Mavis goes to Timor

by Katherine Thomson, Angela Chaplin, Kavisha Mazzella

Overview

Stung into action by the suffering of the East Timorese, an 86-year-old retired haberdasher from regional Victoria decides that she can make a difference. Along with her daughter, Mavis takes her sewing machines to Timor and sets in motion her practical contribution. Twenty-three sewing centres later, more than 119 tonnes of donated household goods have made their way from Mavis' place in Yarrawonga to the newly independent nation of Timor, and the sewing co-operatives continue today. Based on a true story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780868197029
Publisher:	Currency Press
Publication date:	02/07/2003
Series:	Current Theatre
Edition description:	Standard ed.
Pages:	58
Product dimensions:	5.39(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.16(d)

About the Author

KATHERINE THOMSON began her career in the theatre as an actor. For the stage she has written Harbour, Navigating, Diving for Pearls, Barmaids, Mavis Goes to Timor and Wonderlands all published by Currency. Other plays performed by leading theatre companies include Kayak, A Sporting Chance, Darlinghurst Nights and This Hospital is My Country. She has also written extensively for television where her credits include Grass Roots, Blackjack, Wildside, Fallen Angels, Halifax fp, GP and Something in the Air. She has been nominated for five New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, winning for Harbour and three Australian Film Institute Awards and has won multiple AWGIEs ' three in 2006 alone, two as co-writer of the television series Answered by Fire and a third for her screenplay for the film Unfolding Florence ' The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst. She has been Vice-President of the Australian Writers' Guild and President of Sydney PEN. In 2005 she received the ANPC Award for her contribution to the Australian theatre industry.