Theatre-goers have returned to Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts and Events Centre once again as the theatre opens with MAMIL - its first post-lockdown show.
The audience first meets property developer Bryan Cook, played by Mark Hadlow, while he is sitting in his car amid a fit of road rage directed at MAMIL (middle-aged men in Lycra).
After losing his job, family and most of his personal belongings when the Global Financial Crisis hit, he uses some of his last remaining cash to buy an Italian bicycle.
He winds up in a peloton, where he finds conversation, friendship and courage, ultimately becoming one of the MAMILs he had so hated.
The redemption story touches on mental health and men's health issues and illustrates a male mid-life crisis while being consistently funny throughout.