TRUST NEWS APRIL - MAY 1994 VOLUME 94 - 2

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FOR ONLY $50 ANNUAL MEMB ERSHIP, EVEN MOR E GREAT SAVINGS TELEPHONE C AROL M ARTIN FOR HER USUAL EXPERT AND PERSONAL IN THIS ISSU E ALON E SERVICE O THE TRUST'S UMBER 331 5655 TP Trust Price Show Trust Total GP General Public Price Memb er's Savin gs $2.00 HANDLING FEE PER TICKET PLUS (IF APPLJCABLE) Discount (2 tickets) $2.20 TICKETEK FEE, AND$ 1.00 POSTAGE AND MAILlNG. Macbeth 11 .20 22.40 FORTHCOMING PRODUCTIONS Taming of the Shrew 11.20 22.40 A CHORUS LINE Cinderella 29.00 58.00 SLrai ghLand Narrow Her Majesty's Theatre, Quay Street, Railway Square. 8.00 16.00 Two Weeks with Starring David Whitney and Jaqui Green. the Queen 4.00 8.00 Winner of nine Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this South Pacific 5.20 10.40 production is full of dazzling dancing and Marvin Hamlisch classics, Showboat Dinner CruiselS.00 36.00 staged like an audition for a forthcoming Broadway musical. In the Elvis 6.20 12.40 Cinemas: course of it we meet the dancers, all desperate to get the job, and with Hoyts 2.50 5.00 their egos and insecurities out there on show. Village 2.50 5.00 Playing from June 15th for a strictly limited season. Greater Union 2.50 _2.J2Q Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm. Mars: Wed - 1 pm; Sat - 2 pm. $200.60 TP $41.00 (Mon to Thurs Eves & Mats). Why pa y the full price for theatre and cinema tickets, when you can TP $51. 70 (Fri and Sat Eves). be a Trust member and be eligible GP $49.50 (Mon to Thurs Eves & Mars). for these huge potential savings. GP $51.70 (Fri and Sar Eves). No need to wait in queues, tickets by Gilbert & Sullivan are just a telephone call away. Tell you r friends to join today. Just call , Market Street, Sydn ey. Carol Martin on 33 1 5655 . Starring - Jon Engli sh, Simon Ga ll aher, Glynn Nicholas, , Tim Tyler, Helen Donaldson and The Fabulous Sin glettes. The all-star dazzling showbiz sensation sweeps back onto the Australian stage to break all box office records! The Family Musical See the insert for of the year has hit after hit in this Broadway style version of Gilbert & Sullivan's popular creation. Come aboard for the year's most action­ information about packed entertainment event, if you just see one musical in 1994 make great Trust Nights ... it the Pirates of Penzance. Playing f rom Thursday June 30th to Saturday July 30th. Tues to Sat - 8pm Mats - Weds 1pm - Sat 2pm - Sun 3pm. TP $36.90 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Sun Mat) $33.90 (Weds & Sat Mats) $44.90 (Fri Eves); $52.10 (Sat E ves) See inside GP $47.1 0 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Sun Mat) for our great $42 .10 (Weds & Sat Mats) $52.10 (Fri & Sat Eves) 'A Chorus Line'

Trust News is published by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust (ACN 008 394 250). Trust Night Every effort is made to ensu re tha t ail iniormation is co rrect al the time of printing bu t the TiUst accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the information herein. All enquires 33 1-5655. TRUST Walt Disney's - World on Ice presents ELVIS - THE MUSICAL 'ADVENTURES' Presented by The Gordon/Frost Organization, Great 1htst Nights and More ... Entertainment Centre. the Queensland Performing Arts Trust and the Festival Centre in association with E & Starring Mickey Mouse, Roger Rabbit, The Little YI_ C:J{09('US LI'J{'E AUSTRALIAN OPERA Mermaid, Duck Tales and the Chip'n Dale B Productions, London. (Opera Theatre) Rescue Rangers. Footbridge Theatre, Road. EARLY BIRD TRUST NIGHT Julius Caesar June-11th, 14th, 17th, Bring all the fa mily to see all of these favourite The show is a celebration of the life of the legendary Thursday June 16th 1994 21st, 24th, 27th. Disney characters in another spectacul ar Ice show. Elvis Presley with 85 non-stop musical numbers. It 8pm July - 6th, 9th (Mat), Playing from Wednesday - May 25th to Saturday - has rocked audiences in the aisles throughout the Tickets $33 13th, 16th, 20th. June 4th. UK and Canada, and won th e London Evening To obtain this $16.20 discount on Turandot June - 20th, 25th, 29th SPECIAL TRUST PERFORMANCES Standard's Award fo r Best Musical. A breathtaking General Public prices July - 2nd (Mat), 5th, show that proves Elvis is still the King of Rock 'n' Sunday - May 29th - 12.30pm tickets must be booked before APRIL 29th. 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th, Saturday - June 4th - 4pm. Roll. ADVANCE NOTICE 22nd, 27th, 30th. TP $25 (Adul t) Playing to mid-June. Cinderella June - 4th, 7th, 10th, $14 (Child 3 to 13yrs) A Reserve Tues to Thurs Eves - 8 pm. Fri Eves - 7pm & MISS SAIGON 15th, 18th, 22nd, 25th GP $32.20 (Adult) 9 .45pm. Sat - 8pm. Mats: S a t - 2 pm; Opens at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney in July 1995. Mat, 28th. $19.20 (Child 3 to 13 years) A Reserve Sun-5 pm. Be one of the first to see the show that is already a July - 2nd, 7th. ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard. TP $35.90 (all performances). legend. Madama Butterfly July - 1st, 4th, 8th, by arrangement with GP $42 .10 (all performances). Tickets will be put aside for Trust members for 14th, 19th, 23rd, 26th. the Roya l National Theatre, London. STRAIGHT AND NARROW by Jimmie various dates. Please ring Carol Martin on 331 Please ring the Trust for price details on 331 5655. Starring Gale Edwards. Chinn. 5655 if you would like to put your name on a . DATE FOR THE DIARY In 1809 the tutor Septimus is teaching maths and (A ustralian Premiere) waiting list for tickets that will go on sale later this Thursday December 1st, 1994. poetry to 13 year old Thomasina. Nearly two Sydney Opera House (Playhouse Theatre). ear. Special Trust Night for the Sydney Theatre centuries later, their scribblings catalyse a battle Starring June Bronhill and Garry Scale. JOIN US AT A TRUST NIGHT Company's production of "HOTSPUR" at the between a Byronic scholar and a garden historian. Everybody tells lies - not whoppers - but little lies to OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPERA'S Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House. This play inhabits two time frames and is a literary get us out of awkward situations. How 'Straight PRODUCTION OF Starring and Garry McDonald. detective story, a period of romance and a scientific and arrow are you'? A new comedy th at is treatise. emotionally satisfying and genuinely funny. CINDERELLA CINEMA Playing from Thursday June 30th to Saturday Playing from Wednesday May 11th to Saturday (sung in Italian with surtitles). Film vouchers for Greater Union, Village and Hoyts August 13th. June 18th. Rossini has made a sparkling opera out of a classic cinemas may be purchased from the Trust Office Mon to Sat - 8 pm. Mats: Wed - 1 pm; Sat - 2 Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm. Mats: Wed - 1 pm; Sat - fairytale, with a few surprises. There's a fairy for only $9 (a $2.50 discount on the general public pm. 2pm. godfather, a wicked stepfather, and the glass slippers ticket price). TP $33 (Mon to Thurs E ves). TP $30.50 (all performances). become beautiful bracelets. Vouchers are open dated and are exchanged for $36 (Fri to Sat Eves). GP $38.50 (all performances). But the changes don't go too far...... the happy tickets at the cinema box office. No handling fee is GP $36 (Mon to Sat Eves). FLAMENCO FIRE ending is preserved. charged, nor is there any limit to the number of TP & GP $27 (Wed Mats) ; $30 (Sat Mats). Paco Penas Flamenco Dance Company Wednesday, June 22nd 1994 - 7.30pm tickets members can buy so they also make perfect EDUCATING RITA by Willy Russell. (York Theatre). birthday gifts. Discounts are also offered at the , Milsons Point. TP - $78 (A Reserve) Starring Paco Pena , Belen Fernandez, Sara Bara, Valhalla (Glebe), Bondi Plaza, United Cinema, Starring Brian Young . . GP - $107 (A Reserve) Ana Romero, Javier Baron & Luis De Luis. Roseville Family Cinema, Manly Twin, the The story of a vibrant 26 year old hairdresser from Book early as tickets are limited. A spectacular evening of music and dance, with one Mandolin Cinema and the Dendy at , Liverpool with a passionate hunger to elevate herself CHAMPAGNE SUPPER NIGHT of the largest dance co mpanies ever to tour on presentation of membership card at the box th rough education, and a disillusioned un iversity . Passionate dancing and some of the most FOR TRUST MEMBERS AND THEIR office. lecturer who relieves his humdrum existence via the exciting Flamenco guitar music ever heard, explains FRIENDS whisky bottle hidden in his bookshelves. REPLACEMENT CARDS why Paco Pena fi lls major concert halls all over the THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Playing from Tuesday May 24th to Sunday June world. When a member renews his/her membership a new (Bell Shakespeare Co) 12th. Playing from Thursday May 12th to Saturday May card is issued with an up-dated renewal date. Thursday - June 30th, 1994. Tues to Sat Eves - 8. 15 pm. Mats: Sat & Sun - 5 pm. 21st. Because of the number of.people who seem to be TP $25 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats). Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm. Mats: May 21st - 2.30 pm. Footbridge Theatre either misplacing or losing their new card, it has $28 (Fri Eves); $30 (Sat Eves). TP $33 (Mon to Thurs Eves & Sat Mat). Supper will be held in the theatre foyer with the cast been decided to charge a $2.00 replacement fee. GP $28 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats). TP $39 (Fri & Sat Eves). after the performance. This fee is to cover the new laminated card, an $31 (Fri Eves); $33 (Sat Eves) . GP $39 (Mon to Sat Eves & Sat Mat). Cost per person $46 including supper and show. envelope and postage stamp. AUSTRALIAN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE TRUST THE GIFT OF THE GORGON by Peter SOUTH PACIFIC by Rodgers and ACN 008 394 250 TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION FORM Shaffer. Hammerstein (Presented by the Adelaide ARTS IN AUSTRALIA BY AUSTRAUANS FOR AUSTRAUANS Sydney Theatre Company (). Festival Centre and the Gordon/Frost Starring Sandy Gore. Organization). When Edward Damson arrives on a Greek Island to THE CHAIRMAN ENQUIRIES: (02) 331 5655 Her Majesty's Theatre, Quay Street, Railway persuade his father's widow, Helen, to allow him to AUSTRALIAN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE TRUST P.O. Box 845 Square. write the biography of his father, he soon discovers KINGS CROSS 2011 Starring Paige O'Hara, Andrew Jobin, Roz Ryan his father's life is a tangling of Greek myth, and Philip Gould. 0 YES! - I DO WANT TO HELP REBUILD THE TRUST! rejection, passion and pain. The $2.5 million revival of the musical first A play with a wild dramatic blend of the classical 0 YES! - I CAN GIVE TO THE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AETT PUBLIC FUND produced on Broadway in 1949 still proves to be and the modem, with the cool and the passionate. irresistable entertainment, with imaginative sets, Playing from Friday April 15th to Saturday May colourful costumes and clever dance numbers. MY UNCONDITIONAL GIFT TO THE TRUST IS ENCLOSED. (PLEASE SEND MY TAX DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT TO ME.) 28th. With Rodgers 's music, Hammerstein's lyrics, and 0$10 0$25 0 $50 0 $100 0 $500 D $1,000 OTHER$ ...... Mon to Sat - 8 pm. Mats: Wed -1 pm; Sat - 2 pm. TP $33 (Mon to Thurs Eves). some innovative 1990's direction by Christopher OR PLEASE DEBIT MY D BANKCARD/ D MASTERCARD/ D VISA Renshaw, South Pacific is event musical theatre, $36 (Fri & Sat Eves). delivered with wit and imagination in a great NUMBER ...... EXPIRY DATE ...... /...... / ...... GP $36 (Mon to Sat Eves). ensemble piece. PLEASE PRINT: TP & GP $27 (Wed Mats); $30 (Sat Mats). Playing to Saturday, May 21st. NAME...... THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Tues to Sat Eves - 8 pm. Mats: - Mon & Wed - J ADDRESS ...... Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics pm,· Sat - 2 pm. by Charles Hart...... POSTCODE ...... TP $54.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves) Theatre Royal, King Street, Sydney (season $49.00 (Mon, Wed & Sat Mats) TELEPHONE .. ( ...... ) ...... SIGNED ...... continues). $62.20 (Fri & Sat Eves). Andrew Lloyd Webbe r 's megahit is still going GP $59.20 (Tues to Thurs Eves) ~------strong. Tender and beautiful, this legendary story $55.20 (Mon, Wed & Sat Mats) comes alive in this glorious $10 million production. $62.20 (Fri & Sat Eves) Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm. AUSTRALIAN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE TRUST WISH YOU WERE HERE written and Mats: Wed -1 pm; Sat - 2 pm. performed by Reg Livermore. ACN 008 394 250 TP $75 till July 1994 ($72 August 1994 to Ensemble Theatre, Milsons Point. NEW MEMBER/ GIFf MEMBERSHIP FORM January 1995). Starring Reg Livermore. Ms CAROL MARTIN (TELEPHONE 331 5655) (Mon to Thur Eves and Mats). Livermore's portraits of derelict Leonard, his former AUSTRALIAN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE TRUST Tickets have been put aside for members for various wife Gloria and their only child Nola expose an P.O. Box 845 dates to January 1995. hilarious family triangle. This one man show shows KINGS CROSS 2011 TWO WEEKS WITH THE QUEEN. his skills as a comic actor and writer at their most Adapted by Mary Morris from the novel 0 YES! - I WANT TO JOIN THE TRUST AND ENJOY ITS BENEFITS. sparkling. 0 YES! - I WANT T0 GIVE A GIFT MEMBERSHJP OF THE TRUST TO THE PERSON BELOW by Morris Gleitzman. Playing to Sunday May 8th. I ENCLOSE CHEQUE FOR:- 0 $50 FOR ONE YEAR/ 0 $95 FOR TWO YEARS , Glen Street, Frenchs Forest. Tues to Sat Eves - 8.15 pm. Mats: Thurs - II am; When the doctors announce Colin's brother is Sat & Sun - 5 pm. OR PLEASE DEBIT MY seriously ill, he is determined to find the best TP $27 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Sat & Sun 0 BANKCARD/0 MASTERCARD/0 VISA ...... : ...... EXPIRY DATE ...... /...... medical help. So, when he is sent to London to stay Mats). with relatives, who else is there to turn to but the $30 (Fri Eves); NAME ...... Queen of England herself. $32 (Sat Eves); ADDRESS ...... Playing from Thursday June 23rd to Saturday July $20 (Thurs Mats). 9th. GP $30 (Tues & Thurs Eves & Sat & Sun ...... POSTCODE ...... Tues to Sat - 8 pm. Mats). Mats: Wed - I pm; Sat - 2 pm; Sun -5 pm. ·$33 (Fri Eves); TELEPHONE .. ( ...... ) ...... TP $28 (Tues to Fri & Mats); $32 (Sat Eves). $35 (Sat Eves); SIGNED ...... •...... ••...... GP $32 (Tues to Sat Eves & Mats). $23 (Thurs Mats). More great Trust shows to book ...

A A hu T:n-.n4-}1" K LJt...&.A-...i1.&....,vu- nANrP~ J..~'-,,.A...:IUUJ .I.I IUl JUdn...,.1y • KING LEAR by Wiiiiam Shakespeare. Presented by the Sydney Theatre Company Sydney Theatre Company/Sydney Opera House (Wharf Theatre) and the Griffin Theatre (Drama Theatre). Company. Starring John Stanton. Starring Cate Blanchett, Anna Broinowski, In Shakespeare's timeless odyssey, King Lear falls Ronald Falk, Jane Harders and Lech victim to his own vanity when he awards his realm Mackiewicz. to Goneril and Regan - the daughters who are In Timothy Daly's brilliant new play, one of this prepared to flatter him and gives nothing to hi s century's great historical romances, conducted truest daughter Cordelia, who refuses to shower the almost entirely by letter, is realised (with th e help of King with empty praises. Overwhelmingly tragic, a persistent Yiddish theatre company) as a quirky deeply moving and containing some of and moving affair. What role did Kafka's family Shakespeare's finest verse. and his dreams play in fashioning this relationship? Playing to Saturday April 30th. Playing from Wednesday June 15th to Saturday July Mon to Sat - 7.30 pm. Mats: Wed - 1 pm; Sat - 2 23rd. pm. Mon to Sat - 8 pm. Mats: Wed - 1 pm; Sat - 2 pm. TP $33 (Mon to Thurs Eves) TP $33 (Mon to Thurs Eves). $36 (Fri & Sat Eves). $36 (Fri & Sat Eves). GP $36 (Mon to Sat Eves). GP $36 (Mon to Sat Eves). TP & GP $27 (Wed Mats); $30 (Sat Mats). TP & GP $27 (Wed Mats); $30 (Sat Mats). MACBETH presented by the Bell THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Shakespeare Co. presented by the Bell Shakespeare Footbridge Theatre, . Company. Starring John Bell and Anna Volska. Footbridge Theatre, Parramatta Road. A densely moral tale that confronts the big questions Starring Essie Davis and Christopher Stollery. we so often shelve...... The Gunpowder plot The greatest comedy ever written about the battle of (1605) played an important role in setting the mood the sexes. The independent woman and the of the time. Terrorism was a reality, and Macbeth is domineering male. Rich in comic characters, a reflection of its times. The witches are essentially farcical situations and robust action. terrorists. Playing from Tuesday June 28th to Thursday July Playing from Thursday June 25th to Saturday July 28th on the following dates and times. 30th on the following dates and times. * 7.30 pm (June) 28th, 29th, 30th,· (July) 7th, * 7.30 pm (June) 25th; (July) 1st, 2nd, 5th, 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th, 28th. 29th, 30th. * 1.30 pm (June) 29th; (July) 9th, 16th, 23rd. * 1.30 pm (June) 25th; (July) 2nd, 6th, 30th. * 5.00 pm (July) 10th, 17th, 24th. * 5 .00 pm (July) 3rd. TP $30.90 ( all performances). TP $30.90 (all performances). GP $42.10 (all performances). GP $42.10 (all performances). SYDNEY SHOWBOAT DINNER SYDNEY SHOWBOAT "DIXIE" JAZZ CRUISE LUNCHEON CRUISE. Departs Campbells Cove (The Rocks) 7.30 pm While listening to the Harbour City Jazz Band, daily. enjoy a deluxe buffet lunch. Enjoy a wonderful cruise on the harbour with dinner Departs 12.30 pm daily. followed by a spectacular cabaret show with TP $32 (daily) Australian and International performers. GP $39.50 (daily) TP $72 (daily). Bookings for the above to be made only through GP $90 (daily). CAROL MARTIN at the Trust.