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UK Awards – UK Comics – And Falling Praying wins ‘Crash Test Drama UK’.

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Voting for the Eagle Awards in the UK is now open and anyone can vote right here – http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/

Some nice person has stuck me down under ‘Favourite Newcomer Writer’ and ‘Favourite Writer’… for the record, even I can’t vote for me under ‘Favourite Writer’ but I’m sure my mum can.

If you’re planning on voting (thanks), Star Wars: Blood Ties and Star Wars: Invasion are also nominated, as is Rombies (be ready for a Rombies update soon…).  Also, be sure and vote for Chris Scalf under ‘Favourite Painted Art’ and Colin Wilson under ‘Favourite Inker/Penciller’ – Colin is also on the Honour Roll – definitely vote for him there. Justin Randall is also under ‘Favourite Newcomer Artist’.

Staying in the UK, my play ‘Falling Praying’ has taken out the final of ‘Crash Test Drama UK’! Whoop!

Thanks to the director, Dan Clarke, and a big congratulations to the two cast members, Dan Clarke, who took out the ‘Best Actor’ award on the night, and Steph Weller, who won ‘Best Actress’.  Also, a big thank you to organiser, Glynn Oram.

In other UK news, Star Wars Book UK have announced the winners of their ‘Fan Favourites’ for 2010 and it seems we‘ve picked up second place… twice.

“Knights of the Old Republic: Demon by John Jackson Miller et al. was your favourite comic book story of 2010 with 26% of votes cast. However, second place was tied by two different stories by the same author, also a newcomer to the Star Wars expanded universe, Tom Taylor, with his Invasion: Rescues story (with art by Colin Wilson) and Blood Ties: Jango & Boba Fett (art by Chris Scalf) – both gaining 17% of votes cast. Third place goes to another series known to be popular, Legacy by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema, with its concluding arc Extremes (13%).”

Thanks to everyone at SWBOOKS.UK who voted.

Also in the UK, I believe the 5th issue of Star Wars Galaxy is out this week, reprinting Blood Ties and Invasion from the beginning along with Knight Errant.  Pick it up if you’re in the UK.

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Two Plays. Two Countries. One Week.

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

A big theatre week sees my short play Falling Praying on at Newtown Theatre in Sydney this weekend (part of the Short and Sweet festival) and The Example become the first of my plays to reach New Zealand, running from the 26th til the 30th of January at The Herald Theatre, The Edge, in Auckland.

Cheers to Falling Praying director, Sharlene Zeederberg (who has been trying to get me on the phone for two weeks – sorry Sharlene, it’s been a crazy couple of weeks!) and The Example director, Tainui Tukiwaho.  Break some legs, guys.

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Mystery Flight Through To Final

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

My new short play ‘Mystery Flight’ won the Judges Choice Award on the 21st of November in the Melbourne Short and Sweet Festival.  It is now through to the Gala Final on Sunday the 6th of December at the Chapel off Chapel theatre.

Congratulations to director, Harley Hefford, and the brilliant cast of Jack Angwin, Christine Husband, Tilly Legge and Heath Miller.

Chapel inside

The Chapel off Chapel theatre.

Meanwhile, ‘Falling Praying’, fresh off of its run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, has been selected for the Sydney Short and Sweet Festival in 2010.

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Star Wars: Invasion #5 Out Today – And What The Future Holds

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Yep, today is the day.

A holocron will reveal a terrible secret.  We will meet a strange but very important crazy person on Nar Shadaa.  There will be blood aboard the Tsam’ Pah.  And, while some stories will be resolved, others will be frustratingly left hanging until ‘Star Wars: Invasion‘ returns early in 2010.

But fear not.  While ‘Invasion’ is away, we can still play.

‘Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes’ (it really is a long title…) is out in January and is already available for pre order over at Amazon here or Things From Another World here.

‘Rombies’ is set to appear later this month through Gestalt Publishing who have also published Colin Wilson and my one-shot ‘The Example’ which you can get through Amazon or right here.

On the theatre front, my plays ‘Mystery Flight’ and ‘Falling, Praying’ have both been shortlisted for the upcoming Short and Sweet festival in Sydney and ‘Mystery Flight’ is set to debut at the stunning Chapel off Chapel theatre later this month.

Finally, I’ve recently finished writing another Star Wars related work (and had an awesome time doing so), which should be announced later this month.

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‘Falling Praying’ Selected For Edinburgh

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Yep, ‘Falling Praying’ is my latest short play to be selected for production at Edinburgh.

‘The Example’ had a great run at Edinburgh last year, picking up a pile of awards and noms along with the larger Bite-Size Theatre show.

Now Straylight Australia are taking ‘Falling Praying’ (about two people who meet, fall for each other… and then fall out of a plane) over there.

Josh Futcher – Winner of Best Male Actor at Short and Sweet ‘o8 – flies high at the Arts Centre, Melbourne in ‘Falling Praying’.

‘Falling Praying’ won a couple of awards last year and was also nominated for Best Comedy and Best Production in Short and Sweet at the Arts Centre.

I’m also currently adapting it into a comic book script for my upcoming graphic novel ‘Brief Cases‘.

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A Book Gets The Greenlight. ‘Falling Praying’ Wins Awards And Believe Begins.

Monday, October 20th, 2008

This week saw a new project I’m writing get the green light from the publisher. More news as I can speak about it.

My short play ‘Falling Praying’ has tonight won the People’s Choice and Judge’s Choice awards at Crash Test Drama. A big thank you to Harry Paternoster, Cath Krejany, Paul Goddard, Charity Shaw and Jane Miller.

This Wednesday my play ‘Believe’ begins a two week run as part of Dante’s Spring Carnivale. All welcome.

Lastly, the recent success of ‘The Example’ has seen it hit the number 1 spot in “Script Squirrel’s Top 40“. To read it and some other great plays head here.

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More Theatre News

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

My new play ‘Falling, Praying’ has made it into the Top Twenty’ of Short and Sweet to be performed at the Melbourne Arts Centre in December.

Meanwhile ‘Drip’ is currently on at The Carlton Courthouse in Playspotting as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

I should also mention that my mum, Anna Taylor, also has an installation piece in the Fringe Festival at BUS gallery in Lonsdale Street Melbourne titled ‘Deception’.

Deception

DECEPTION Deception is an installation of a multitude of abstracted forms, created from knitted wire suspended from the ceiling. These laborious and delicate forms make reference to displaced communities, balancing a fragile appearance with the harshness of their construction.

Artist Anna Taylor

Her website can be found here

My play ‘Believe’ will be produced at Dante’s on Gertrude street from the 20th of October to the 1st of November.

‘The Example’ is finished in the UK for a while but it received some great reviews and I recently received this from the producer

“Our most recent Brighton and Edinburgh Festival new writing showcases have enjoyed unparalleled success this year, and I am delighted to offer you the following credits, that as a member of our “Top 16″ playlist, give you the rights to use in connection with your work…”

Brighton Festival Angel Award 2008 for Artistic Excellence – Public Vote
Edinburgh Fringe First Nomination 2008
Top 5 Shortlist Carol Tambor (New York) “Best of Edinburgh” Award

Well done again to everybody at Bite-Size theatre.

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Tom Taylor Writing For Radio and The Example To Be Produced in Edinburgh.

Monday, July 28th, 2008

On Friday, Spicks and Specks producer Anthony Watt got in contact with me to say that ‘The Comedy Hour‘ on ABC radio wanted to use a sketch I wrote titled ’90% Percent of Victorian Patients Don’t Go Home With Scissors Inside Them’… I know, it’s a catchy title.

I’ve just come home from the taping where the sketch was really well received by the live audience and I learned that I was the first ‘guest writer’ the show has had… which is nice. The show airs every Monday night at 9 with my sketch probably being broadcast tonight or next week.

Meanwhile, my play ‘The Example’ has been selected for a ‘World’s Best 10-Minute-Plays’ season at the Edinburgh Festival. The season is being produced by Bite Size Theatre.

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‘The Example’ in Sydney, ‘Drip’ in Melborn 08 and ‘Believe’ in Spring.

Friday, July 18th, 2008

My play ‘Drip’ has come through the Top 30 readings of Melborn 08 to make the cut for the Top Ten. This means it will be part of a three week season at the Carlton Courthouse from September 24th through to October 11th. It will also be published. The season is run by Melbourne Writers Theatre.

On the strength of it’s ‘Judges Choice Award’ at Crash Test Drama, ‘Believe’ has been selected for the upcoming Spring Carnival at Dante’s in October/November.

Meanwhile ‘The Example’ has been reviewed again as part of the new Shorter and Sweeter season at Sydney’s Newtown Theatre.

The Example, by Tom Taylor and directed by Felicity Burke, touches on the war on terror, notions of trust and suspicion and the bases for them, bigotry, credulity, offbeat romance, superstition, alienation and more. All this, from an abandoned bag on a suburban railway platform.

- Australian Stage Online

I’ve also had news that the TV show is progressing and looking more and more likely… fingers crossed.

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The Example in the Weekly.

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

There was a nice feature on the Example, which is currently touring regional Australia, in the Diamond Valley Weekly magazine today. Please note: my nose isn’t this big. I was just very close to the lens.

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