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Passionate about interrogating, developing and devising new Australian work, Tim trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and works as a writer, director, dramaturge and a devising theatre maker.

Tim is currently a commissioned writer for Riverside Theatres, Parramatta and The Art House Wyong to create a write a new play based on Colleen McCullough\u2019s award-winning novel\xa0Tim\xa0due to hit the stage in 2023.

Most recently Tim saw his 2019 commission by Queensland Theatre to create a theatre script based on Trent Dalton\u2019s\xa0Boy Swallows Universe\xa0come to life with a sold out production which premiered at the 2021 Brisbane Festival. In 2019 he was also commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) to write and direct a new work based on Margaret Wild\u2019s\xa0There\u2019s a Sea in My Bedroom\xa0which is due to hit the stage in July 2022.

In 2018 Tim stepped in as interim Director on Caleb Lewis\u2019s\xa0Maggie Stone\xa0for the Eternity Playhouse, and wrote and directed\xa0Music for the Dreaming, a collaboration between ABC Classic FM and Sydney Opera House Presents. Tim also directed the ABC Classic FM/SOH\xa0Sounds like Australia\xa0earlier in 2018. He devised a new work for the SSO with Simon Tedeschi\xa0Who Needs A Conductor Anyway\xa0which premiered in March 2018.\xa0Tim was engaged by CDP to translate and write additional content for the Australasian version of\xa0Spot the Dog, set to tour nationally in 2019.

Between 2005-2017 Tim was a Creative Director and Producer at Monkey Baa Theatre Company, one of Australia\u2019s largest touring companies for young audiences, where he co-wrote and produced nearly 20 new Australian works, including the critically acclaimed\xa0Goodbye Jamie Boyd, award winning Jackie French\u2019s\xa0Hitler\u2019s Daughter\xa0and Sonya Hartnett\u2019s\xa0Thursday\u2019s Child. Tim directed multi award winning\xa0The Peasant Prince \u2013 The True Story of Mao\u2019s Last Dancer,\xa0which toured 36 theatres nationally. He assistant directed on Tim Winton\u2019s\xa0The Bugalugs Bum Thief\xa0and was the remount Director on\xa0The Unknown Soldier, a new Australian play written by Sandra Eldridge. In 2017 he worked as dramaturgical consultant on Randa Abdel Fattah\u2019s\xa0Where the Streets Had a Name.

In 2013 Tim was engaged by CDP Producers to write and direct several works for the Sydney Opera House Baby Proms Program including\xa0Swing Baby Swing\xa0featuring Wayne Scott Kermond and\xa0The Nutcracker\xa0(co directed with choreographer Adrian Burnett). He co-devised\xa0The Pirate Ship\xa0(script) for Urban Myth Theatre Company SA,\xa0A More Fortunate Life\xa0for Theatre Ink and\xa0EscapAIDS\xa0for the One Night Stand Theatre Company, a work which targeted both young people at risk and the WA prison population about HIV AIDS. He is devised a new work for the SSO Education with Simon Tedeschi called\xa0Who Needs A Conductor Anyway\xa0, which premiered in 2018.
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