As Peter Donnelly, he led the Labour group on Woking council 25 years ago, and was credited with saving the Rhoda McGaw theatre. He wrote and staged two plays set in Woking: A Woman's Wartime and Wokka-Doodle-Dandy, which includes The Wokkiad, a comic history of Woking. It was written for the launch of the Woking Community Play Association.