"The Lion in the Meadow" production at Pumphouse Theatre...

For the last couple of days, I've been busy at AUT North Shore in class with other EdD students discussing where we are in our studies and also how things are progressing. I'm now into my second port-folio which is due next month with some late nights confirmed for the next weeks.

The neat thing was that my youngest's class was invited to attend with some other junior classes to Tim Bray's production of "The Lion in the Meadow" (the late Margaret Mahy's stories) at the Pumphouse Theatre in the North Shore, some 5 mins drive away from my class.

Although parents weren't invited due to strict numbers allocated, I went to see my child's trip and was invited to stay and view the stories. A big shout out to Tim Bray (the producer) as it was a neat show for children to watch with tickets sponsored by a North Shore couple who support the work of the Theatre.

I enjoy theatre, having produced some high school productions back when I was teaching and through church youth productions and have considered producing more theatre productions but currently due to my busy lifestyle, studies and work, am unable to commit time to making productions come to life.

I must say that it was refreshing to be back in a theatre and to see Lake Pupuke again, which is where the Theatre is located next to, as I used to drive and supervise a group of High students from Otara to Lake Pupuke for Dragonboat training back in the day. That was when I was busy with outrigging training and then would take students to training ready for races. Sadly, Dragonboating is not continuing anymore.

But so good to see the children enjoying meeting with the cast after the show and especially the Lion, as he seemed to be the most popular of all the cast as lots of the children wanted to meet and talk with him. And especially as it was the last day before the school holidays, it was an especially neat treat...