We had an awesome Halloween night performing FOOTSTEPS OF A NOBODY at The Guild Theatre last night.  It was a good turnout, great ambiance and my heartfelt gratitude to all who contributed so much to the show - fellow producer, Harry Paternoster, of Walking Into Bars who co-produced the show with Aspinauts Players, Paul Spears who is both The Aspinauts drummer and technical manager doing the audio, arranging the stage, driving the trolley, Stuart Moore and Chris Samuel who are absolute gems and attended the shop and were the most wonderful ushers for the night, Anthony Julian who really rose to the occasion on the keyboards and provided us the seamless yet theatrical transitions from prose to song throughout the show, all the members of the band for their musical and personal professionalism and being so damned fab to work with, the venues technition and supervisor who made it a great venue to work from, and to the wonderful audience who got so into the show.  THANK YOU.

Next stop for the show, Jan 10th and Jan 12 in Los Angeles and Jan 16th in New Jersey!

Then back to Aus with the show for a night at Geelong West's Woodbin Theatre on Jan 23rd 2010.

Warmly,




Donna Williams *)

Hi folks,

Fresh from having performed Footsteps of a Nobody for 300 secondary school students this week, all of us in The Aspinauts are all really excited to be performing Footsteps of a Nobody on the full stage at The Guild Theatre in Union House, Melbourne Uni this Saturday night (Halloween!) at 8pm (finishes 9pm with question time to follow).

We've been in The Observer, on radio and in The Age tomorrow, but if any of you would like to join us tix are only $10 concession (and groups of 10+) and $15 full and whilst you can pre-book online, it's a 90 seat theatre so you'll still be able to get tickets at the door.

We have a producer on board this time, the show has evolved over its performances so hoping this is our best one yet.  We have journos along to review this show and if we do good we might eventually reach our goal of playing the Vic Arts Centre.

Well, one can dream.

Hope to see some of you there.




Feel free to send it on to those you feel it might interest.

Warmly,

Donna Williams *)

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Donna Williams, Dip Ed, BA Hons.
Author, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter.
Autism consultant and public speaker.

http://www.myspace.com/nobodynowherethefilm
http://www.donnawilliams.net
http://www.aspinauts.com

Children’s Rock Musical, BALOOMBAWOP, by Donna & The Aspinauts

FOOTSTEPS OF A NOBODY Sat 31st Oct, The Guild Theatre, first floor, Union House, Melbourne University, Carlton, Victoria 3010Footsteps of a Nobody is a powerful one woman rock-musical from Donna Williams, author of the international bestseller, Nobody Nowhere; Autobiography of an Autistic Girl. Through characterisations, gestural signing, evocative spoken word and song it traces Donna’s pivotal experiences from a meaning deaf, meaning blind feral child to life on the streets and on to her ultimate fight to claim a place of equality among others.





REVIEWS OF DONNA WILLIAMS’ WRITING:
THE NEW YORK TIMES: She allows us to understand our own perceptions as never before. PEOPLE MAGAZINE: By turns fascinating and harrowing.
WEEKEND REVIEW: Evocative, poetic, compelling, shocking, gut-wrenchingly moving.
DAILY TELEGRAPH: Powerful and unique.
MODE: Powerful enough to make one reassess what it means to be human.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: Extraordinarily gripping.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Deserves every superlative a reviewer can muster.

BOOK ONLINE:  http://union.unimelb.edu.au/theatre
INQUIRIES: bookings@donnawilliams.net
Disabled access is available.
Show is suitable for teens and adults
Show runs 8-9pm.

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