Listing: Poetry & Prose
Pete and the Croc 2006 – text (unpublished). A new ‘Territory’ story to accompany the classic Peter and the Wolf at the request of Martin Jarvis, the then artistic director of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra. This was premiered by the DSO in August 2006 at the Territory Wildlife Park, narrated by Ted Egan who…
The Night Santa got Stuck in the Chimney 2011. A children’s story set on a cattle station in the Northern Territory that tells of how 3 children help Santa out on Christmas night. The story was narrated over music by Leif Sundstrup. Performed at Parap Primary by the DSO in December 2011, narrated by…
The Wetlands Suite (An illustrated book of poetry) NTUniprint, 1997. This booklet was handed out as a program to accompany the premiere of the orchestral work by the same name. The poems were read before each of the 7 movements that describe animals found in the Top End’s wetlands (Australia’s tropical north). Original poems by…
Town Hall Ruins 2007 (unpublished). A poem written by Cathy Applegate at the request of the Sydney Guitar Trio. It was read over music by Venezualan composer Elvis Suarez – Delta. Performed as part of the Darwin International Guitar Festival 2007 at the Town Hall Ruins. Read by Rory O’Donoghue (of Aunty Jack fame). This…