What a trip – the love, engagement, enthusiasm of thousands of US kids for I AM JACK has been extraordinary.
Tim McGarry who plays 11 characters from JACK to wobbly Nanna to 11 year old Anna …. and more makes you believe he’s all of them.
Sam Johnston, stage manager puts the stage together and all those tech parts – fantastic.
It’s a love fest across the USA and a huge anti bullying campaign with heaps of media.
I have been privileged to do the post show Q & A and media with Tim in Las Vegas at the fabulous Smith Center for performing Arts.
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How do you feeling about our crazy life?
Ask the PUG!!!!!!
Can any more events, parties, book fairs, get togethers …. be squished into the 4 weeks before December’s Christmas!!!!!!
It’s on … we’re heading for the turkey and an almighty crash!
Diary of November 2013:-
- Celebrations of Hazel Edwards receiving an Order of Australia – YEAH!
- MC for SCBWI’s INSIDE STORY with our loved authors & illustrators at The Children’s Book Beecroft telling the inside story of creating their books including Deborah Abela, Tony Flowers, Yvette Poshoglian, Jan Latta, Christopher Cheng and more.
- Lunch with assistant editor of School Magazine - LOVE Sue Murray - a talented playwright as well as editor
- Sharon Rundle editor and friend and I went off to the launch of ’A Country Too Far’ at Glee Books- caught up with professor Elizabeth Webby and Tom Keneally, Rosie Scott and others.
- brilliant theatre at the opening at The Ensemble of ‘Rapture Blister Burn’
- catching up with my favourite actor Tim McGarry to talk about the I AM JACK USA tour for 2014
- Society of Women Writers’ at the State Library – lunch and collect a prize for ‘Ships in the Field’ – lovely
- Christmas celebrations at the CBCA lunch Northern Branch – catching up with children’s laureate Alison Lester and fabulous illustrator Sarah Davis
-Unleased Writers Festival in Sydney – loved speaking about the journey of writing with the audience
- post Unleashed Festival shared the book industry over dinner with publisher Paul Collins and author James Roy
- I’m the prize on e-bay for the UNLEASHED FESTIVAL! Talented author Mo Johnson won me – well a mini mentorship!
- Caught up with Sue Meyer at the Francis Keevil Gallery to se Sue’s beautiful art
- lunching with the fabulous authors Meredith Costain & Louise Park for Christmas cheer
- dinner with my wonderful publisher Lisa Berryman from HarperCollins to share news and my new book JACK 4 – yet untitled!
- coffee with Jesse Blackadder – love her last book STAY the last dog in Antartica -at The Hughenden who’s down in Sydney for a minute meeting her publishers
- my darling friend Kim’s 40th birthday
- the Australian Publisher Association party – sooo good and caught up with the HarperCollins team there.
- speaking at my old school Daceyville’s Creative Writing Festival – aaahhhhh – memories
- Books in Homes committee meeting selecting books for indigenous & disadvantaged kids – great charity
- launching Margaret Roc’s ‘Jellybean Goes to School’ at the Lindfield Learning Hub – lots of jellybeans and love Margaret
- the SCBWI BOOK FAIR at The Hughenden with some of our best ever authors like Sopgie Masson. kate Forsyth, Belinda Murrell, Deborah Abela and the lsit goes on.
- at the BOOK FAIR supporting ROOM TO READ www.roomtoread.org – loved seeing Jennie Orchard, Wendy Rapee, Cathy and Margaret and the Room to Read team.
- MC for Susan Wyndham’s talk on her book she edited and contributed to ’My Mother. my Father’ (Allen & Unwin) with authors Margaret Rice and Gerard Windsor – such great wrietrs at The Hughenden. Buy the book for Christmas.
Phew – that’s November!
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A beautiful sunny Sydney day
- the largest playground in Australia in Darling harbour
- delicious canapes, Guylian chocolates
-kids, balloons, music, writers, actors, community
- Lend Lease, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, NSW Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner…
gathered to launch the first Australian dedicated youth theater with resident theatre company MONKEY BAA THEATRE!!!!
The hilarious Bugalugs Bum Thief had kids and adults rolling in the aisles.
Shows for 2013:-
I AM JACK – NO to School Bullying – by Susanne Gervay with actor Tim McGarry 11-16th March
NIT BOY – hilarious story – by Tristan Bancks 19-27 June
EMILY EYEFINGER – much loved books in a wild & woolly romp -by Duncan Ball 9-11 October
Creative Directors of Monkey Baa theatre are the brilliant team of Tim McGarry, Eva Di Cesare, Sandra Eldridge
Patrons of Monkey Baa Theatre: Jackie French, Morris Gleitzman and Susanne Gervay
Bookings 02 8624 9341 www.monkeybaa.com.au
Susanne Gervay's I AM JACK with Tim McGarry, Monkey Baa Theatre, Seymour Centre
Monkey Baa Theatre’s I Am Jack’ just returned from the Ipswich Festival of Children’s Literature where it was the feature event, performed to 1000′s of young people and adults.
Tim McGarry performs the 11 characters in a brilliant one man show.
JACK’s having a return season at the Seymour 24th October to 4th November.
From: Adam Kronenberg – Artistic Director Outback Theatre for Young People
In the finest tradition of the one person show Tim McGarry gave a stunningly good performance. It was like watching Billy Crystal for school kids: terrific range of characters, excellent direction, simple in terms of no need for pyrotechnics and yet so sophisticated in terms of requiring the audience to invest a great deal of belief and understanding of the theatrical devise of the one person show.
Contact: Monkey Baa Theatre
Bookings: [email protected]
PH 02 9351 7938
FAX 02 9036 7037
www.monkeybaa.com.au
Tim McGarry has come straight out of performing Duncan Ball’s ‘Emily Eyefinger’ to the Ipswich Festival of Children’s Literature.Hundreds of kids poured into the quasi-theatre at Woodlands. They were spellbound at times, laughing at other times and ethusiastically applauding.
I loved the kids and teacher librarians and teachers from Bethany School, Hattonvale State School, Jundalee State School Fervale, WMAC and IESS – all fabulous!
Crowds of kids and teachers wandered around the Ipswich Festival at Woodlands. Loved the art stalls with the workk of 
talented illustrator Lachlan Creogh and upcoming ilustrator Christian Bocquee.
Post talks, authors & illustrators are loving the community of children’s writers and hang out at Woodlands -Christopher Cheng, mark Wilson, Kerry Borwn and Gus Gordon
A powerful experience in love, friendship, betrayal in a feat of dancing, music, story that will take you into deep places challenging how you live.
FOX is sensational on so many levels:-
- the brilliant Monkey Baa Thetre production team of Eva Di Cesare, Sandra Eldridge & Tim McGarry
- Siren Theatre’s Director Kate Gaul who brings power and raw emotion onto the stage
- the music by gifted composer Daryl Wallis creating an opera of our time
- young powerful actors who give all in a play of exquisite movement and story
- David Buckley DOG
- Jay Gallagher FOX
- Jane Phegan Magpie
-Sarah Jones Spirit and opera singer
As one of the three patrons of Monkey Baa Theatre – Morris Gleitzman, Jackie French and myself – I feel honoured to be associated with this outstanding theatre company. Congratulations to ARTS NSW, ARTS on Tour NSW, NSW Communities Arts NSW and Australia Council for being key sponsors and the Minister for the Arts Virginia Judge for speaking so supportively at the World Premiere.
FOX is at the Seymour this week, before it begins its 5 month tour around Australia from Darwin to Hobart to Perth. Have an experience that you will remember and see it: www.monkeybaa.com.au
