Tobias Manderson-Galvin

Tobias Manderson-Galvin
Tobias Manderson-Galvin at a British Council promotion, 2014
Born	Tobias Alexander Edward Manderson-Galvin August 19, 1984 Canberra, ACT, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Melbourne & Swinburne University
Occupation	Performer, director, poet, satirist, playwright, dramaturg
Home town	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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.mka.org.au www.doppelgangster.com

Tobias Alexander Edward Manderson-Galvin (born 19 August 1984) is an Australian actor, satirist, performance poet, dadaist 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, his Jewish and Irish identities, amongst a wealth of other fields of interest. 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 is 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]}
• Afternoon of a Faun (2009), Playwright, CYT
• Genesis Re:Created (2009), Playwright + Performer, Sample Theatre
• The Inferno with Cast (2008), Playwright + Performer, Sample Theatre
• Junkies wiith Conor Gallacher & Ash Nish (2008), Playwright + Performer, National Young Writers Festival

References

1. "Theatre of New Writing". MKA. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
2. "THEATRE REVIEW: The Economist". Rhum.org.au. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
3. "TITANIC @ Experimentica15". Chapter Arts. October 1, 2015.
4. Woodhead, Cameron (July 4, 2016). "Punk Play Captures Sinking Feeling". The Age Newspaper.
5. "Baby - Vault Festival Review". Grumpy Gay Critic. February 1, 2016.
6. Fuhrmann, Andrew (May 18, 2015). "MKA Double Feature Review". Crikey's Daily Review.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 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. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
16. "dogmeat". MKA. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
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.