Riverina Touring Network presents: BANJO - March 2025 Tour
Photo credit: Lens Head
The poetry of Banjo Patterson, the music of Coldplay, and the power of contemporary dance
BANJO brilliantly intertwines the life events of Banjo Paterson through beautiful new arrangements of COLDPLAY’s greatest hits, contemporary dance and his very own verse.
Paterson’s classic verse – Clancy of the Overflow, As Long As Your Eyes Are Blue, Waltzing Matilda & The Man From Snowy River, will blend with Clocks, Yellow, Fix You, Paradise, Viva La Vida and more.
This world-class theatrical production has toured the Australian coast extensively since 2017, and now it is coming to our beloved regional communities.
Eastern Riverina Arts is delighted to bring BANJO through the Riverina Touring Network, with support from Create NSW.
See performance locations and dates below.
Audience feedback for BANJO:
"magic... transported me to a beautiful place called Australia of Old."
"mesmerising... of a world class standard."
"My 2nd time watching BANJO, with 6 other family members, ages 13-76, all totally enraptured by this performance!"
"I highly recommend this incredibly moving experience. It is breathtakingly good."
- Hon. Ben Franklin, Former NSW Minister for the Arts
Tickets:
To book a ticket to a Riverina performance of Trinket the Robot, please follow the buttons below for the date and venue you would like to attend:
The Griffith Regional Theatre
Saturday 8th March - 5pm show
The Tivoli - at Regal Estate, West Wyalong
Sunday 9th March
The Arts Centre Cootamundra
Saturday 15th March - Doors open 7pm
The Ganmain Hall
Thursday 20th March - Doors open 6pm
The Junee Athenium
Friday 21st March - Doors open 5pm, show 7pm
Production Credits
DIRECTOR: Nicholas Christo
CHOREOGRAPHER: Steph Maddren
WRITER: Tim Maddren
MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS: Mat Brooker
CAST: Tim Maddren, Steph Maddren, Mat Brooker, further casting TBA
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Indiana Jones
About the company:
Tim Maddren is a former member of the children’s group Hi-5. He filmed 135 episodes, released 3 albums with Sony Music Australia and toured internationally. Whilst in Hi-5 he was nominated, along with the rest of the group, for two TV Week Logie Awards, two ARIA Awards and an Asian Television Award.
As a writer, Tim was invited in 2015 to join the Australian Writers’ Guild Pathways Program. Since this he has had three original theatrical productions produced/toured and one feature length screenplay now in the early stages of development.
In 2017 he and his wife Stephanie formed Got Ya Back Productions. As producers they have now produced 35 separate theatrical productions and toured some throughout NSW and into QLD. In late 2020 Got Ya Back produced their first feature length film.
Stephanie Maddren is the Director of regionally-based production company, Got Ya Back Productions.
She spent 5 busy years in Sydney and Melbourne as a commercial dancer, choreographer, model and teacher. Her work as a dancer took her to stages all around Australia from the Sydney Opera House to the Quarry Amphitheatre in Perth. She has danced in Film and TV including Baz Lurhman’s Great Gatsby and So You Think You Can Dance (Season 1).
As a choreographer, she has choreographed numerous dance numbers including 28 episodes of The Fo Fo Figgily Show in Abu Dhabi, featured performance for Paspaley Pearls at Qualia, Hamilton Island, and Zoggs International swimwear parades in Sydney.
Stephanie and her husband, Tim Maddren, formed Got Ya Back Productions on the NSW Mid North Coast in 2017. Since then, they have created and produced 35 separate theatrical productions, a feature length film, a drive-in cinema, music videos and more.
Mat Brooker is a performing musician, producer and composer based in Port Macquarie. As a solo performer he has explored flamenco and world music on guitar, which led to him winning “Australian National Busking Championships” in 2016.
Mat has recorded three albums and performed at numerous music and arts festivals. Collaborations include live improvisation and response performances with sand artist John Thiering, touring as a guitarist for Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon), and studio engineering/session work for other artists.
Mat’s creative collaborations with Got Ya Back Productions have resulted in well received theatrical shows, including Banjo. For the past three years Mat has been the accompanist for Port Macquarie’s “School of Hard Knocks” choir, an all abilities group with a focus on inclusion and originality. Mat is excited to continue his creative performing, composing and collaborating in the future.