris has recently died. Her daughters, Margaret Rose (Mugro) and Elizabeth (Lillibet), find that sorting out her belongings brings some curious information to light. (more…)
The first play in the trilogy Wednesday To Come
What do you know about the Depression of the thirties? In history books you will find little even about the notorious unemployment relief camps; about the effects the Depression upon family life you will find next to nothing. (more…)
