This Is Living LIVE | as it happens in Wynyard, Latrobe, Huon Valley & Glenorchy

The move to Latrobe

It has been eventful. No sooner did we move in there were we suddenly playing to an audience of 235 high school students and nursing home residents! A new venue, a new atomosphere, new cast members young and old…

Check out this ABC package for a detailed report by the lovely Tim Walker from ABC Northern Tas… It has quite the family angle if you’re into that sort of thing!

Radio National

This Is Living featured on ABC Radio National this morning.
The story features skating, music, ageing and issues… with Scott, Lex, Kade, Alwyn & the Dunaways.. on the phone from Peter Dixon’s This Is Living production house!

Radio National is Broadcast on 310 transmitters to a daily audience of 500,000 listeners. Great stuff!

Slideshow on theadvocate.com.au

The Advocate newspaper on Tassie’s North West Coast has been such a strong supporter of This Is Living, with a series of personal stories on people involved, a feature on the Company’s roots on the Coast, a spotlight on the Dunaways and a string of other articles building the momentum toward opening night tonight. the latest update from the Advocate is this intriguing slideshow giving insight behind the scenes of This Is Living rehearsals…

Saturday Matinee Announced in Wynyard, 20th March 2pm

Due to popular demand in Wynyard, we have announce an extra show - 2pm Saturday Matinee, at the Wynard Wharf Theatre. Tickets can be bought at the door. See you there!

Opening night a sellout!

This Is Living opening night is a SELLOUT! The first big event to open for the 2009 Ten Days on the Island Festival is kicking up a storm in Wynyard, on Tassie’s rugged North West Coast, before heading on tour around the State. After weeks, months, years of preparation, it is nigh time to celebrate. Growing from the grass roots and addressing challenging social issues of ageing and community cohesion, This Is Living is gutsy and gritty.
Critically acclaimed theatre aficionado James Waites will be following the tour and updating his site regularly. Check out his first post here 
Read our latest column on Arts Hub 
Spread the word throughout your networks, and come along to the show if you’re not already booked! - www.tendaysontheisland.com

Win TV news

tonight we made the news on Win TV. the piece had it all… terry doing the waltz with a hospital light, the dunaways singing 1959, telen talking the philosophy of it all, cleone shedding her wisdom on the intergenerational nature of the project.. and of the course the money shot - lex on his pethadine holiday. 

good work team!

A Stunning Senior Moment

An A-List Event

we are listed all over the shop.. what an event! check us out here

Rehearsals kicking off…

Cast and crew united for week one of rehearsals, spent between Glenorchy & the Huon Valley. Kelly our choreographer, Jess our stage manager, Mel our production manager, Nick our lighting and AV designer, Bruce, Lex & Anne our actors… all flew in from around the country to join the team from the North West Coast. It was all on for young and old… literally! Check out the photos for some visuals on week one…

Will the pension alone ensure our elderly are living with dignity?

With rehearsals well underway, the company is in at the Wynyard theatre most of the time, and the art being made is the focus… But there is a serious note to all we are doing. Check out this article to read about the issues This Is Living is tackling…

The same article has also been published here… good coverage!