Phil Cummings
South Australian children's fiction author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phil Cummings is a South Australian children's fiction author. Born in Port Broughton, his first book, "Goodness Gracious", was published in 1989.[1][2][3] Since then he has published over 100 children's books.
Two of Cummings' works have been turned into theatrical productions. Windmill Performing Arts produced a production of "Boom Bah!" in 2008,[4] and John Schumann composed a musical version of "Danny Allen was here" for the 2012 Festival of Music.[1]
Cummings collaborated with Glyn Lehmann to write two musicals suitable for primary schools to perform. The first is Arlie Abbstock and the Incredible Cape which can be part of the performing arts curriculum. The second musical focuses on environmental issues entitled One Drop of Rain.[5] In addition Cummings and Lehmann wrote a song for Children's Book Week entitled A Book Will Take You There.[5]