NICOLA CHEESEMAN IS BACK
This one-woman play starring Jodie Rimmer was shortlisted for the Adam NZ Play Award (2023) and premiered in Auckland with Plumb Theatre (2024).
An encore season followed at Q Theatre in 2025 and the play was subsequently recorded for Radio New Zealand's Reading Drama Series. It was.part of the Re-imagine Arts Festival and the Tauranga Arts Festival 2025 - and happily, it is currently programmed at Centrepoint Theatre in 2026.
Play Synopsis: Nicola’s life has not turned out the way she expected. She’s struggling with aging and the dynamic, younger version of Nicola has long since disappeared under the weight of a disappointing marriage, children and elder care.
So when she finally moves her mother-in-law into a rest home, she decides this is the perfect time to get her life back. Specifically the life she had in her 20s when she was the lead singer of nouveau punk band The Cherry Slits...
Image: Megan Goldsman
THE CAMPERVAN (2022) Tadpole Theatre Productions
Richlister businessman, Hugh Webb is turning 60 and his impending mortality casts a long shadow. So the man with everything announces he’s got an extraordinary plan for a philanthropic legacy—he’s going to sell everything and live modestly in a campervan much to the horror of younger wife, Tamsin, business partner, Johnny, and aspiring filmmaker son, Marco.
Productions:
Pumphouse Theatre - Tadpole Theatre Productions 2022
Masterton Theatre Company - 2023
Image: Andrew Granger
MIKE & VIRGINIA (2023) Tadpole Theatre Productions
A romantic comedy about romantic comedy. Mike and Virginia. Both single. Both competitive. Both lecturers in film studies. Her specialty is romantic comedy, his is monster movies. She thinks he's an arrogant knuckle-dragger, he thinks she's a cow. The very worst thing they could do is fall in love.
Productions:
Pumphouse Theatre -Tadpole Theatre Productions - 2023
Circa Theatre - 2013
Herald Theatre - 2012
Image: Jodie Rimmer & Laura Hill.
HAGS OF DISCO
Two old friends reconnect to put on an extravagant, last ditch, career-saving show but neither are able to be completely honest about why.
Currently a work in progress.
MARS, BRINGER OF WAR
Two sisters pack up their older brother’s house and find themselves dealing with an interloper who has a plan to take everything.
Currently a work in progress.
