About GlennT

The Biography

Glenn T. has built an impressive career in the Australian Entertainment Industry and is today widely recognized as one of the most popular on-camera designers on the Australian version of the hit TV series, Changing Rooms

Having left school at 16 (due to lack of interest) midway through year 11, Glenn determined himself to succeed in arguably one of the world's harshest and most unforgiving industries - Entertainment. His story is as inspiring as it is diverse. From extra work to featured player - from chorus boy to leading man - from stagehand to Production Designer, Glenn has tried it all.

He is the first to admit he was not always successful: "I'd rather be remembered as the man who tried and failed than the man who failed to try!" The one thing, however, he never failed at was learning from his mistakes and making it better the next time.

With no formal training or tertiary qualifications, Glenn T. has designed the sets for a number of local and touring stage productions including Fiddler on the Roof (Sydney & the Gold Coast), The Sound of Music and Annie in Sydney, 42nd Street in Hobart and most recently Oklahoma! on the Gold Coast.

He designed and directed the highly successful Sydney season of Leader of the Pack The Ellie Greenwich Musical for the Hills Co-op in 1998, the world Premiere of Jon English's Buskers and Angels in 2000 and is currently preparing to stage his own production of the Garry Marshall/Lowell Ganz comedy, Wrong Turn at Lungfish.

Glenn has worked behind the cameras on such classic Australian television shows as Sons and Daughters, A Country Practice, Sounds, The Mike Walsh Show, and has designed as well as appeared in a number of commercials. He spent 5 years in the art department of Home and Away, 3 of which as Art Director and was Production Designer for the full 2 ½ year run of Breakers.

He has designed concerts in the Sydney Town Hall, The Sydney Entertainment Centre, The Hills Centre for the Performing Arts and the Grand arch of Jenolan Caves as well as numerous Corporate Functions and Events. He has taught Drama and Design both at home and in the United States.

As much at home on stage as backstage, Glenn T. performed in the Sydney Opera House's annual Christmas Pantomime for 9 years taking principal roles in Treasure Island in 1998 and Robin Hood in 1999. He received great response to his portrayal of the comic Rooster Hannigan in the Hills Co-op production of Annie and there was a time when a visit to Sydney was not complete without spending an evening at the famous The Argyle Tavern being insulted by that scurrilous convict Freddy Fudpucker!

In 2003 Glenn mounted his most ambitious project to date: producing a full scale, multi-million dollar, fully professional stage musical. Leader of the Pack - The Ellie Greenwich Musical opened at the Star City Showroom on June 21st and ran some 14 weeks - the season having been extended twice. Not only did Glenn re-work much of the script and chair the Production Company, he designed all the sets and featured on stage in the role of the Narrator.

Telling Ellie Greenwich's amazing life story in 8 shows a week had a very special meaning for Glenn having met the music legend on a research trip to New York City in 2002. He is very proud to now include Ms Greenwich among his very dearest friends and was greatly honoured when she made her very first trip to Australia in June 2003 to attend the Opening Night of "Leader" at Star City.

Few who were there that night will ever forget the atmosphere in the theatre when, at the end of the show, the real Ellie Greenwich took to the stage to sing one last song with the cast. A truly amazing moment in Australian theatre.

Glenn T. has trekked through the spectacular Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina where he worked for three seasons as a Summer Camp Counsellor: He has walked the red carpets of many an Opening Night both in Sydney and Los Angeles. He's traveled extensively through Europe and North America - dined with stars of stage and screen and now lives and works in Sydney's leafy North shore.

Not bad for a kid whose high school leaving certificate reads: "Where anything resembling hard work or effort is concerned, Glenn is totally unreliable!"