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Described by Barry Humphries as "miraculous", a contemporary song cycle/cabaret/concert with Henry Lawson poems I have set in a wide range of musical styles. 

Credits:

  • Music: John Thorn
  • Lyrics (poems): Henry Lawson
  • Cast: Emily Taheny and Lindsay Field 

Runs:

  • Sep 2014 in Bourke, NSW played the 
  • Adelaide Cabaret (2015) 
  • Has been performed in every state of Australia.

Protest Poetry & the Priest

As part of the Flinders Fringe Festival, local Vicar Rev Keiron Jones spoke about her favourite protest poems. 

Music written and performed by me, sung by Bonnie Thorn. 

Credits:

  • Music & piano: John Thorn
  • Lyrics: Various poets
  • Narrator: Rev Keiron Jones
  • Singers: Christopher Watson, Bonnie Thorn & Fiona Thorn

Runs:

  • Flinders Fringe Festival, February 2024 (St John’s Church)

Surely God Was A Lover

Rev Ken Parker & Me