Colleen McCullough’s iconic novel Tim has been adapted for the stage by acclaimed playwright Tim McGarry and will hit The Art House at Wyong on August 2.
The Art House is one of just eight NSW venues presenting Tim prior to its 2024 national tour.
As both a commissioning partner in the creative development of the piece and a vanguard for the delivery of creative and performing arts, The Art House is thrilled to be welcoming a “juggernaut drama that is at all levels deeply moving and unequivocally Australian”.
Regarded as one of Australia’s most successful novelists, McCullough first penned Tim in 1974 under the original title Not The Full Quid.
The captivating novel has sold 30 million copies worldwide and has twice been adapted for film, the first adaptation starring a young Mel Gibson.
Tim is a 25-year-old labourer with a mild intellectual disability.
He has grown up in a small but loving working-class family who have tried to shelter him from the cruelty of the world but is often the brunt of ridicule by those around him.
Mary is a successful mid-50s executive with a belief she can live happily and comfortably without friendship or love.
When Mary hires Tim as a gardener and a friendship develops, suspicion arises about Mary’s motivations in the minds of those who wish to protect Tim.
What began as a chance meeting between them soon develops into a lifechanging relationship for both.
While Tim’s disability is never labelled in the play, it is a constant, underlying theme embedded in a story that explores the importance of embracing differences and opening oneself to the fullness of life and the opportunities it has to offer.
Filled with notions of love, loss and acceptance, the seminal Australian story has been sensitively adapted for the stage by playwright Tim McGarry (Boy Swallows Universe, There’s A Sea in My Bedroom), with Darren Yap (Diving for Pearls, Miracle City, Letters to Lindy) at the helm as director.
Tim features a stellar cast with Ben Goss, a young man with a disability and recent graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, in the title role.
Joining him on stage are Valerie Bader, Akkshey Caplash, Jeanette Cronin, Andrew McFarlane and Julia Robertson.
Tim will be at The Art House at 7.30pm on August 2.
Tickets can be booked at www.thearthousewyong.com.au
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The Art House