Tobias Manderson-Galvin
Tobias Manderson-Galvin | |
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 Manderson-Galvin at a British Council promotion, 2014 | |
| Born | 19 August 1984 Canberra, ACT, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne & Swinburne University |
| Occupation(s) | Performer, director, poet, satirist, playwright, dramaturg |
| Parent(s) | Lenore Manderson, Pat Galvin (public servant) |
| Awards | St Martins National Playwriting Award 2009; Green Room Award For Contribution to Independent Theatre Melbourne (Co-Recipient) |
| Website | www www |
Tobias Alexander Edward Manderson-Galvin (born 19 August 1984) is an Australian actor, satirist, performance poet, and playwright.
He is best known as co founder and CEO/Artistic Director of Melbourne's new writing theatre: MKA: Theatre of New Writing.[1]
Summary
Manderson-Galvin's distinctive theatre runs the gamut from docu-drama to black comedy, vaudeville to hyper-realism making him a notable Australian theatre maker. He's also distinguished by his increasingly large body of work.[2] Manderson-Galvin writes and appears in much of his theatre also directing the majority of it. For inspiration, Manderson-Galvin draws heavily on his training as a ballet dancer, philosophy, sociology, and his Jewish and Irish heritage. He's performed on stages diverse as Radio National, pool halls, the National Theatre, Melbourne and a kiddy pool full of jelly under a bridge in Northcote.
In 2010 he won the Munster Poetry Slam Champion and placed in the finals of the All-Ireland Poetry Slam. His poetry, whilst usually live has been published in Herding Kites, a ten-year anthology of the National Young Writers' Festival, a festival at which he was a regular guest and performer.
Selected stage works
- Doppelgangster's TITANIC (2015–16), co-writer + performer, Doppelgangster, (Cardiff, Experimentica;[3] Paris, ArtCOP21; Aberystwyth, Site2Safle2 Festival; Melbourne, Hot!Hot!Hot! Festival[4])
- Baby (2016), Playwright + Performer, MKA: Theatre of New Writing + Doppelgangster, VAULT Festival [5]
- Lucky (2015), Playwright, MKA: Theatre of New Writing in association with Melbourne Theatre Company's NEON Festival[6]
- Please Don't Talk About Me When Im Gone (2015), Playwright, MKA: Theatre of New Writing + Les Foules, VAULT Festival
(Winner, Outstanding New Production, Vault Awards)[7][8][9][10]
- Thank You, Thank You Love (2014), Playwright, Director, Performer, MKA: Theatre of New Writing + HYPRTXT Festival[11][12][13][14]
- Soma (2013), Playwright + Performer, MKA: Theatre of New Writing
- The Economist[15] (2011), Playwright, MKA: Theatre of New Writing
- Dogmeat (2010)+(2014), Playwright + Performer, MKA: Theatre of New Writing [16][17][18][19]
References
- ^ "Theatre of New Writing". MKA. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ "THEATRE REVIEW: The Economist". Rhum.org.au. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ "TITANIC @ Experimentica15". Chapter Arts. 1 October 2015.
- ^ Woodhead, Cameron (4 July 2016). "Punk Play Captures Sinking Feeling". The Age Newspaper.
- ^ "Baby - Vault Festival Review". Grumpy Gay Critic. 1 February 2016.
- ^ Fuhrmann, Andrew (18 May 2015). "MKA Double Feature Review". Crikey's Daily Review.
- ^ "Please Don't Talk About Me when I'm Gone | Vault Festival 2016". Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Four Stars from LondonTheatre1". London Theatre #1. Alan Franks - London Theatre One.
- ^ "Interview with Manderson-Galvin". The New Current. New Current.
- ^ "Four and a half stars. Brilliantly Subversive!". The Londonist. Londonist Ltd.
- ^ "Four Stars, Daily Review". Crikey's Daily Review. Crikey.
- ^ "Loving Review from Catalyst". RMIT Catalyst - Reviews. RMIT Catalyst.
- ^ "An Orgiastic Review". Stage Whispers.
- ^ "damn, they do it well". The Music. Street Press Australia.
- ^ "the economist". MKA. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ "dogmeat". MKA. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ "Four Stars from Crikey". Crikey's Daily Review. Crikey.
- ^ "'A Desperate Poetry". From the Turnstiles. David Zampatti.
- ^ "a savage beauty". West Australian Newspaper. Yahoo.