Slideshow from Footsteps Of A Nobody by Donna Williams with The Aspinauts

Photos from the one woman rock-musical, Footsteps of a Nobody written and performed by Donna Williams and musically supported by The Aspinauts. The slideshow features pictures of Donna Williams, Paul Spears, Earl Wollff, Harry Hormone, Anthony Julian. The photos are by Chris Samuel (taken at The Carlton Courthouse and Spenser's Live) and by Paul Temple (taken at Wodonga Civic Centre at a show sponsored by Cooinda).

you can see a clip from a live performance of the show here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doEIsz6roCw


The audio recording in this slideshow is to one of the songs from the show, Broken Biscuit, and was recorded by Paul Spears at PV Studios in Ferntree Gully (http://www.myspace.com/pvsounds) where Donna and The Aspinauts record. It doesn't have vocals to it as it was made to be sung to throughout the UK and Ireland in 2009.

The audio recording features Aspinauts: Paul Spears (drums), Mark Winston (bass and lead guitar), Harry Hormone (acoustic guitar), and Anthony Julian (keyboards). The recording was made for Donna to perform this track throughout the UK and Ireland on her October tour 2009 between Oct 2nd and Oct 17th.

Footsteps of A Nobody is a powerful one woman rock-musical both written and performed by Donna Williams, author of the international best seller, Nobody Nowhere; Autobiography of an Autistic Girl .

Footsteps of a Nobody is a unique opportunity to witness the author herself perform a story that has changed the lives of millions.

Through vibrant song, characterisations, gestural signing, evocative spoken word, and musically supported by the band, The Aspinauts, Donna takes us on a journey from a seemingly deaf, psychotic, 'feral' child to life on the streets and ultimately on to her fight for equality among others.


REVIEWS OF DONNA'S WRITING:

She allows us to understand our own perceptions as never before.
NEW YORK TIMES

Deserves every superlative a reviewer can muster.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

By turns fascinating and harrowing. PEOPLE MAGAZINE

Footsteps of a Nobody has been performed in Melbourne theatres and has upcoming performances in the USA in Jan 2010 and further Australian shows to follow.

Further info can be found at

http://www.myspace.com/nobodynowherethefilm
http://www.donnawilliams.net
http://www.aspinauts.com

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[1210donna]

thanks ytcarol. In the Footsteps of a Nobody show is a song, Too Sensitive, which has a lyric "if your world's become a prison then the person with the key is the one who put you in there, that's the one who'll set you free". We must each set ourselves free and sometimes that is very hard work with many obstacles to navigate on the way.

[1210donna]

Hi Mancunian one. I expect you'll hear me sing to it in the UK.

[ytcarol]

Loved your books. You have learned to be more true to yourself and expressive than many of the rest of us. Thanks for the inspiration!

[Mancunian1001]

Sure will :D

[Mancunian1001]

A brilliant jaunty number.  I love the melodic approach to this tune.

[chromaxabc]

Excellent, Donna!