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Rusgjr 1\ BWS R ISSN 0314-0598 SEPTEMBER 1980 VOL. 4 NO.6 ~ - I~ RUSGJr 1\ BWS r- SIDESHOW ALLEY CINDERELLA which will be presented FOR SYDNEY from November 7 to 22 at the Regent. Please note however that thesearesubscrip­ One of the highlights of this year's tion performances and subscription tickets Adelaide Festival was Robyn Archer's have already been allocated. Trust Members presentation with Robyn Nevin of her will receive preference over the general own creation SIDESHOW ALLEY. Side­ public in the allocation of the remaining show alleys were always an integral part of seats. Bookings at this concession pricecan the Royal Easter Show and the many other only be made through the AETT Member­ shows held around the country but during ship office on the enclosed booking coupon the past ten years with the introduction of and again it should reach us by October 1. pin ball machines and other similar enter­ tainments the alleys have almost disappear­ ed. The boxers, freak shows, magicians and bearded ladies were all gone from this CARLOS MONTOYA concert year's Royal Easter Show. Only the cupi Carlos Montoya was the first flamenco doll stands and a few laughing clowns guitarist to give a full concert recital of remained. Flamenco guitar music. Before that time It was the passing of these alleys that (in 1948) Flamenco guitarists had always worked with a singer or dancer and none inspired Robyn Archer to put together Valentina Kozlova SIDESHOW ALLEY. She has taken two of their music had been written down. old troupers from the alleys and with song RUSSIAN BALLET STAR Since then Montoya has established a and dance shown how they each come to FOR ANNA KARENINA formidable reputation as a flamenco gui­ terms with the fact that the only life they tarist and has recorded extensively in an have known is about to come to an end. The Austral ian Ballet's production of effort to capture at least some of this rich ANNA KARENINA to be presented at the art form. E Regent Theatre at the end of October will c:~ c: star Valentina Kozlova in the title role. to .,~ Until her defection in Los Angeles last ~ year Miss Kozlova was a Principal Artist In ... with the Bolshoi Ballet. She has since then Dl been in great demand as special guest artist with many ballet companies throughout -u.. .. the U.S.A.; she has also appeared with the .!:! London Festival Ballet and has just return­ "0o ed from a "sell-out" South American tour. .:., ~ ANNA KARENINA will be presented at .. the Regent Theatre between October 27 .. and November 3. All performances are '"c: non subscription and Trust Members have -..o the opportunity of preferential mail book­ ~ ing at a $4.00 concession. Please note that general public bookings open on October 1 so your booking should reach us before that date. Nancye Hayes Tickets are also available at a $5.50 >­ concession for the Austral ian Ballet's ~., continued page 4 continued page 2 ~ x --~ ______.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you would like any further information about the facilities available to Trust members please ring the .I!! membership office on 357 1200 . :0 The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, P.O. Box 137, Kings Cross, N.S.W. 2011 in~ ~ ~,~======~---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGHLIGHTS OF OPERA On September 28 the annual concert arranged by the Australian Opera Auditions Committee takes place at the Opera House. Artists appearing will be Robert Allman, (arranged by the Sydney Committee) Robert Gard, Clifford Grant, David Gray, Bruce Martin, Kathleen Moore and Ron Stevens. The Committee has been raising RACE DAY AT RANDWICK money for several years under the patron­ Wednesday October 8 at 11.30 a.m. age of Dame Joan Sutherland to assist young artists to develop their carreers. This Following the popularity of our day at year the past three winners of the Dame the races last year Members and their Joan Sutherland scholarship Eric friends are once again invited to join us Badcock, Anne Young and Lyndsay Mika - for lu ncheon and to watch the races wh ich will be joining starts of the Australian will include the Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera in concert. Trust Members receive a handicap. President of the Members Com­ $2.00 concession and can reserve tickets mittee, Shirley Hay, will decorate the on the enclosed booking coupon. winning horse. We have taken the Blue Room in the Mem­ bers stand for our function which will MOVIE NEWS give everybody an excellent view of the Robert Gard course. Luncheon tickets are $12.00 each CHAPTE R II at Hoyts and entry to the enclosure is $5.00 for One of Neil Simon's most successful plays those Members not in possession of race CHAPTER II has been made into a film WHAT'S ON IN CANBERRA tickets. starring James Caan and Marsha Mason. Inspired by Simon's own second chapter THE BARBER OF SEVILLE LEURA GARDENS FESTIVAL in life the film is about George who is The director of the TNTheatre Company, suffering the trauma of losing a wife after Friday October 17 Brisbane, John Milson will produce Can­ twelve blissful years of marriage and Jennie berra Opera Society's next production - who is recovering from a recent divorce. The Blue Mountains in spring are always Rossini's BARBER OF SEVILLE. It plays Neither of them is looking for a new delightful and never more so than at the at the Can berra Theatre on October 8, 10 relationship. It is directed by Robert Moore time of the Leura Gardens Festival when and 11 and Trust Members receive a $1.00 and opens at Hoyts Entertainment Centre every garden is ablaze with colour. This concession a A Reserve tickets. year at the ·suggestion of one of our Mem­ on September 18. bers, Mr. Sowden who lives at Leura, we TOURING PRODUCTIONS are arranging a day visit to Leura to see the Everglades and some of the private fans find it difficult to decide whether he A number of productions mentioned in homes that are open to the public at this is a superb pianist with a dizzling wit or a this edition of Trust News and the August time of year. Luncheon will be taken at superb wit with a dazzling style at the key­ edition will be presented in Canberra as the Leura Golf Club. The tour departs at board. well as Sydney. First off on September is 8 a.m. from the Trust Office in Kings Cross classical guitarist Carlos Montoya. On Victor Borge will be appearing with and the all inclusive price is $20. September 24 he is followed by Juliet soprano Marilyn Mulvey at the Capital Prowse in her complete Las Vegas Show. ~================:J Theatre for five concerts only between Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan's portrayal r October 1 and 5. Your booking coupon is of JAMES JOYCE'S WOMEN plays on COMEDY IN MUSIC enclosed. September 29 and 30 and the Nanking Acrobatic Troupe from China pfaybetween WITH VICTOR BORGE October 13 and 16. Tickets for all perform­ "You'll laugh your heads off. Go to Borge ances can be obtained from the Canberra - the man and the evening are a delight." Theatre. See Showguide for details of concessions. So said Clive Barnes America's leading theatre critic of this Danish born musical comic who has done virtually everything from page 1 an entertainer can do. He's performed on radio, in films, on television, on Broadway, Montoya's concerts are made up of his in nightclubs, in large concert arenas, at own arrangements and original compos­ the White House, around the world and itions based on the Spanish gypsy tradition. even on Dial-A-Joke. He has conducted They are always tremendously exciting almost every major orchestra from the largely because he never plays an arrange­ Amsterdam Concertgebow to the New ment without adding something new - he York Philharmonic, released several LP's creates as her performs. Montoya's only of his 'Comedy in Music' routines and Sydney concert will be presented at the written a book, My Favourite Intermissions. Town Hall on Thursday September 18. Trust Members receive a $2.00 concession Borge's talents as a comedian and a musician and can purchase tickets from Mitchells­ are so remarkable that even his most devoted Bass in the city and at Grace Bros., stores. '-":--- - -.', ELIZABETHAN SYDNEY CHAMBER 'GROUP NEW MEMBER APPLICATION Chalwin Castle, Cremorne I would like to join the Trust My name and address is: Please send me : ........ tickets for performance on NAME .............................. ................... ... .. ... ............... .......... ............... Sunday Oct 19 @ $4.00 = $ ADDRESS .......................................... .. ...... .... ........................... .......... NAME .............. ................. .... ..... ......... ............ A :E.T.T. No ............... .. POSTC ODE .................. .............. TEL (day) ..... .................................. ADDRESS ... ............... .. ................... ..................... .. ........ ......................... TEL (n ight) ......... ......................... .. .. POSTCODE ................. TEL (day) .... .. .... .......... (night) ............. ... ........... I enclose my cheque/p.o. (made payable to A .E.T .T.) for I enclose a cheque/p.o. for $ 15 made payab le to A .E.T.T . $ .... ...... ................... .... w ith s.a.e. for return of t ickets. N.B. Membership valid f or twelve months from date of joining ----------------------------~--- ~ --------------------------------- MEMBER ACTIVITIES VICTOR BORGE - CAPITOL THEATRE Please send me RACE DAY AT RANDWICK Wednesday October 8 Performances: Wednesday October 1 - Saturday
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