When Love Comes
a.k.a. When Love Comes Along
Show Summary
Mark (Dean O'Gorman) is a wannabe songwriter, poet, druggie, and hedonist who has problems with intimacy. He is introduced to us by his 'pals' - two performers Fig (Nancy Brunning) and Sally (Sophia Hawthorne) - in a narrative way and who proceed to tell us Mark's history as it has developed in their eyes. Mark is the heartthrob of Stephen (Simon Prast), an older, more mature man than Mark who tries to lead him into a productive life. Into town comes New Zealand's most popular singer Katie Keen (Rena Owen) who has come home from a long stay in Los Angeles where her career has been on the skids. She is no longer young, no longer has engagements, and is in need of her closest friend Stephen's consolation.
Katie must confront her age and her career state, Stephen must move on his deep feelings for Mark, Mark must get off the wild life and focus on what matters, and Fig and Sally need to get their amateur status boosted. The cycle of these needs is magnified when the five go to a beach house and Katie's 'boyfriend' Eddie (Simon Westaway) shows up with some surprise news that changes Katie's life, allows Stephen and Mark to confront their blocks, and provides an opportunity for Fig and Sally they least expected.
Alum Actors
- Dean O'Gorman plays Mark
- Meighan Desmond plays Shelley
- John Dybvig plays Lounge bar man
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Non-YH Alum Actors:
- Simon Prast plays Stephen - (H:tLJ and X:WP alum, as well as This Is Not My Life, Serial Killers, Mercy Peak, Shortland Street, Riding High, High Tide, and Gloss)
- Barret Irwin plays Dreadlock guy - (X:WP alum)
- Jon Brazier plays Recording engineer - (H:tLJ and X:WP alum, as well as Legend of the Seeker, Spartacus: Vengeance, Outrageous Fortune, Power Rangers, Shortland Street, Street Legal, Mercy Peak, The Ugly, and Riding High)
- Celia Nicholson plays Drunk woman - (X:WP alum, as well as This Is Not My Life, Legend of the Seeker, Mercy Peak, Jack of All Trades, and Shortland Street)
- Grant Triplow plays Waiter - (H:tLJ and X:WP alum, also in Jubilee)
- Lulu Alach plays Lounge bar waitress - (H:tLJ alum, as well as Jack of All Trades and Lawless: Dead Evidence)
- Irene Drake plays Lounge bar woman - (H:tLJ alum, as well as Shortland Street and The Ray Bradbury Theater)
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