Entertainment Theatre Te Whare o Rukutia Friday, May 8 A full house at Te Whare o Rukutia was delighted last Friday by Roger Hall’s latest play End of Summertime . Hall is one of our most recognised playwrights for his focus on middle New Zealand. As a sign of straitened times, End of Summertime is a one-man, two-act show. Grumpily wry Dickie Hart, beautifully played by Peter Hayden, is retired, loves a good yarn, misses his farming life and his dogs, doesn’t want the ladies to get their hopes up, but defers to Glenda, the wife, because it’s best not to say anything. His new life in Auckland, for the sake of the grandkids, rekindles his childhood family holidays, but is now disconcerting. It takes navigating. So Dickie has to find ways to fill in the days. The vegan daughter-in-law is all right really and the grandkids know to keep their visits to burger outlets a secret. But come 2020 and life encroaches from a less than benign outside world to change everything.…