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Tim McGarry | |
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| Born | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Years active | 1985–present |
Tim McGarry is an Australian actor, playwright, and theatre director.
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Tim McGarry | |
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| Born | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Years active | 1985–present |
Tim McGarry is an Australian actor, playwright, and theatre director.
McGarry was born in the inner Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst and grew up mostly in Sydney's southern suburbs.[ citation needed ]
For some time he lived in the New South Wales town of Cootamundra. [1]
The fourth of five children, he went to St Patrick's, Kogarah, and Sacred Heart Cootamundra, and completed high school at Marist College Kogarah.[ citation needed ]
McGarry started acting on stage at the age of 13 with amateur theatre groups around Sydney. [ citation needed ]
He moved to Perth in 1985 to study theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). He later studied directing through the National Institute of Dramatic Art Open Program.[ citation needed ] [2]
McGarry made his professional debut in the WA State Theatre Company's production of The Sentimental Bloke .[ citation needed ]
In 1989 he toured nationally in Gordon Frost's production of Big River – The Musical. He performed and toured extensively for the Wollongong-based company Theatre South, and in 1997, along with Eva Di Cesare and Sandra Eldridge, founded Monkey Baa Theatre Company. The company was incorporated in 2005. Between 2005-2017 he was a Co-Creative Director and Producer, and Monkey Baa became one of Australia's largest touring companies for young audiences.[ citation needed ]
In 2008 McGarry was one of three Australian’s selected by ASSITEJ, the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (a global network for professionals, making work for children and young audiences), to take part in a three-year international leadership program which saw him partake in theatre laboratories, forums and festivals in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, and Japan.[ citation needed ]
In 2009 McGarry co-adapted and performed the one man show I am Jack in over 450 performances touring extensively through Australia. In 2014 he toured the work to 17 cities throughout the USA and was interviewed by the writer Vivian Kirkfield on the subject of bullying which was the theme of the show. [3]
In 2016 he co adapted and directed Li Cunxin's The Peasant Prince, a critically acclaimed production, winning multiple awards, A review in Australian Stage by Richard Cotter praised the writing. "Keeping the script splendidly simple and supple, writing collaborators Eva Di Cesare, Sandie Eldridge and Tim McGarry create a fluid framework.: [4]
McGarry was instrumental in developing and presenting The Sydney Opera House's Inaugural Digital Outreach Program – co-writing and co-hosting the live feed into hundreds of regional and remote Australian classrooms reaching thousands of remote students and their teachers.[ citation needed ]
In 2018, along with his other Monkey Baa co-founders, Eva Di Cesare and Sandra Eldridge, he received a Sydney Theatre Award for 20 years of excellence and extraordinary service to the children and young people of Australia.[ citation needed ]
Also in 2018 McGarry was commissioned by Queensland Theatre to adapt Trent Dalton's best-selling novel Boy Swallows Universe . The work had its world premiere at the 2021 Brisbane Festival, and performed to sell-out houses. The Guardian review said "Boy Swallows Universe, adapted for the stage by Tim McGarry, is a gritty, raucous, and mystical juggernaut of a play that prosecutes a booming argument for the supremacy of the live theatre experience". [5] and the play broke box office records [6]
In 2020 McGarry was interviewed by Alice Nguyen about his stage adaptation of Margaret Wild and Jane Tanner's picture book, There's a Sea in My Bedroom as part of the "When I was Little" series. [1]
For film and television he has appeared in ABC's Rake, All Saints, Home and Away, Underbelly-The Golden Mile, A More Fortunate Life, Hacksaw Ridge, Lilian’s Story, Manny, Goddess of 1967. He appeared in the Netflix comedy series Wellmania as Stephen Rogers (Episode 1).[ citation needed ]
His adaptation of Colleen McCullough’s novel Tim toured New South Wales in 2023, with a national tour planned for 2025. [7]
McGarry has sat on the MEAA's National Performers Committee, the board of Arts on Tour Ltd, and the Sydney Arts Management Advisory Group (SAMAG).[ citation needed ]
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| Year | Title | Role | Company | |
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| 1986 | The Sentimental Bloke | Various | Western Australia Theatre Company | |
| 1987 | Snoopy The Musical | Linus | Hole in the Wall Perth | |
| 1989 | Big River – The Musical National Tour | Young Fool | Gordon Frost | |
| 1992 | John Godber's Bouncers | Various | Riverina Theatre Company | |
| 1992 | Hating Alison Ashley | Lennie | Theatre South | |
| 1993 | Macbeth | Various | Theatre South | |
| 1993 | The Carthaginians | Paul | O’Punsky’s Theatre | |
| 1993 | A Respectable Wedding | Husband | Crossroads Theatre | |
| 1994 | The Time Is Not Yet Ripe | Sydney Barrett | Theatre South | |
| 1997 | The Suicide | Professor | King’s Cross Theatre Company | |
| 1998 | The Male Line | Bertie | Theatre South | |
| 1999 | The Information | Ben Shaw | Company and Sharp Belvoir | |
| 2001 | Italian Stories | Various | Theatre South | |
| 2003 | Morris Gleitzman's Worry Warts | Various | Monkey Baa Theatre Company | |
| 2005 | Alana Valentine's The Prospectors | Stan | Monkey Baa Theatre Company | |
| 2006 | It's A Dad Thing National Tour | Tim | TML Enterprises | |
| 2006 | Hitler's Daughter | Various | Monkey Baa Theatre Company | |
| 2011 | I am Jack (Solo) | Various | Monkey Baa Theatre Company | |
| 2015 | Coming to See Aunt Sophie | Various | Shalom/Blumenthal Prod | |
| 2016 | My Name is Asher Lev | Ariyeh/Jacob | Blumenthal/Eternity Playhouse | |
| 2016 | The Shadow Box | Brian | Old Fitz Theatre | |
| 2017 | You Will Not Play Wagner | Morris | Blumenthal/Eternity Playhouse | |
| 2017 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Rageneau | Sport for Jove | |
| 2019 | The God of Isaac | Various | Blumenthal/Eternity Playhouse | |
| 2020 | The Campaign | Various | White Box/ Seymour Centre | |
| 2022 | Tell Me Before the Sun Explodes | Andrew | KXT/Rockbottom Productions | |
| 2022 | Before the Meeting | Ron | White Box/Seymour Centre |
| Year | Title | Role | Company |
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| 1991 | A More Fortunate Life | Dad/Brother | Theatre Ink |
| 1995 | Lilian's Story | Bus Driver | CML Films |
| 2000 | Goddess of 1967 | Detective | Clara Law Films |
| 2004 | All Saints | Garth Wilkinson | Seven Network |
| 2006 | All Saints | Tony | Seven Network |
| 2009 | Underbelly 3 | Peter Thompson | UB III Pty Ltd |
| 2011 | Sex: An Unnatural History | Colonist | SBS TV |
| 2015 | Manny Lewis | Doctor | Beyond Screen |
| 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | Local Man | Cross Creek Pictures |
| 2016 | Home and Away | Funeral Celebrant | Seven Network |
| 2017 | Risen | Home Owner | Opening Acts Films |
| 2018 | Rake (season 5) | Seth Gilbert | ABC TV |
| 2022 | Wellmania | Steven Rogers | Freemantle Media/Netflix |
| Year | Title | Company |
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| 2013 | Swing Baby Swing | Sydney Opera House Family Program |
| 2014 | The Nutcracker | Sydney Opera House Family Program |
| 2016 | The Peasant Prince | Monkey Baa Theatre Company |
| 2018 | Sounds Like Australia | Sydney Opera House Family Program |
| 2019 | Music for the Dreaming | Sydney Opera House Family Program |
| 2020 | There's a Sea in my Bedroom | Australian Chamber Orchestra |
| 2022 | Dear Santa | Australian Chamber Orchestra |
A number of McGarry’s adaptations have been published including:
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