FROM THE TOP

From Ballarat to Baghdad – an extraordinary life.

RRP: $39.99

ISBN: 9780645892604 Publishing date: June 3, 2024 Publisher: TnF Press Format: Trade Paperback

'Tom Robb, a designer legend in his own time'

Neil Sheriff Collections and Engagement Officer - His Majesty's Theatre Perth.

A moving and inspiring memoir of a young man and his journey from Ballarat, Australia, to the international stage where he and his partner Luis Moreno, produced showstopping Moulin Rouge and Las Vegas style extravaganzas in big cities, mixed with stars of the stage and screen and travelled the world in what could only be described as a tour de force.

T L W Robb delivers a warm, honest, and fascinating story of a bygone era in show business and reflects on how it was to grow up as a gay man in Australia in the second half of the twentieth Century.

At its heart, this is a love story - you’ll laugh, cry and simply won’t want to miss a word.

A magnificent, astonishing, moving, and vivid account of a life that transforms from the bleak misery of 1950s orphanages into the glittering universe of top-level entertainment.

Carmel Bird

Tom Robb … has written his memoir, From the

Top, from the perspective, not so much of a survivor but of a glorious victor.

Dianne Dempsey – literary reviewer and journalist The Age/SMH and The Bendigo Magazine

About the author:

Tom Robb is a world-renowned costume and set designer, sculptor, artist, entrepreneur, and producer.

Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, he spent his working life, from 1970-2003 working with Ballet star and choreographer, Luis Moreno as owner and producer of their company, Australian International Entertainment (AIE)

Together Tom and Luise presented Las Vegas/Moulin Rough style cabarets in more than sixty cities through twenty-one countries and were dubbed the greatest touring shows in the world.

Tom now lives in retirement in Castlemaine, Central Victoria with his best friend, Possum.