Britomart Movers & Shakers: Nick Colville
Britomart Movers & Shakers: Nick Colville
DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR BUSINESS DOES IN A NUTSHELL.
Ah, I’m still discovering so much of it myself and you want it in a nutshell? Pétanque, high tea with lamingtons, pastel-toned polo shirts, gourmet pizza, a putting green, bean bags, vines and ivy, bacon and egg butties from the BBQ for brunch… I need a bigger nutshell.
WHAT FILLS YOUR DAY?
Groundskeeping.
DESCRIBE YOUR BRITOMART.
Great historic spaces renovated with dignity.
WHO ELSE DO YOU WISH WOULD DISCOVER BRITOMART?
An innovative theatre-entrepreneur-type.
WHAT’S THE ONE THING THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO COME TO WORK IN THE MORNING?
Being there. Work is the most pleasant place to be, hours just evaporate.
WHAT TAKES UP MOST OF YOUR TIME WHEN YOU ARE NOT AT BRITOMART?
Sleeping, DVDs, editing, observations on the female form, bacon, newspapers, rum, discussions on the mind-body problem, karaoke, short walks on the beach, whimsical status updates, bacon, difficult American novels, shopping, pie charts, fabrication of elaborate lifestyle.
ARE YOU THE COOK OR THE KITCHEN HAND?
The cook.
WHAT MAKES YOU SMILE?
Rude jokes.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE IN NZ?
Maruia Valley (the middle of nowhere).
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ITEM OF CLOTHING?
I love my Chucks.
WHAT WOULD YOUR SUPERHERO NAME BE?
The Rambling Bramble.
WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY THRASHING?
The Walkmen ‘You & Me’ and The Beatles ‘Revolver’.
THE COOLEST THING I EVER BOUGHT:
An Underwood typewriter.
THE BOLDEST THING I EVER DID:
Wrote a creative MFA thesis on REM sleep behaviour disorder.
WHO HAS SOUL:
Hemingway.
Created 13 April 2011
