"The most successful Australian musical ever"
Broadway World
"All the energy that was Peter Allen"
Ben Brantley,
New York Times
NOVEMBER 2021
METRO ARTS
Tickets on sale in 2021.
Music and Lyrics by PETER ALLEN
Book by NICK ENRIGHT
Original Production by BEN GANNON and ROBERT FOX
By Arrangement with David Spicer Productions
Director: TIM HILL
Presented by Altitude Theatre at Metro Arts
THE SHOW
Not the boy next door!
Grab your maracas for this tour de force musical that scored
Hugh Jackman his landmark Tony Award for Best Performance
by a Leading Actor. The Boy From Oz skillfully weaves
Peter Allen’s sensational song catalogue into a brilliant night out!
From his relationship to Liza Minnelli and a fabulous but
high-maintenance mother-in-law Judy Garland, to revelations
around his identity, The Boy From Oz is a glittering re-telling
of the life of Australia’s original song-and-dance man,
the one who always called Australia ‘home’.
CREATIVE TEAM
TIM HILL
Director
B.A. Griffith University, ATCL Trinity College London, MFA Directing National Institude of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
Timothy Hill is a freelance director of musical theatre, plays, cabaret, dance and film. In 2015, he completed a Masters of Fine Arts Directing at NIDA. Recent directing credits include Away (Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University), Rent (QPAC / Matt Ward Entertainment), Fame, Wicked and The Unreal/Real House Wives of The Gold Coast and (HOTA / Matt Ward Entertainment), Reagan Kelly, This Is Our Youth and Spring Awakening (Metro Arts / Underground Broadway, 2018 Matilda Nomination for Best Director), Bang Bang: Featuring Rhonda Burchmore (TAM Presents / Brisbane Festival), Wheel of Fortune (Metro Arts / TAM Presents) Mary Poppins and Into The Woods (Arts Centre Gold Coast).
Other career highlights as writer and/or director include: Metalworx, Amped, Funky Beats (Raw Metal), From The Inside (Industry Dance), Evolution of Love (Collaboration), Time: A Story Of Youth (Project Y), Electric Avenue (TAM Presents), Twist and Turns and Off/On (Oscar Theatre Company).
In film, Tim's directorial work includes the film clip Gold for Triple J unearthed artist Donatachi. Tim has collaborated as assistant director / dramaturg on Stranger I Am (NIDA with Craig Ilott), Left Behind, Uninvited Guest, Disconnect and Beautiful World (Merge Dance Theatre).
Tim is a drama tutor at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Queensland College of Dance and Brent Street.