as STEVE

Pete Smith was born during WWII and is still alive. Always interested in music, he took up singing as a young feller (63 from memory) when arthritis put paid to classical guitar. He is still working full time and intends to retire in about 10 years. This is Peter’s acting debut

as RESIDENT

Paul is a retired ex-postal worker and union official. He stood twice for the Alliance Party in the parliamentary elections. Paul has also published two books of poetry! This is Paul’s acting debut.

as SHEILA

Linda is no stranger to Dolphin last seen in Arsenic & Old Lace, and previously in Spirit Level, Closure, and Wife After Death. She also appeared in Company’s production of Steel Magnolias in 2019. Linda has been involved both acting and directing for Stables, Playhouse, Titirangi and Waitemata theatres. This is not the first Roger Hall she has been involved in and it is as always, a fun script with plenty of laughs and real-life moments.

as JESSIE

As a resident in a retirement village not a hundred miles from here, Margaret can really appreciate Roger Hall’s wry and funny “take” on senior community life in Last Legs. She has been involved with Dolphin Theatre since 1986, her last play for them being Calendar Girls in 2015. Margaret also appears regularly on the Stables Stage, most recently as Mam in The Lady in the Van in 2018.

as RESIDENT

Josephine has enjoyed many years with a variety of choirs and with the Marvellous Theatre Group. A highlight was being a “Diva” at the Civic Theatre Open Days and recently performing as a “Has Been Diva” to local audiences. Her interests include local history, gardening and travel..

as TRISH

Sue has a Licentiate (Trinity College, London) performers qualification and has worked extensively with most Auckland community theatres. She is delighted to return to Dolphin. Other productions here include Ladies Who Lunch, Body Double, The Winslow Boy, Bonaventure, Laying the Ghost, We’ll Always Have Paris, Calendar Girls, Spreading Out and Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads. Her most recent Dolphin appearance was in Roger Hall’s Bookends for NZ Theatre month last September..

as EDNA

Although a first time performer at the Dolphin, Pam has performed and directed at Howick Little Theatre and the Stables. She loves the opportunity to play the role of Edna: passionate, brave and possessing a dry self-depreciating humour. Pam believes Edna would share a bottle of wine with Kitty! The naughty laughs between these two ladies remind Pam of times spent with her friends in the UK, having drinks in the pub after rehearsals.

as HELENA

Bronwen performed in Middle-Aged Spread (Dolphin 1990). Fast forward 30 years she finds herself in the Cambridge Retirement Village. Bronwen played Noeline in Taking Off (Titirangi Theatre 2008), then Jean (Manukau PA 2013). Her favourite Roger Hall A Shortcut to Happiness (Howick LT 2013) combined her two loves: folk-dancing and acting. She hopes her studies at Elam School of Fine Art help ‘Helena’ in this production. She won Dolphin’s ‘Best Character -female’ for Memory of Water (2013) and Go Back for Murder (2019).

as KITTY

Ami has been actively involved in theatre for most of her life, as an actor, director and mime artist in Australia and abroad. She first appeared at the Dolphin playing Constance in Last Of The Summer Wine before going on to direct Crimes Of The Heart. .After directing A Savage Dilemma for Titirangi Theatre and Peter Pan for the Harlequin, Ami took a break from theatre to focus on many projects in film and TV including Tropfest and the 48-hour film festival.

as GARRY

Most of Mark’s acting has been in the context of youth work, entertaining at private functions and performing at faith-based events. He has trained music/drama teams of young people to tour NZ and Pacific schools and taught intermediate school drama. Mark appeared in Roger Hall’s Bookends at Howick Little Theatre in 2017 and Goodnight Mr Tom at Dolphin Theatre in 2018. Mark sees Last Legs as a suitable dress rehearsal for becoming a resident at some unfortunate retirement village in the future..

as ANGUS

Andrew’s last appearance was at Centrestage in Twelve Angry Men and before that at Howick Little Theatre in May 2018 in House at the Lake. He was also Hasselbacher in the 2017 production of Our Man in Havana and Tomb with a View at the Dolphin Theatre. Earlier performances were as Major Courtney in Howick Little Theatre’s production of The Ladykillers, also at Harlequin Musical Theatre in Guys and Dolls as Arvide Abernethy and in Oliver as Mr Brownlow. Dramatic work includes performances with the Marvellous Theatre Company notably in a dramatic reading of Maurice Shadbolt’s Once on Chunuk Bair and recent appearances in several short films..