MAY/JUNE 1987 Vol. II No. 3 ISSN 0314-0598 A publication of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust

Nunsense - a habit-forming, unconventional musical comedy!

A scene from the Sydney production of NUN SENSE

NUNSENSE by Dan Goggin ment of Health is about to descend on NUNSENSE has won four prestigious Directed by Barry Creyton the convent, so in order to raise enough New York awards including Best Off Musical Direction by Michael Tyack money for their burial, the Sisters decide Broadway musical of 1986, Best Music Choreography by Dolores Dunbar to organise a talent show. They aim to and Best Book. Lighting Design by Donn Byrnes bring in further funds by selling Sister The critics have been enthusiastic Cast includes Betty Bobbitt, Maggie Julia 's "Baking with The Blessed Virgin about ,t,lUNSENSE. A sample of the King, Robyn Arthur, Geraldine Morrow Mary" which, incidentally, contains the their comments are: and Georgie Parker recipe for her vichyssoise. "Wickedly funny . . . the audience Twelfth Night Theatre The variety show is, in fact , the play: laughed all night. " Sunday Telegraph the set , incongruously , is the backdrop "These nuns deserve a halo each .. . for GREASE , which the nun's eighth grad­ God 's sake go and see it." ity the poor Little Sisters of Hoboken, ers are producing (the Sisters promised Andrew Urban, The Australian Pthey have a problem! Twenty-two of not to disturb the set). their members died of botulism when The five Sisters bounce through an Sister Julia Child of God (the convent hilarious , toe-tapping show. Sister Robert Anne does her impersonations chef) cooked up a tureen of contami­ BOOKING INFORMATION nated vichyssoise. "Miraculously " five of (from Katherine Hepburn to Attila the From Thu April 30 their members escaped the same fate as Nun), Sister Mary Amnesia (her mem­ Mon to Sat at 8.00 p.m. Mats Wed they were out playing bingo. The prob­ ory has failed) astounds with her ven­ 11.00 a.m. and Sat 2.00 p.m. lem is that after burying eighteen of their triloquist act , Sister Mary Leo performs AETI $19.50 the ballet "The Dying Nun " and Sister GP $22.50 number, the money ran out when the Pen/Stu $15.50 (eve) Mother Superior decided to buy a video Mary Hubert and the Reverend Mother $13.50 (mat) cassette recorder; the remaining four are belt out "Just a Coupl'a Sisters". All Two AETI tickets per member. languishing in the 'fridge! The Depart- nun-stop fun. 2

The final two concerts of QTO 's 1987 Shaw'smilitary International Series will be no excep­ comedy tion. On Friday May 29 the QTO Music ARMS AND THE MAN Director , Georg Tintner, will conduct and by George Bernard Shaw Russian violinist, Nelli Shkolnikova, will Directed by Alan Edwards be soloist in a programme of Bach, Beet­ Designed by Richard Jeziorny hoven, Handel and Haydn. Cast includes Zoe Bertram, David Clandenning, Simon Burvill-Holmes Suncorp Theatre PLAY that glows with vivacity and A good humour, ARMS AND THE MAN is typical of the Irish playwright's satirical plays in which he attacked worn­ out conventions and irrational beliefs. GARRY McDONALD as 'Mo' in SUGAR One of Shaw's earlier works for the BABIES. stage, ARMS AND THE MAN, is a gay and witty comedy which begins as a con­ SUGAR BABIES Nellie Shkolniko va. Conceived by Ralph G. Allen and ventional romantic drama which then Harry Rigby turns around to expose the real people A graduate of the Moscow Conser Directed and choreographed by behind the social masks and the shams vatorium, Miss Shkolnikova has a re ' Ernest Flatt beneath their social values. markable technique and musicianshi Music by Jimmy McHugh The story line is of the young, charming which earned her an international reputa­ Musical direction by Dale Ringland and beautiful Raina Petkoff who lives an tion during concert tours that included the i Scenery and costumes by Rene du Bois idle life consumed with fantasies of vari­ USA, Japan, Canada and Europe . For · Starring Eddie Bracken, Garry ous heroes, heroic nobility and noble twelve years she was then restricted to i McDonald, Peter Regan and Joan love. Her fiance, the dashing Sergius has performances behind the Iron Curtain but I Brokenshire just been acclaimed a hero of the vic­ defected to the west in 1982. Currently i Lyric Theatre torious Bulgarian army and the chaotic based in Melbourne at the Victorian J Petkoff family is agog with the glory. College of the Arts she appears regularly! 1 ETERAN of more than 10,000 But an unexpected encounter with a for the ABC. fighting soldier from the defeated Serbian V SUGAR BABIES performances, On Friday, June 19, Pamela Page and army punctures her illusions and forces Eddie Bracken heads a cast supported by Max Olding and their son Dene Olding,! the "best 24 legs in town" - the Sugar her to a clear-sighted view of the postur­ will appear together for the first time in I Babies Chorus. ing that surrounds her. The glamorous the Concert Hall. SUGAR BABIES is fun for everyone. Sergius - ever ready to flirt with a pretty Queensland's own international music It is a musical revue which celebrates the servant girl - is merely ornamental ; family, their programme will include bravery in war is less important than prac­ Golden Age of American Variety from Mozart's Concerto No . 10 for two pianos I 1905 to 1930. This was also a period of tical toughness in peacetime; the founda­ and Mozart 's Violin Concerto No . 9. The i great vitality in the Australian theatrical tion of a happy and fulfilling marriage is orchestra will be conducted by Max Old­ world and the traditions and routines of certainly not a world of make-believe! ing and Dene Olding. Pianist Pamela American burlesque were shared by this Page met her husband Max Olding in country. BOOK.INGINFORMATION Thu June 11 to Sat June 27 London where they shared first prize in In New York the show was a smash hit Wed to Sat at 8.00 p.m. Tue at 6.00 the first Royal Trust Fund Competition. enjoying a seven year run and it has been p.m. Mats Wed at 10.30 a:m. and Sat at This fine two-piano team continues to a sell-out in Sydney and Melbourne. 2.00 p.m. perform and record together as well as Now it is Brisbane's tum to enjoy what AETI $11.90 GP $20 .00 individually. As Senior Lecturers in the show's Executive Producer, Noel Pen/Stu $12 .50 Music, they have contributed much to Ferrier, says is a knockout for the genera­ Two AETT tickets per member. music in this state. tions under 40 who have grown up on a diet of television. It's an Australian Elizabethan Theatre Concertdelights Trust production. Nelli Shkolnikova BOOK.INGINFORMATION The Olding family From Thu May 28 Queensland Theatre Orchestra Mon to Sat at 7.30 p.m. Concert Hall Mats Wed 10.30 a.m. and Sat 1.30 p.m. AETI $24.90 (except Sat eve) UEENSLAND 's own chamber $20.90 (June 1 & 2) orchestra, the Queensland Theatre GP $29.90 0Q c estra, has earned a fine reputation Pen/Stu $18.90 Two AETI tickets per member. not only for their music making but also for elegant programming. The Olding Family. 3

Violinist Dene Olding is a graduate of under the Artistic Direction of Boris San­ the Juilliard School of Music in New Hello and goodbye kin. Their programme includes the usual York. As leader and music director of the fast Russian folk dancing plus modern Australian Chamber Orchestra and.now pieces - tap dancing, skateboards and violinist with the Australia Ensemble, such like. Dene tours extensively throughout Aus­ No details of at time of going to press tralia, Europe, Asia and the USA as both but there WILL be a good AETT price. soloist and recitalist. Please call the office for details.

BOOKING INFORMATION QTO/Nelli Shkolnikova Fri May 29 at 8.00 p.m. TNCo! AETT $17.50 GP $19 .50 VULTURE CULTURE Pen/ Stu $13.50 Two AETT tickets per member. By Frank Millward Directed by Hilary Westlake Princess Theatre QTO/ Olding Family Dear members, Fri June 19 at 8.00 p.m. Herewith your new Queensland rep­ OR something completely different AETT $17.50 the TN Co! offer a "remarkable GP $19 .50 resentative - Rosemary Cameron. F Pen/ Stu $13.50 Happy theatre going. combination of music, mime and dance" Two AETT tickets per member. on May 31. They describe it as a modern Denise WacJey fable, powerful and disturbing and pro­ mise some spectacular technical effects. Music is from a choir and the Queensland TrustSocial STOP PRESS Theatre Orchestra. Committee Russian Dance Co UST a reminder from the Com­ HE colourful and spectacular Rus­ BOOKING INFORMATION mittee that they will be holding a Sun May 31 at 6.30 p.m. J sian Dance Company of Moscow supper party for cast and Trust T Wed June 3 to Sat June 6 begins its Australia/New Zealand tour in Tue June 9 to Suri June 14 members after the SUGAR May with performances in Darwin and at 8.00 p.m. BABIES performance on Tuesday, North Queensland , before a short Bris­ AETT $16.50 June 2. Supper tickets are $10 and if GP $18.00 bane season June 22 to 26. you would like to attend ring: Stu/ Pen $12.00 Presented by Michael Edgeley Inter­ JIM MEREDITH 262 2068 Two AETT tickets per member. national the Company has fifty dancers

-And;11 Additiotl by Carole Long, Membership Manager

ITH the departure of Denis e In her place we are delighted to wel­ time to look through it and appreciate the WWadley as Queensland Represen­ come Rosemary Cameron as our new extent of the Trust's involvement in the tative of the Australian Elizabethan representative. Rosemary has been perfoqning arts in Australia . Theatre Trust another phase in the long manager of the Carawah Club for the past Perhaps the most visible role of the history of the Trust in Queensland closes eighteen months and has seen that Trust is as national entrepreneur and and another one opens. Denise has been association of professional women grow it is in this role that we are very proud our representative for the past two years from a germ of an idea to a SOO-strong to bring the wonderful Broadway musical and during that time has seen our Queens­ membership. With her strong interest in SUGAR BABIES to Brisbane. It comes land membership grow from a small base theatre I am sure she will continue to fos­ to Brisbane following extended seasons in of 300 members to the almost 2,000 ter the close relationship with members both Sydney and Melbourne where it strong membership we now have. It is a that so many of you have established with received both critical and audience ac­ tribute to her commitment to tlieatre that Denise. Rosemary takes up her appoint­ claim. What could be more appealing in through her encouragement our members ment on May 4 and will be ably assisted these tight economic times than to spend have become strong supporters of theatre by Hetty Bax who gives members such a an evening in the wonderful world of bur­ in Queensland. In fact on a per member wonderful service as membership secre­ lesque in the company of such fine artists basis Queensland Trust members pur­ tary. as Eddie Bracken, Garry McDonald and chase more theatre tickets than their With this edition of Trust News we Joan Brockenshire - and of course the counterparts in any other state! So it is enclose a copy of the 1986 Annual dazzling Sugar Babies themselves! Give with some considerable regret that we say Report which gives a very detailed yourself a treat and go see SUGAR farewell to Denise and wish her well for account of the very widespread opera­ BABIES! the future. tions of the Trust. I do hope you'll take the __· ~-f/Jf--~- ---J.!11

Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra celebrates 20 years

Anniversaries are always an occasion for In 1986 the AETT appointed Warwick Horne and of course the popular Opera celebration, to look back over past Ross as Administrator of the Orchestra. in the Park each year during the Festival achievements and to make new plans for Warwick, himself a musician of high of Sydney. ,, the future. The 20th anniversary of the standing, studied double bass and piano This year the Orchestra will take to the I Elizabethan Trust Orchestra on May 8 is at the NSW Conservatorium. He has concert platform at the Sydney Town I '

no exception. played with ESO, the London Festival Hall for a unique concert of Russian 1 Ballet -Orchestra, The Royal Philhar­ music, conducted by John Hopkins, and ay 8, 1967 was a milestone in monic Orchestra, The London Sinfon­ featuring the genius of Australian pianist M Australia's musical history. Prior ietta, The London Philharmonic David Helfgott (see David Helfgott to this time Australia's national opera Orchestra and the SSO. Prior to joining concert, p. 11). and ballet companies were supported the AETT, Warwick managed a series of In November 1986 the AETT appoint­ partly by orchestras supplied by the both established and freelance orchestras ed the internationally prominent Australian Broadcasting Commission, in Australia and the United Kingdom. He Australian -born violinist, concertmaster and partly by scratch orchestras which is a qualified Recording Engineer and and conductor, Ronald Thomas, as were engaged for particular seasons and between 1982 and 1984 established and Artistic Director of the ESO. As Artistic afterwards disbanded. This arrangement managed a multi-track recording studio Director, Ronald Thomas is responsible not only caused problems for the ABC in in Sydney which produced a wide variety for every facet of the Orchestra's artistic; the scheduling of their orchestras for per­ of recordings in classical and commercial management and policy. He continually formances, but also made efficient plan­ formats. Warwick's experience and assesses and maintains artistic standards, riing of opera and ballet seasons background has made him a valued addi­ develops opportunities and plans reper­ extremely difficult. It was also a natural tion to AETT senior management. toire for orchestral concerts and chamber consequence of the lack of ongoing While most of the Orchestra's activities music activities which will enhance the employment for musicians who were during the year are involved with perfor­ Orchestra's standards and reputation. engaged for these seasons that the mances of opera and ballet; the AETT This appointment is a major coup for orchestral content of the performances provides and encourages opportunities the AETT, and an exciting opportunity was severely restricted. for the Orchestra to perform on the con­ for the ESO to move in new artistic direc­ To overcome these problems and pro­ cert platform when normal performance tions which will not only broaden their vide a permanent, ongoing and suppor­ schedules allow. These opportunities pro­ musical profile, but also offer to the user tive orchestra, the Australian Elizabethan vide a chance for Sydneys concert-going companies an even higher standard of Theatre Trust resolved to form an public to "hear and see" this fine orchestral service. orchestra to service the national opera Australian orchestra. Over the past few The new Artistic Director has already and ballet companies. Hence, the years the ESO has performed as a feature drawn up plans for a series of concerts Elizabethan Trust Orchestra was formed of such prestigious events as the highly for both small orchestra and chamber and participated in seasons around successful Mostly Mozart series at the music activity for members of the ESO to Australia at a time when demands for Sydney Opera House, gala concerts with be presented during the forthcoming opera and ballet were increasing, along such stars as Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri te winter opera season. Approximately with the public's expectation of artistic Kanawa, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn seven evening concerts and six lunchtime levels. The activities of the Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra (as it later became known) have expanded with the develop­ ment of the Australian Opera and the Australian Ballet and the size of the orchestra has also increased from 46 players in 1967 to 69 permanently employed full-time players today. For 20 years the Elizabethen Sydney Orchestra has been a major force in the performing arts in Australia, and through its close association with the Australian Opera and the Australian Ballet it has been involved in many of the most significant events in Sydney's musical calendar. It is now embarking upon a period of consolidation and expansion under a new administrative and artistic management. 5

concertswill be spread over the period of the season. The lunchtime concerts will havea chamber music profile and will be performed by differing- combinations of two to nine players. The evening con­ certs, to be performed on Sunday even­ ings, will take a chamber component of 16to 20 players from the Orchestra. -;::­ Another exciting development in the .!:) Orchestral Division of the AETT is the Trust's newly acquired management of I the Soloists of Australia ensemble. The ~ i::: i::: Soloistsis a splendid group of up to 15 of 8 Australia's foremost musicians who have 0 formed a world class string ensemble. It -t: .!:) is the brainchild of its Director, Ronald ~ Thomas, and of David Blenkinsop, Director of the Festival of Perth. The ] ensemble released its first two recordings on the European market in January 1987. ! The Soloists of Australia will be one of 1984 by Dave Ellis and Trish O'Connor for various international and local the world's foremost chamber music as a contemporary jazz group. Their vocalists touring Australia. ensembles. Drawn from concertmasters repertoire consisted of pieces written by Plans are that OZBOP's activities will and soloists resident in Australia, each jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, extend to the full spectrum of events and musician will be invited to join the Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, venues throughout Australia . Indeed, ensemble for a series of up to 12 concerts Herbie Hancock and originals con­ OZBOP is currently performing every each year, beginning in 1988. The con­ tributed by various members of the band. Tuesday in April and every Thursday in certs will be given in the State capitals of Their first performances were in October May at The Don Burrows Supper Club, a Australia, and at festivals throughout 1984 at The Basement (Australia's top popular venue for swing and jazz lovers Eastern and Western Europe and the jazz venue) with Billy Field as guest in the wonderful environment of USA. artist. Sydney's superb Regent Hotel (see The Ensemble is certainly no ordinary In November 1984, OZBOP recorded Member Activities p. 8). chamber orchestra. There is no per­ an ABC-TV special with Billy Field at the The AETT has always been associated manency and membership is subject to Regent Don Burrows Supper Club for the with audience development through its ' the needs of the programme and of the series The Don Burrows Collection. Then membership programme and more musicians' availability, and there is no came many p!!rformances at major func­ recently through the Halftix booth permanent funding requirement. It is tions for The Australian Opera, The established in Martin Place, Sydney, and Ie nvisaged that sponsorship will be sought NSW Art Gallery, Regent Hotel Supper the development of musical audiences for to cover the costs of each series of Club, The Australia Day 1985 Concert the future is one of its goals. Plans are performances . and the Hilton Hotel. being formulated to develop programmes In addition to live performances, the Meanwhile, Dave Ellis and Trish for young people which will expose them Soloists plan to make studio recordings O'Connor successfully sought Australia to a full range of musical experiences of each concert series they give, and to Council funding to assist in the commis­ from both the popular and classical release these internationally on compact sioning of four works for OZBOP and a repertoir.e. disc. Because of the prominent European Symphony Orchestra which would then It is with great pride that the AETT profile of many of the members, it is be toured both locally and overseas. It looks back on its association with expected that the sale of these compact was suggested that the AETT should Australia's musical development over the discs will be quite significant, creating a manage a tour of the various State last twenty years, administering and pro­ greater recognition in the world music festivals in 1988. This led to the AETT moting some of Australia's finest musical community of Australia's achievements agreeing to handle the management and ensembles, and it looks to the future of in the performance of classical music. promotion of OZBOP and its various its Orchestral Department under the In late 1986 the AETT decided, activities. management of Warwick Ross and the through its entrepreneurial dep'artment, OZBOP is presently in pre-production artistic direction of Ronald Thomas with to seek further opportunities to manage, with the '30s/'40s musical THAT great expectation and excitement. With a develop and promote in the music field. SWING THING, a musical tribute to the superb orchestra and one of the world's In particular it decided to explore some swing era involving a group of nine musi­ most exciting new string ensembles in its options in the more contemporary field in cians, four singers and eight dancers in a care, and with the enthusiasm of manage­ order to reach a wider segment of the show with costume, lighting and props ment for involvement with more contem­ population. Such an opportunity has designed to play in theatre, clubs and in porary groups such as OZBOP, the come through the Trust's recent associa­ cabaret. Although OZBOP specialises in positive influence the Trust will have on tion with the brilliant swing/jazz group swing music, the group will also be our musical life in the future looks well ZBOP. OZBOP was formed in August available as a world-class backing group assured. 6

shipped to Biloxi, Mississippi, and con­ Few details as we went to press so ring I AnotherNeil Simon tinues to jot down his memoirs and keep a the oflke for dates and prices please. comedy diary in the hope of one day becoming a great writer. It is a warm study of a young _Making the most of BILOXI BLUES by Neil Simon man growing up and learning both the Directed by Jon Ewing facts of life and military traditions. your membership Designed by John Senczut Lighting by Roger Barratt N this edition of Trust News you will Cast includes Miles Buchanan, Zoe I find details of a number of productions Carudes, Marcus Graham, Glenn taking place in the next few weeks. Keenan, Kerry McKay, Jamie However, quite often other shows are Oxenbould, Joe Petruzzi and confirmed AFTER we go to press. Max Phipps If you are in doubt about shows not Lyric Theatre featured in Trust News please check with the office - there are very few productions URRENTLYplaying at the Sydney which do not offer AETT members COpera House, BILOXI BLUES advance bookings at special prices. will transfer to Brisbane in early July. The answering machine is a wonderful This witty and amusing play by the very invention but sometimes we have great. successful Neil Simon, is a sequel to difficulty deciphering your message. BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS Please speak slowly and clearly and (watch for the movie coming soon) and remember to give your name and tele­ follows the fortunes of the now grown-up phone number ( mystery callers remain a hero, Eugene. He joins the army, is Miles Buchanan. mystery!).

Ot}r,:/ddJ••• by Margaret Leask

he RSC's production of Cole Porter's taken up by two part-time civil rights "popular" ROMEO AND JULIET is set T KISS ME KA TE, which opens at the workers. While admiring the perfor­ in 1986 Verona, with Niamh Cusack Old Vic on May 19, has begun its run in mances, it is generally felt the play con­ (Sinead's sister) playing Juliet to Sean Stratford to enthusiastic critical acclaim. tains too much intellectual theory which Bean's Romeo. RICHARD II follows, The Observer felt the great pleasures of results in a glib and artificial effect, with Jeremy Irons in the title role of the production are "pastiche, parody and ultimately leaving the audience question­ Barry Kyle's production. In the Pit will ' celebration" with Nicola McAuliffe ing the truth of the situation. be a number of new plays, including the "exceptional: sexy, funny, elegant and One-man shows rarely attract much British premiere of SARCOPHAGUS, touching" as Kate. The show includes critical attention or run for long seasons, the first play about the nuclear disaster at such memorable numbers as "Another but praise has been unanimous for Peter Chernobyl. The Company's new third Op'nin, Another Show", "Wunderbar" Barkworth's SIEGFRIED SASSOON theatre, the Mermaid, will see transfers and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare", which began at the Hampstead Theatre of Heywood's THE FAIR MAID OF which no doubt will be enjoyed by Lon­ and has moved to the Apollo. Through THE WEST, Ben Jonson's EVERY don audiences through the summer at the words of Sassoon, Barkworth com­ MAN IN HIS HUMOUR and least. mands a full range of emotions - from Shakespeare / Fletcher's THE TWO · Another new production attracting the anxieties of childhood to the moral NOBLE KINSMEN. critical attention is the National's A outrage and tolerant irony of the adult - Another recent production worth VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE by Arthur in an eloquent and sincere evening of catching is at the Watford Palace Uust Miller, with Michael Gambon reportage and story telling. north of London) where one of Britain's "unequivocally shaking hands with As the new theatre season begins in finest actresses, Helen Mirren, returns greatness" (The Guardian) as Eddie Car­ London, many West End shows are from the USA to portray the title role in bone, the Brooklyn longshoreman whose finishing their runs and new ones will be Edna O'Brien's dramatisation of the love for his niece leads to an act of announced soon. The RSC have Flaubert novel, MADAME BOVARY. betrayal, in an "immaculately detailed announced their plans for 1987 - with While the adaptation cannot convey the production" by Alan Ayckbourn. 16 plays in repertoire in three London essence of the novel , "the glorious Also at the National, in the Lyttelton theatres between April and August. At Mirren - reckless, scorn[ ul, tender and Theatre repertoire, is Stephen Poliakoff's the Barbican Adrian Noble's haunting proud - is born to play this part" (The new play COMING INTO LAND, with Stratford MACBETH with Jonathan Observer). · Maggie Smith giving a committed, Price and Sinead Cusack as the quivering and human performance as ambitious, murderous couple, Margaret Leask is a former editor of Halina, a newly arrived Polish student emphasises their domestic tragedy of bar­ Trust News now living in London where determined to stay in England, who is renness, while Michael Bogdanov's she is an artists' agent. 7

KANGAROO ex-servicemen are far froip a figment of All for a murder mystery! But a murder Directed by Tim Burstall Lawrence's imagination. They are based mystery with a difference. Set in a ' Screenplay by Evan Jones from .D.H on a real Sydney organisation of the time remote, snow-covered hilltop monastery Lawrence's novel called the King and Empire Alliance. in Italy in the 14th century. Connery plays Produced by Ross Dimsey Brother William of Baskerville, an Starring Colin Friels, Judy Davis, John English monk of great intellect and wit Walton, Julie Nihill and Hugh Kea ys­ THE NAME OF THE ROSE who is accompanied by his young novice, Byme Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud Adso of Melk (Christian Slater). The Hoytsfrom Ma y 28 Screenplay by Andrew Birkin, Gerard director's immediate choice for the In­ Brach, Howard Franklin and Alain quisitor was F. Murray Abraham, the AWRENCE 'S KANGAROO was Godard sinister Salieri of AMADEUS . Lalmost two novels in one - it alter­ From the novel by Umberto Eco Another star of the film will undoubt­ nates his thoughts on love, marriage and Produced by Bernd Eichinger edly be the monastery library, one of the life with the underground political scene Starring Sean Connery, F. Murray finest in Europe and designed as a laby­ of Sydney in the twenties. Abraham and Christian Slater rinth - a vital part of history. Lawrence and his German-born wife Hoyts Theatres came to Sydney in 1922 from Cornwall in

ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE AWAY by Michael-Gow GREASE by Jacobs and Casey By Joe Orton Directed by Babs McMillan T was a spectacular movie. Cast includes Julian St John, Patsy Designed by Bruce Auld I Now on stage at the Arts Theatre the McCarthy, Bruce Parr and Cremorne Theatre rock -'n' roll musical of the fifties era Greg Sil verman complete with bobby-sox, jiving and La Boite Theatre WARD-winning writer Michael jukeboxes. A Gow presents a study in family NEW production of Joe Orton 's relationships in this story about three CALIFORNIA SUITE by Neil Simon A black comedy of manners is La Australian families and their Christmas NE of the most popular of Neil Boite's May offering. The theme is per­ holidays. 0 Simon's plays, this work takes the sonal relationships between men and In The Australian the critics said audience to a Californian hotel and intro­ women and the ways and means in which "Hard to fault - fascinating, exciting, duces them to a variety of ill-assorted people seek to dominate in those rela­ crisp and believable. " guests. tionships. BOOKING INFORMATION BOOKING INFORMATION Thu May 7 to Sat June 13 BOOKING INFORMATION Wed May 27 to Sat June 20 Wed to Sat at 8.15 p.m. Tue at 6.00 GREASE . Wed, Thu and Sat at 8.00 p.m. p.m. Mat Wed at 10.30 a.m., Sat at Continuing to Sat June 6 Fri at 6.30 p.m. 2.00 p.m. CALIFORNIA SUITE AETT $10.00 AETT $11 .90 Fri June 12 to Sat July 25 GP $12 .00 GP $17 .50 Wed to Sat at 8.00 p.m. Pen/ Stu $7.00 Pen/ Stu $ I 2.50 Two AETI tickets per member. Two AETT tickets per member. ••

POSTAGE is a publication of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust which is produced exclusively for its PAID 10,000members throughout Australia. THE AUSTRALIAN ELIZABETHAN AUSTRALIA THEATRE TRUST lmcorpora1ed in 1he A.C.T .J Patron Her Majesty The Queen President Sir Ian Potter Chairman Andrew Briger, AM

Chief Executive I Kathleen Norris Directors Rt Hon . The Lord Mayor of Brisbane. Aldennan S. Atkinson Sir David Griffin CBE. The Hon. Mr Justice C.J . Legoe K. E. Cowley. Dr T. Manford. D .A. Mortimer. I L.G . Teale. L.D.S. Waddy. TC. Yates

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The Au stralian Elizabethan Theatre Trust receives financial assistance for its activities from : The Music. Theatre. Literature and Aboriginal Arts boards of The Australia Council a statutory body of the Common­ wealth Government. The Department of Aboriginal AITairs. The New South Wales Government through the Office of I the Minister for the Arts. 11 The Queensland Government through the Minister for the Arts. The Victoria Ministry for the Art s. The Government of Western Au stralia through the W.A . i' ArtS Council. I B.P. Auwalia . The Ian Potter Foundation . The Australian Elizabetha n Theatre Trust is a founder member of CAPPA Member ship enquiries should be directed lo the AETTon (07) 221 9528, Suncorp Theatre, Turbot St, Brisbane. Postal address: G.P.O. Box 1618, Brisbane , Qld 4001. Registered by Australia Post - Publication No. QBH 3056 May be opened for postal inspection.