 He then appeared as Brian Fraser in "Market Forces", Roger Hall's sequel to "Glide Time" and "Gliding On", at Centrepoint in Palmerston North at the end of 1996.In 1997, Murray returned to Centrepoint, playing a variety of characters in "Travels with My Aunt", adapted by Giles Havergal from the novel of the same name by Graham Greene.He then followed that up with the role of a Russian tourist, Konstantin, in the premiere of David Geary's comedy "The Farm", at the same theatre, before appearing in "Hamlet", also at Centrepoint.