Green Room Awards Acknowledge Garry Ginivan
Apr 14, 2020
Garry Ginivan, producer and creator of many superb music theatre productions for children and families, including Possum Magic and Wombat Stew, died suddenly in early February. Over a million Australians have seen his work, which toured to every state and territory.
Plans were afoot for an industry celebration of his life work at Her Majesty's in Melbourne in May, which will be rescheduled, but meanwhile it was great to see the Green Room Awards recognising his lifetime contribution to music theatre and, we would add, his contribution to creating and nurturing family audiences for theatre, Australia wide.
Watch the award here. Scroll down to the last video clip on the home page.
Image: Helpmann Award Nominated, My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch, co produced by Garry Ginivan and SFS's own Karen Keegan
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