Rather than report more on our health status at home which now includes my husband’s demise, I am choosing to focus on the positive. On Saturday 20 June, tickets are booked for seats at Circa Theatre in Wellington, as we couldn’t attend the opening of ‘Julia’ on 30 May. I am still hopeful of seeing the one-woman show, as my daughter Lara is ‘Julia’. Although it is rather ‘wait and see’ for us here.

Most Australians would know the name Julia Gillard, and her short period as Prime Minister. As the commentary says on the flyer “In 2012, Julia Gillard delivered a speech that ricocheted across the world.”

“‘JULIA’ brings the woman and the moment to the stage in a gripping one-woman performance that puts us inside a very public storm and reveals the life and pressures that led to it.”