Tobias Manderson-Galvin

Tobias Alexander Edward Manderson-Galvin (born 19 August 1984) is an Australian actor, satirist, performance poet, and playwright.

Tobias Manderson-Galvin
Manderson-Galvin at a British Council promotion, 2014
Born (1984-08-19) 19 August 1984
Canberra, ACT, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne & Swinburne University
Occupation(s)Performer, director, poet, satirist, playwright, dramaturg
Parent(s)Lenore Manderson, Pat Galvin (public servant)
AwardsSt Martins National Playwriting Award 2009; Green Room Award For Contribution to Independent Theatre Melbourne (Co-Recipient)
Websitewww.mka.org.au
www.doppelgangster.com

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
  1. "Theatre of New Writing". MKA. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  2. "THEATRE REVIEW: The Economist". Rhum.org.au. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  3. "TITANIC @ Experimentica15". Chapter Arts. 1 October 2015.
  4. Woodhead, Cameron (4 July 2016). "Punk Play Captures Sinking Feeling". The Age Newspaper.
  5. "Baby - Vault Festival Review". Grumpy Gay Critic. 1 February 2016.
  6. Fuhrmann, Andrew (18 May 2015). "MKA Double Feature Review". Crikey's Daily Review.
  7. "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.
  8. "Four Stars from LondonTheatre1". London Theatre #1. Alan Franks - London Theatre One.
  9. "Interview with Manderson-Galvin". The New Current. New Current.
  10. "Four and a half stars. Brilliantly Subversive!". The Londonist. Londonist Ltd.
  11. "Four Stars, Daily Review". Crikey's Daily Review. Crikey.
  12. "Loving Review from Catalyst". RMIT Catalyst - Reviews. RMIT Catalyst.
  13. "An Orgiastic Review". Stage Whispers.
  14. "damn, they do it well". The Music. Street Press Australia.
  15. "the economist". MKA. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  16. "dogmeat". MKA. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  17. "Four Stars from Crikey". Crikey's Daily Review. Crikey.
  18. "'A Desperate Poetry". From the Turnstiles. David Zampatti.
  19. "a savage beauty". West Australian Newspaper. Yahoo.
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