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TRUST NEWS SEPT - OCT 1995 VoLUi\lE 95 - 4

PO Box R380 ROYAL EXCHANGE NSW 2000 ······ TEL 231-0699/3136

PRIVILEGE BOOKING FOR ONLY $50 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP SERVICE NOT ONLY DO YOU RECEIVE A BI-MONTHLY TRUST NEWS TELEPHO E CAROL MARTI FOR HER USUAL EXPERT A D PERSO AL BUT GREAT SAVINGS ON SERVICE ON THE TRUST'S NUMBER (02) 231 0699 TICKETS TOO TP Trust Price Show Trust Total GP General Public Price Member's Savings $3.00 Handling Fee per ticket (Pensioner and Student tickets). Discount (2 tkts) $3.00 For all other tickets $35.00 and under. $ $ 9.70 19.40 $4.00 For all other tickets over $35.00 Carmen 27.00 54.00 $1.00 Postage and Mailing (plus $2.20 Ticketek fee if applicable). Medee 27.00 54.00 SEE INSIDE FOR FORTHCOMING PRODUCTIONS Gathering of Vampires 5.25 JO.SO SECRET GARDEN Showboat Dinner Cruise 23.00 46.00 Book and lyrics by Marsha Norman. Music by Lucy Simon. Cinemas: , Market Street, . Hoyts 2.50 5.00 Starring , , and June Salter. Village 2.50 5.00 Greater Union 2.50 5.00 Winner of IO awards around the world including three Tony Awards. $198.90 This is one of the most remarkable stories you will ever see on stage - a musical of unique emotional power. A new Broadway musical! A Why pay the full price for theaLre and brilliant cast! One of Sydney's mot beautiful theatres! It truly cinema tickets, when you can be a Trust member and be eligible for promises to be an evening of wonder and delight. these huge potential savings? Playing from Thursday September 7th to mid-December. No need to wait in queues, tickets are Tues to Sat Eves - 8 pm. just a telephone call away Mats: Wed - 1 pm; Sat - 2 pm; Sun - 3 pm. (Discounts on ticket prices.Booking fees still apply.) TP $56.50 (A Reserve) (Tues to Sat Eves & Sat & Sun Mats). $51.50 (A Reserve) (Wed Mats). GP $63.00 (A Reserve) (Tues to Sat Eves & Sat & Sun Mats). $61.00 (A Reserve) (Wed Mats). Tickets have been put aside for various dates, please ring the Trust office for details. CHILDREN'S HOUR by Lillian Hellmann. Genesian Theatre, Kent Street, Sydney. Come along to Sydney's unique little theatre right in the centre of the city, and see a mi schievous student spreading malicious lie that unfortunately have the potential to ruin the lives of many. Playing from Saturday August 12th to Saturday September 23rd. Fri & Sat Eves - 8 pm. Sun Mat - 4.30 pm. TP $12.00. GP $16.00.

Trust News is published by Elizabethan Theatre Trust (ACN 008 394 250). Every effort is made to ensure that all information is correct at the time of printing but the Trust accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the information herein. All enquires 231 -0699. TRUST NEWS TRUST NEWS "'@. FLAMENCO DREAMING - HOT SHOE SHUFFLE MISS SAIGON -A musical by Alan THE GATHERING OF VAMPIRES TO INDIA WITH LOVE. Her Majesty's Theatre, Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg. by Steven Dawson. Metro Theatre, 624 George Street, Sydney. Quay Street, Railway Square. Capitol Theatre, Sydney. Stables Theatre, Nimrod Street, Kings Cross. Starring Ashok Roy, Robbie Varga, Veronica Starring David Atkins, Debra Byrne, Jack Starring Joanna Ampil, Peter Cousens, Cocoy Starring Hugh Monroe, Gerard Carroll and Martin Reefman. Gillmer, Quinto Calarco, and the cream of Webster and the fabulous Tap Brothers. Laurel, Sylvie Paladino and Darren Yap. Sydney's up and coming Flamenco dance stars. Dawson's new play which he sees not so much a After stunning theatre-goers in London's West End From the composers of Les Miserables comes this Flamenco revisits its gypsy origins in To India With spectacular $15-million musical. Miss Saigon has sequel but as a companion piece to "The Art of the Tap Brothers are set to "Tap up a storm in Being Still"; which he wrote six years previously. Love . Successfully combining Flamenco and been hailed as an extra-ordinary theatrical event, a Sydney", with glittering costumes, fancy footwork A "serious comedy" of seven gay men who have Indian music with the acclaimed master of the sarod, passionate love story extravagant in emotion and and 's leading Flamenco guitarist. The and glorious music from a 13 piece band. been part of each others lives for more than a formidable in stage-craft. Metro will also celebrate the opening of its decade, but it is a decade that has taken its toll. It Let the Tap Brothers take you on a comical trip as Season continues. restaurant with this production, with a sumptuous will be directed by Alex Galeazzi and produced by they magically reproduce their late father's original Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm. menu of Spanish and Indian cuisine. Christopher Hewitt. act and inherit his millions. Mats: Wed - 1 pm; Sat - 2 pm. Playing Friday August 25th and Saturday August 26th. Playing from Thursday September 14th to Sunday Playing from Thursday August 10th to Sunday TP $71.00 Dinner - 7 pm. Show - 8.30 pm. October 15th. TP $20. 00 (Show only). September 17th. GP $77.20 Tues to Sat Eves - 8 pm. $45.00 (Dinner and Show). Tues to Sat Eves - 8 pm. (All TP tickets are in the group booking area.) Mats: Sat - 2 pm; Sun - 5 pm. GP $25.00 (Show only). Mats: - Wed - 1 pm; Sat - 2 pm; Sun - 5 pm. Please ring the Trust for available dates. TP $20.75 (All performances). $50. 00 ( Dinner and Show). TP $44.90 (Tues to Thurs Eves). ENDGAME by Samuel Beckett. GP $26.00 (AH performances). BLACKROCK by Nick Enright. THE SHOE-HORN SONATA $57.10 ( Fri & Sat Eves). Lookout Theatre, Woollahra. (). by John Misto. $39.90 (Wed & Sun Mats). Starring Harry Lawrence, Mitch Mathews, Barry One summer night, a party on Blackrock Beach to , McDougall Street, Milsons Point. Latchford and Simon Stollery. $47.10 (Sat Mats). celebrate Scott's 18th birthday, and Ricko's return Starring Melissa Jaffa and Maggie Kirkpatrick. "Nothing is funnier than unhappiness", as Harold GP $52.10 (Tues to Thurs Eves). from up North, spins out of control. In the The story of two Australian women imprisoned by Pinter said of Beckett at sixty. "He leaves no stone $57.10 (Fri & Sat Eves). repercussions that follow, the community - the Japanese in 1942, one an army nurse the other a unturned, and no maggot lonely, he brings forth a especially the young people who were at the party - civilian, who attend a reunion in 1995. In the $47.10 (Wed/Sat/Sun Mats). body of beauty. His work is beautiful." are forced to look at the society they live in. How course of this reunion they find themselves reliving WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Playing to Sunday September 3rd. did this happen and who is responsible? their wartime experiences and secrets. It is a story by Edward Albee. Tues to Sat - 8 pm. Sun - 5 pm. Playing from Wednesday August 30th to Saturday of courage, humour and heroism. , Glen Street, Frenchs Forest. TP $15.00 October 14th. Playing from Saturday August 5th to Saturday August 26th GP $20.00 Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm. Tues to Sat Eves - 8.15 pm. Starring John Gaden, Elizabeth Alexander, TIME OF MY LIFE by Alan Ayckbourn. Mats: Wed-] pm; Sat- 2 pm. Mats: Sat & Sun - 5 pm. Marcus Graham and Susan Prior. Ensemble Theatre, McDougall Street, Milsons TP $36.00 (Mon to Thurs Eves). TP $25.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats). The unsuspecting Nick and Honey have accepted an Point. $27.00 (Wed Mats). $28.00 (Fri Eves). invitation to the home of George and Martha. In the north of England a family fuse is lit in a $29.00 (Sat Mats). $30.00 (Sat Eves). Bitter, regretful and envious the older couple embark $41.00 (Fri & Sat Eves). GP $28.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats). bizarre Mediterranean restaurant. It continues to on their favourite game "get the guests". This burn fiercely during a succession of hilariously GP $41.00 (Mon to Sat Eves). $31.00 (Fri Eves). $29.00 (Wed Mats). modern classic has become a cornerstone of exotic dishes, igniting all the skeletons in the $33.00 (Sat Eves). $32.00 (Sat Mats). SINCERELY YOURS MARK TWAIN. contemporary drama, controversial, funny, and Stratton family closet. emotionally devastating. Ayckbourn's 44th play, admirably demonstrates why THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Lookout Theatre, Woollahra. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Playing from Friday August 11th to Saturday he is the most produced playwright in the world. Starring Percy Sieff. Lyrics by Charles Hart. Playing from Saturday September 23rd to Saturday In this award winning production Mark Twain September 2nd. Theatre Royal, King Street, Sydney (season continues). October 21st. recounts his adventures in Australia. Sincerely Tues to Fri Eves - 8 pm. Andrew Lloyd Webber's megahit is still going Yours Mark Twain opens September 20th one Sat Eves - 8.15 pm. Tues to Sat Eves - 8.15 pm. strong. Tender and beautiful; this legendary story Mats: Sat & Sun - 5 pm. hundred years to the day of his first public Mats: Sat - 2 pm; Sun - 5 pm. comes alive in this glorious $10 million production. appearance in Sydney. TP $25.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats). TP $26.00 (Tues to Fri Eves). Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm. Playing from Wednesday September 20th to Sunday $28.00 (Fri Eves). Mats: Wed -1 pm; Sat- 2 pm. $23.00 (Sat & Sun Mats). October 22nd. $30.00 (Sat Eves). TP $73.00 $32.00 (Sat Eves). Tues to Sat - 8 pm. Sun - 5 pm. GP $28.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats). GP $76.00 TP $15.00 GP $32.00 (Tues to Sat Eves). $31.00 (Fri Eves). Tickets have been put aside for various dates to January GP $20.00 $26.00 (Sat & Sun Mats). $33.00 (Sat Eves). 1996, Monday to Thursday evenings and matinees. 19.j' TRUST NEWS TRUST NEWS THREE TALL WOMEN LESPARENTSTERRIBLES SYDNEY SHOWBOAT "DIXIE" JAZZ by Edward Albee. by Jean Cocteau. LUNCHEON CRUISE. Sydney Theatre Company. (Sydney Theatre Company). Return season. (Drama Theatre). Departs Campbell's Cove (The Rocks) 12.30 pm Sydney Opera House, Playhouse Theatre. Starring Sandy Gore. daily. Starring Ruth Cracknell, Pamela Rabe, Pippa Jean Cocteau's sophisticated and witty satire on the While listening to the Harbour City Jazz Band, Williamson and Shane Nicholson. Parisian bourgeoisie invites you into the alarming enjoy a deluxe buffet lunch. A is 91 and reluctantly getting her affairs in order appealing world of a spectacularly dysfunctional before her death: B, 52 is her personal assistant; family. A family even more competitive, jealous, TP $32.00 and C, 26 is the rather callow girl from the solicitor's stifling and manipulating than your own! GP $40.00 office. As A cantankerously conducts her dealings Playing to Saturday September 2nd. SYDNEY SHOWBOAT TEA CRUISE Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm. with these younger women, she is finally forced to Mats: Wed - 1 pm; Sat - 2 pm. Departs Campbell's Cove (The Rocks) 2.30 pm confront the joys, failings, contradictions and truths TP $38.00 (Mon to Thurs Eves). daily. of her life. $29.00 (Wed Mats). On board this lovely three deck showboat enjoy a Playing from Thursday November 9th to Saturday $31.00 (Sat Mats). December 9th. $43.00 (Fri & Sat Eves). cruise around Sydney Harbour and Devonshire tea Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm. GP $43.00 (Mon to Sat Eves). (buffet style) - tea or coffee, scones, jam and Mat: Sat - 2pm. $33.00 (Wed Mats). whipped cream. $36.00 (Sat Mats). TP $40.00 (Mon to Thurs Eves). THE MIKADO by Gilbert Sullivan. TP $12.00 $33.00 (Sat Mats). & State Theatre, Market Street, Sydney. GP $15.00 $45.00 (Fri & Sat Eves). Starring Jon English, Simon Gallaher, Geraldine SYDNEY SHOWBOAT DINNER GP $45.00 (Mon to Sat Eves). Turner, Helen Donaldson and Drew Forsyth. $36.00 (Sat Mats). How do you follow ? CRUISE HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES Simple! You just change a pirate's cutlass into a Departs Campbell's Cove (The Rocks) 7.30 pm by Alan Ayckbourn. Samurai sword, and watch this outstanding cast give daily. The Mikado its own unique star-treatment, with fun, Marian St Theatre, Killara. energy and sheer showbiz pizzazz. Enjoy a wonderful cruise on the harbour with A suburban trio of married couples are linked by the Playing to Sunday August 27th. dinner followed by a spectacular cabaret show with work of their husbands. Fiona & Frank "at the top Tues to Sat Eves - 8 pm. Australian and International performers. of the social tree", Teresa & Bob are attractive and Mats: Wed - 1 pm; Sat - 2 pm; Sun - 3 pm. TP $72.00 upcoming, and William & Mary are socially TP $37.90 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Sun Mats). GP $95.00 hopeless but earnest. This wildly funny look at $33.90 (Wed & Sat Mats). $52.10 (Fri & Sat Eves). dinner party disasters is generally regarded as one of Bookings for the above cruises to be made only GP $48.10 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Sun Mats). through CAROL MARTIN at the Trust. Ayckbourn's comedy masterpieces. $42.10 (Wed & Sat Mats). Playing from Tuesday September 5th to Sunday $52.10 (Fri & Sat Eves). CINEMA October 15th. BEECHAM Film vouchers for Greater Union, Village and Tues to Fri Eves - 8.15 pm by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin. Hoyts cinemas may be purchased from the Trust Sat Eves - 8.30 pm. Marian St Theatre, Killara. office for only $9 (a $2.50 discount on the general Mats: Sat & Sun - 5 pm; Wed - 11 am. Starring John Krummel. TP $25.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats). A theatrical celebration of one of the greatest public ticket price). $30.00 (Fri & Sat Eves). conductors of the century. Vouchers are open dated and are exchanged for GP $28.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats). Delightful entertainment showing every aspect of tickets at the cinema box office. No handling fee is Beecham's exasperating yet fascinating personality - $30.00 (Fri & Sat Eves). the renowned wit, the notorious temper, the public charged, nor is there any limit to the number of MEMBERSHIP CARD sarcasm and the private kindness. tickets members can buy, so they also make perfect When a member renews his/her membership, a new Playing to Sunday August 27th. birthday gifts. card is issued with an up-dated renewal date. Tues to Fri Eves - 8.15 pm. Discounts are also offered at the Valhalla (Glebe), Because of the number of people who seem to be Sat Eves - 8.30 pm. Bondi Plaza, United Cinemas, Roseville Family either misplacing or losing their new card, it has Mats: Sat & Sun - 5 pm; Wed - 11 am. TP $25.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats). been decided to charge a $2.00 replacement fee. Cinema, Manly Twin, the Mandolin Cinema and $30.00 (Fri & Sat Eves). the Dendy at Martin Place, on presentation of the This fee is to cover the new laminated card, an GP $28.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats). envelope and postage stamp. $30.00 (Fri & Sat Eves). membership card at the box office. AUSTRALIAN OPERA AIDA by Verdi. THE BARBER OF SEVILLE by Rossini. (Sung in Italian with surtitles.) (New production, sung in Italian with surtitles.) Verdi's opera tells of an Ethiopian Princess, Aida, Madcap disguises, farcical confrontations, glorious enslaved in Egypt, and the choice she must make tunes and young love drive this comic opera from between her love and her loyalty to family and hope to happiness when love triumphs over all odds. country. Playing August - 18th, 22nd, 26th (Mat), Playing August - 1st, 4th, 7th, 11th, 31st. 14th, 17th, 25th, 30th. MEDEE by Cherubini. September - 2nd, 7th. (Sung in French with surtitles.) THE EIGHTH WONDER by Alan John " If only Jason had never gone after the Golden and Dennis Watkins. Fleece, if only Medee mad with love had not helped (World Premiere). him with her magic arts." (Sung in English). will ring the title role with Richard The story of a brilliant architect sacrificed on the Bonynge conducting, in this production which altar of pragmatism, and of a young si nger so brilliantly captures the passion and torment in this inspired by his vision that she is determined to sing classic tale. in his opera house at any cost. Playing October - 5th, 10th, 13th, Playing October - 14th, 17th, 20th, 25th, 21st, 24th, 27th. 28th (Mat), 30th. November - 1st, 4th (Mat). November - 2nd, 4th. RIGOLETTO by Verdi. (Sung in Italian with surtitles.) JOIN US FOR SOME GREAT Moshinsky's Fellini inspired look at this Verdi masterwork had audiences and critics agog. This AUSTRALIAN OPERA production of Rigoletto must not be missed. TRUST NIGHTS Playing August - 5th (Mat), 8th, 10th, 16th, 19th (Mat), 21st, 24th. NABUCCO by Verdi. CARMEN (Sung in Italian with surtitles.) Monday September 18th 1995 Set against the trauma of exile and oppression 7.30 pm against the Hebrew people by an Assyrian King, TP $80.00 (A Reserve) N abucco tells of betrayed ideals and family GP $107.00 (A Reserve) loyalties. Playing August-12th, 15th, 19th, 23rd, 26th, 29th. THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO September - 1st, 6th, 9th ( Mat), Thursday October 12th 1995 11th, 16th (Mat), 19th, 7.30 pm 22nd, 28th. TP $80.00 (A Reserve) THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO GP $107.00 (A Reserve) by Mozart. (Sung in English.) Mozart's masterpiece of comedy and wit, set against MeDee the sadness of fading love and infidelity. Figaro Friday October 27th 1995 doesn't need a guillotine - his wit is sharp enough. 7.30 pm Playing August - 2nd, 5th. TP $65.00 (A Reserve) October - 3rd, 9th, 12th, GP $92.00 (A Reserve) 16th, 18th.