"I was standing outside the theatre in Adelaide when I first spotted Nick. He was with a mutual friend, Eliza, who introduced us. We made eye contact and I was immediately drawn to him. I thought Nick was extremely handsome; I remember his beautiful hands and his gorgeous thick hair. It turned out we shared a lot of mutual friends, as Nick was an actor."
"I'll never forget our first walk through the Persian Garden on the banks of the River Torrens in Adelaide. At one point we were both laying together on a Persian rug and I was falling pretty head over heels in love or lust, or both. It was opening night of the festival and there were so many friends there but I only wanted to be with him."
"Although we were both very busy Nick was a festival judge seeing many shows, I remember how he would make himself available around my schedule, which I found really amazing. He'd just meet me at the end of the show, or sit with me at the right moments. As feelings between us grew, something else came up. When he spoke I sensed that he was a little sad and stressed as he knew I was leaving."
In 2006 a theatre producer presented The Bogus Woman at the Adelaide Fringe and met Nick outside the theatre through a mutual friend, Eliza. Immediate attraction developed, noted in physical details like his hands and thick hair, and shared social circles as fellow actors. Eliza had a premonition they would fall in love and marry before gay marriage was legal in the UK. The producer arranged a date via a friend. During a walk through the Persian Garden on the River Torrens they lay together on a Persian rug and grew close. The show drew over 4,000 attendees. Nick, a festival judge, balanced duties to spend time together. The night before leaving a marriage proposal was written, later nicknamed a "business proposition."
Read at www.theguardian.com
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