Homebush Boy

Thomas Keneally was born in Sydney in 1935. Of Irish descent, he trained for several years for the Catholic priesthood but did not take Orders. He worked as a schoolteacher, clerk and drama teacher. From the mid-1960s on, his novels began to appear and soon Keneally embarked on an extraordinary career as a writer, with remarkable success in Australia and overseas. He has won many prestigious literary awards. He won the Booker Prize in 1982 has won the Miles Franklin Award twice.

Warwick is a WAAPA graduate. His theatre credits include South Pacific, The Pirates of Penzance, The Dead Man Brake (STC) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. TV credits include Home & Away, All Saints, Packed to the Rafters, Devil’s Dust, The Pacific (US) and Comedy Cuts (UK). Warwick has also written and performed with award-winning comedy duo Allsopp & Henderson at venues including the Sydney Opera House, the Edinburgh Fringe and London’s Soho Theatre.