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
Ethnicity	Jewish/Irish/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
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 (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

Baby (2016), Playwright + Performer, MKA: Theatre of New Writing + Doppelgangster, VAULT Festival

Doppelgangster's TITANIC (2016), co-writer + performer, Doppelgangster, ArtCOP21

Lucky (2015), Playwright, MKA: Theatre of New Writing in association with Melbourne Theatre Company's NEON Festival

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)^[3][4][5][6]

Thank You, Thank You Love (2014), Playwright, Director, Performer, MKA: Theatre of New Writing + HYPRTXT Festival^{[7][8][9][10]}

Soma (2013), Playwright + Performer, MKA: Theatre of New Writing

The Economist^[11] (2011), Playwright, MKA: Theatre of New Writing

Dogmeat (2010)+(2014), Playwright + Performer, MKA: Theatre of New Writing ^{[12][13][14][15]}

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. http://www.vaultfestival.com/project/please-dont-talk-about-me-when-im-gone/
4. "Four Stars from LondonTheatre1". London Theatre #1. Alan Franks - London Theatre One.
5. "Interview with Manderson-Galvin". The New Current. New Current.
6. "Four and a half stars. Brilliantly Subversive!". The Londonist. Londonist Ltd.
7. "Four Stars, Daily Review". Crikey's Daily Review. Crikey.
8. "Loving Review from Catalyst". RMIT Catalyst - Reviews. RMIT Catalyst.
9. "An Orgiastic Review". Stage Whispers.
10. "damn, they do it well.". The Music. Street Press Australia.
11. "the economist". MKA. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
12. "dogmeat". MKA. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
13. "Four Stars from Crikey". Crikey's Daily Review. Crikey.
14. "'A Desperate Poetry". From the Turnstiles. David Zampatti.
15. "a savage beauty". West Australian Newspaper. Yahoo.