Nick Page is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Mark Stevens.
Writers also developed a relationship story with Sharon Davies (Jessica Muschamp), and the duo often cause trouble in the neighbourhood.
Stevens was later written out of the show and his exit story portrays Nick leaving to take an art scholarship in London.
[4] Stevens finished up on Young Talent Time during the week commencing 13 June 1988 and began filming his first scenes on Neighbours in the same month.
Stevens told a reporter from Fast Forward that he was terrified prior to filming, adding "I stood outside with my knees knocking.
[1] Josephine Monroe, author of Neighbours: The First 10 Years described Nick as one Helen Daniels' (Anne Haddy) many waifs and strays, a budding artist and having a recalcitrant personality.
[8][9] Stevens told Jane Noone from TV Guide that "he has a sort of arrogance, he's got my streak of independence, which can never be bad!
[11] In his book The who's who of soap operas, Anthony Hayward said that Nick becomes "homeless and lonely" following the death of his grandmother.
[12] A reporter from Neighbours Who's Who noted that Nick's life changes when he is "more or less adopted by Helen" who believes that he has real artistic talent.
"[14] In The Official Neighbours Annual 1990, Clive Hopwood branded Nick a "tearaway" who is always in trouble for graffitiing walls.
Stevens told Hopwood that his "street wise graffiti artist" character is not a role model for Neighbours viewers.
[4] Nick's art work even begins to gain exposure when Harold Bishop (Ian Smith) agrees to hang some in his coffee shop.
[15] In the Neighbours: The Official Annual 1991, authors John McCready and Nicola Furlong refer to the duo as a pair of "rascals" and "loveable rogues".
They writers noted that the two characters both have had "a rough time" in their pasts and being on Ramsay Street helps improve their lives.
Nick rejects Helen's offer of art classes and sees it as form of charity but eventually relents.
On the night of a school dance, Bruce Zadro (Myles Collins) hassles Sharon and Nick picks a fight with him but ends up with a black eye.
Nick stands trial for a prior graffiti offence the following day and the magistrate spots his black eye.
After a plan by Sharon to extract a confession from Zadro succeeds, Muir reinstates Nick at Erinsborough High.
When Hilary Robinson (Anne Scott-Pendlebury) bans Nick from seeing Sharon, the couple run away and begin work on a farm.
Hilary's son, Matt Robinson (Ashley Paske) arrives from Adelaide and befriends Nick and Sharon.
Nick begins dating Lucy Robinson (Sasha Close), Jim's daughter who arrives home from boarding school for the holidays.
"[21] McCready and Furlong said that "the love lives of those such as Nick Page and Sharon Davies have made the programme perhaps the most popular viewing for teenagers around the world.
"[17] The episode featuring Nick rescuing Todd and Katie from Skinner was watched by 21 million viewers in the United Kingdom.
She added that Stevens had the "fresh faced good-looks" everyone had come to expect from a Neighbours casting and noted that he gained a large fan following from the show.