Geraldine Quinn

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Geraldine Quinn
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Quinn in 2007 performing at Trades Hall, Melbourne.
Born
Geraldine Mary Quinn

(1975-06-07) 7 June 1975 (age 48)
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Education St John's Regional College, National Theatre Drama School
Occupations
  • Songwriter
  • guitarist
  • singer
  • comedian
  • actor

Geraldine Mary Quinn (born 7 June 1975) [1] is a songwriter, guitarist, singer, comedian and actor based in Melbourne, Australia. She won the Best Emerging Cabaret Artiste award at the 2006 Green Room Awards (Australia), and was nominated for Original Songs. [2]

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Quinn has appeared on Australian TV shows Spicks and Specks , RocKwiz , Adam Hills Tonight , The Comedy Channel and Upper Middle Bogan . She is a regular guest on ABC Radio's The Conversation Hour (Australia). She has performed solo shows SEXDEATHBOWIE, Bad Ambassador, Hex and the City and Shut Up and Sing in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She has also toured live solo shows at the Sydney Big Laugh Comedy Festival, Bangalow Arts Festival, Brisbane Cabaret Festival, Melbourne Cabaret Festival, New Zealand International Comedy Festival, Perth FRINGE WORLD Festival and Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

Personal and early life

Quinn was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and moved to Melbourne with her family at a young age. [1] [3] She attended St John's Regional College between 1987 and 1992. She trained as an actor at National Theatre Drama School.

Career

In 2006, Quinn released her first solo album, A Quick One. In 2009, Quinn released her second solo album, Scream 'Jarvis Cocker' When You're Losing.

In 2007 Quinn performed at The Famous Spiegeltent with Paul Kelly in a celebration of his songs by leading cabaret artists including Eddie Perfect, Camille O'Sullivan, Paul Capsis and Debra Byrne.

In 2007, 2008 and 2015, Quinn toured with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow.

In the 2010 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Quinn was nominated for the Golden Gibbo Award (Best Independent Local Production) for her solo production Shut Up and Sing. [4] Shut Up and Sing went on to be nominated in the 2010 Victorian Green Room Awards for Best Cabaret Production, Best Cabaret Artiste and Original Songs. [5]

Quinn is a two-time recipient of the Brian McCarthy Memorial Moosehead Award for the development of her 2011 show You're the Voice: Songs for the Ordinary by an Anthemaniac (directed by Casey Bennetto, writer of Keating! ) and her 2014 show MDMA: Modern Day Maiden Aunt (directed by Justin Hamilton). You're the Voice went on to win the 2011 Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Golden Gibbo Award for Best Independent Local Production. [6] It was the second year running Quinn had been nominated for the award. You're the Voice and the follow-up The Last Gig in Melbourne were nominated for Best Cabaret Artiste, Best Cabaret Production and won for Original Songs in the 2011 Green Room Awards. [7]

At the 2014 New Zealand Fringe Festival, Stranger, an original show by Quinn inspired by the music of David Bowie, was nominated for Stand Out Performer and Best Music. [8]

In 2014, Quinn was nominated for her third Green Room Award for Best Cabaret Artiste for Sunglasses at Night: The 80s Apocalypse Sing Along Cabaret. [9] Also in 2014, MDMA: Modern Day Maiden Aunt dominated the Green Room Awards with four nominations for Best Cabaret, Best Artiste, Original Songs and Best Writing, as well as a nomination for her collaborative cabaret with Perth musician Michael de Grussa All Out of Pride: An Evening of Songs You're Ashamed to Love (Best Cabaret). [10] Quinn took away the award for Best Cabaret Artiste (2014). MDMA was also nominated for Best Cabaret, Best Stand Up, Best Comedy and Outstanding Performer in the 2015 New Zealand Fringe Festival, winning Best Cabaret. [11]

In July 2015, Quinn was asked to perform at the opening of the David Bowie Is exhibition in Melbourne. [12]

In 2018, Quinn performed her show Queen Bitch at the Malthouse Theatre for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Daniel Ziffer of the Herald Sun gave it 3.5 stars out of 5, describing it as a "funfair ride of laughs and thrills" and "sharp and controlled". [13]

In 2020, Quinn performed Casey Bennetto's song I AM as an entry in "SBS's Eurovision 2020 - Australia Decides", the competition to decide Australia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. [14]

In 2023, Quinn performed her original show BROAD at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The show was highly successful, receiving positive reviews in Australian Stage Online, [15]

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 Who's Who in Australia 2017, ConnectWeb, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Green Room Award Nominations Announced".
  3. ↑ "Six burning questions for Geraldine Quinn". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Golden Gibbo & Barry Awards Nominations Announced - Australian Comedy Review". Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Green Room Awards » 2010". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Floppy follies crown festival as able Kane wins Barry for best in show". 23 April 2011.
  7. ↑ "Green Room Awards » 2011". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "New Zealand Fringe Festival Awards 2014". 3 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "GREEN ROOM AWARDS » 2013 Green Room Award Nominations!". Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Damien Ryan and Bell Shakespeare sweep nominations for Green Room Awards". 17 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "NZ Fringe Festival Awards 2015". 16 March 2015.
  12. ↑ http://www.theaureview.com/arts/photos/david-bowie-is-exhibition-acmi-melbourne-15-07-15?page=2 [ dead link ]
  13. ↑ Ziffer, Daniel (12 April 2018). "Comedy Festival 2018: Geraldine Quinn pulls off top-shelf cabaret in Queen Bitch". Herald Sun. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Midsumma Festival - 'I Am' - Geraldine Quinn (written by Casey Bennetto)". Midsumma Festival. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Broad | Geraldine Quinn". www.australianstage.com.au. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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