Earlier in the week Dad and i had a long chat with Terry at Hobart FM… all went very well, until Dad started bumbling on about growing old and aching bones!

Meanwhile… Mr Rankin was waxing lyrical with Tim Cox over at the ABC, regaling Tasmania with the news of Big hART’s much deserved, prestigious Sidney Myer Group Award for Performing Arts. He managed to get a little about Junk Theory and This Is Living in there too! Find out more about the Award here…

We finished off our media frnzy with a final stint on Community Radio down in the Geeveston with Rod on Huon FM. That was a family affair with mum and dad spending a full hour and a half chatting away. We certainly did the round on Tassie’s community radion netwroks… great stuff.

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!

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…

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!

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!

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

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…