23 April 2025 - The Private War of Corporal Cooper - written by John Broughton

This is a short powerful  one act play,directed by Heather Graham, is set in New Zealand during World War 1. We meet Sister Mary Bartholomew, a  Dominican Nun, who is a teacher at St Joseph's Convent in Dunedin.  She is busy knitting socks for the war effort and decides to put her name in one of them.

When Corporal Johnny Cooper, a soldier with the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force in France receives a pair her socks in a Red Cross parcel, he finds her name on a note inside.  Unaware she is a nun, he writes back and a friendship is struck up. 

Poignant, spiritual and dramatic, a lovely play for the Easter/Anzac time of the year.

 Limited tickets available.    On stage from 23 to 26 April 2025.  Four performances only  

Tickets available now from iTicket:   http://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2025/apr/corporal-cooper

The Cast 

We are excited to announce that Norma Noble (on our stage in December for Nell Gwynn) and Andre Liddicoat (last on our stage in Noises Off) have been cast as Sister Bartholomew and Corporal Cooper.