TRUST NEWS APRIL• MAY 1995 VOLUME 95 - 2 PO Box R380 ROYAL ExcHA GE NSW 2000 T EL 231-0699/3136 'iWfif.fa@

PRIVILEGE BOOKING FOR ONLY $50 SERVICE ANN UAL MEMBERSHIP NOT ONLY DO YOU RECEIVE TELEPHONE C AROL M ARTIN FOR HER USUAL EXPERT AND PERS ONAL A BI -MONTHLY TRUST NEWS SERVICE ON THE T RUST'S UMBER (02) 23 1 0699 BUT GREAT SAVINGS ON TP Trust Price TI CKETS TOO GP G eneral Public Price Show Trust Total 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. $ $ $4.00 For all other tickets over $35.00 Rigoletto 27 .00 54.00 $1.00 Postage and Mailing (plus $2.20 Ticketek fee if applicable). Dead White Males 6.00 12.00 SEE INSIDE FOR FORTHCOMING PRODUCTIONS Wes t Sid e Story 9.00 18.00 Ca rm en 27.00 54.00 Walt Disney's World on Ice presents: Midsumm er Night 's Drea m 6.00 12.00 BEAUTY & THE BEAST Pericles 11.20 22 .40 Entertainment Centre, Ha ymarket, Sydn ey Showboa t Dinner Anoth er great ice show for the whole family to enjoy, taken from the Cruise 18.00 36.00 magic fi lm of the same name. Cin emas: Hoyts 2.50 5.00 Playing f rom June 29th to J uly 9th. Vill age 2.50 5.00 E ves: 7.30pm (June 29th, 30th, July 1st & 8th) Greater ni on 2.50 --5.ill! Mats: 10.30am (July 5th, 6th) IDW 12.30pm (June 29th, 30th)uly 1st, 2nd 8th & 9th) Why pay the f ull price for theatre and 2.00pm (July 4th, 5th 6th & 7th) cinema tickets. when you can be a Trust member and be eligible for 4 .00pm (July 1st, 2nd, 8th & 9th) these huge polential savin gs? GP $35-20 (A Reserve) Adults No need LO wait in queues, tickets are $21-20 (A Reserve) Children (3 yrs to 12 yrs) j us1 a telephone call away. $21 -20 (A Reserve) Pensioners (Discounts on ticke1 prices. Booking $93-80 (A Reserve) Family (2 Adults & 2 Children) fees still apply.) Tru st Performances Sunday - July 2nd - 12.JOpm and Saturday July 8th - 12.30pm Adults - $28.50 (A Reserve) Children & Pensioners - $16.50 (A Reserve) CINEMA TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT by Graham Greene Film vouchers for Grea ter Uni on, Sy dn ey Opera House (Pl ay house Thea tre) Vill age and l-l oy ts cinemas may be Sta rrin g - Ron Challina, Robert Essex, Ronald Falk and Tony Sheldon. purcha sed from th e Trust office for When retired bank man age r H enry Pulling i s persuad ed by his onl y $9 (a $2.5 0 disco unt on th e septu age nari an Aunt Augusta to exchange hi s suburban lifes tyle fo r the general public ti cket price) . romance and adventure of foreign travel , liule docs he realise th at he is about V ouchers are open dated and are to embark upon a j ourney which will change his life forever. exchanged for ti ckets at th e cinema Playing f rom Monday May 15th to Saturday May 27th . box office. o handling fee is charged, nor is there any limit to t.hc number of Mon to Sat Eves - 8pm tickets members ca n buy, so t.h ey also Mats - Weds - l pm Sat - 2pm. make perfec t birthday gifts. TP $35.00 (Mon to Fri Eves) Di sco unts are al so offered at th e $31 .00 (Weds & Sat Mats) Valh a ll a (G l ebe), Bondi Pl aza, $41 .20 (Sat Eves) United Cin emas, Rosev ill e Family GP $41.20(MontoSatEves) Cin ema , Manly Twin , th e Mandolin $37.20 (Weds & Sat Mats) Cin ema and th e Dend y at Man in Place, on presentation of the Tru st News is published by th e Australian El izabeth an Th eatre Trust (ACN 008 394 250). member hip card at th e box office. Every effort is made to ensu re that all inform ation is correct at th e time of printing but the Trust accept s no responsibility for th e accuracy of the information herein. All enqu ires 23 1-0699. NEWS THE CLUB by David Williamson DEAD WHITE MALES , Killara by David Williamson AUSTRALIAN OPERA Starring Ron Haddrick A once great professional football club is now on the PETER GRIMES by Britten. (Drama theatre) RIGOLETTO by Verdi. skids. (Sung in English.) Starring Michelle Doake (Sung in Italian with surtitles.) Gerry, the corporate-trained manager, is An intensely emotional work which tells of Melissa and Angela are old friends - and now Moshinsky's Fellini inspired look at this Verdi manipulating for the removal of the club's president fisherman Peter Grimes and of the townspeople who Ted, a pie manufacturer, and their coach L aurie. competitive students at New West, where they are masterwork had audiences and critics agog. This turn against him. Jock, the old style ex-president and former struggling to come to grips with Dr Swain's production of Rigoletto must not be missed. Playing champion, gathers his forces to disarm the weaker assertions, but they are about to discover where the Playing June - 23rd, 28th. members. academic rhetoric ends, and real lessons about the June - 8th, 13th, 16th, 21st, 24th (Mat), July - 1st, 4th, 11th, 17th. Playing from Tuesday April 11th to Sunday May nature of our society begin! 27th, 30th. 28th 1995 IL TRITTICO by Puccini. Playing to Saturday May 6th July - 6th, 15th. Tues to Fri Eves - 8.15 pm (Three one-act operas.) Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm Sat Eves - 8.30 pm August - 5th (Mat), 8th, 10th, 16th, 19th (Sung in Italian with surtitles.) Mats: - Wed - 1 pm,· Sat - 2 pm Mats: Sat & Sun - 5 pm; Wed - 11 am (Mat), 21st, 24th. On a barge on the Seine, a desperate young wife TP $36.00 (Mon to Thurs Eves) TP $25.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats) THE BARBER OF SEVILLE by Rossini. attempts to conceal from her husband her passion for $30.00 (Fri & Sat Eves) $29.00 (Wed Mats) (New production, sung in Italian a new life with a younger man. GP $28.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats) $30.00 (Sat Mats) In a Florentine Convent Sister Angelica learns of the $30.00 (Fri & Sat Eves) with surtitles.) $40.00 (Fri & Sat Eves) death of her illegitimate child and seeks refuge in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA GP $40.00 (Mon to Sat Eves) Matcap disguises, farcical confrontations, glorious suicide. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by tunes and young love drive this comic opera from $29.00 (Wed Mats) And in thirteenth century Florence the clumsy Charles Hart $32.00 (Sat Mats) hope to happiness when love triumphs over all odds. relatives of the rich (and recently deceased) Donati Theatre Royal, King Street, Sydney (season DEAD WHITE MALES Playing turn to comic crime. continues) June - 14th, 17th, 19th, 22nd, 24th, 29th. Playing Andrew Lloyd Webber's megahit is still g oing Transfers to on Tuesday May July - 10th, 13th, 15th (Mat), 20th, 22nd, strong. Tender and beautiful; this legendary story 16th and will play to Saturday May 27th July - 3rd, 8th. comes alive in this glorious $10 million production. Tues to Fri Eves - 8 pm August - 18th, 22nd, 26th (Mat), 31st. 27th, 29th (Mat), 31st. Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm Sat Eves - 8.15 pm SYDNEY SHOWBOAT "DIXIE" JAZZ JOIN US FOR SOME GREAT Mats: Wed-] pm; Sat-2 pm Mats: Sat - 2 pm; Sun - 5 pm LUNCHEON CRUISE TP $72.00 TP $26.00 (Tues to Fri Eves) GP $75.00 Departs Campbell's Cove (The Rocks) 12.30 pm Australian Opera $21.00 (Sat & Sun Mats) Tickets have been put aside for various dates to July daily $32.00 (Sat Eves) 1995, Monday to Thursday evenings and matinees. While listening to the Harbour City Jazz Band, TRUST NIGHTS A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM GP $32 .00 (Tues to Sat Eves) enjoy a deluxe buffet lunch. TP $32.00 GP $39.50 by William Shakespeare $26.00 (Sat & Sun Mats) FLAMENCO DREAMING SYDNEY SHOWBOAT TEA CRUISE Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Departs Campbell's Cove (The Rocks) 2.30 pm RIGOLETTO Harbourside Brasserie The Gardens themselves will be the star! Puck daily Tuesday June 27th 1995 7.30 pm somersaults and tumbles across the lawn and the An irresistible combination of Spanish flamenco On board this lovely three deck showboat enjoy a star-crossed lovers really do fall asleep in the woods. with the earthy sound of didgeridoo maestro Quinto cruise around Sydney Harbour and Devonshire tea TP $80.00 (A Reserve) The crickets, frogs and birds contribute to the music Calarco, plus the finest musicians, singers & dancers (buffet style) - tea or coffee, scones, jam and whipped GP $107.00 (A Reserve) and the possums join in the fun. It's an event not to available in Australia. cream. be missed. Bring a blanket, optional cushion and TP $12.00 GP $15.00 For these Spanish Fiestas the closer you are to the picnic hamper. SYDNEY SHOWBOAT DINNER CRUISE action the better, so book your table early. Playing to April 30th 1995 Departs Campbell's Cove (The Rocks) 7.30 pm CARMEN Tuesday 10 Sunday 7 pm Playing Thursday May 18th and daily TP $26.90 (Tues to Fri & Sun Eves) Friday May 19th - 9 pm Enjoy a wonderful cruise on the harbour with Monday September 18th 1995 7.30 pm dinner followed by a spectacular cabaret show with $39.90 (Sat Eves) Dinner available from 7 pm TP $80.00 (A Reserve) GP $32.90 (Tues to Fri & Sun Eves) TP $10.00 (Show only) Au tralian and International performers. $39.90 (Sat Eves) GP $20.00 (Show only) TP $72.00 GP $90.00 GP $107.00 (A Reserve) AUSTRALIAN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE TRUST (flfl liiJl!f@t'1•1llfJ'-/Mf§·- TRUST NEWS-jfjffa DEAD FUNNY by Terry Johnson PERICLES by William Shakespeare ACN 008 394 250 TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION FORM Sydney Theatre Company () The Bell Shakespeare Company Starring Jamie Jackson Footbridge Theatre, University of Sydney ARTS IN AUSTRALIA BY AUSTRALIANS FOR AUSTRALIANS To mourn the death of the famed British comedian Starring Jeremy Sims, Lucy Bell, Celia Ireland, Benny Hill, the Dead Comics' Society - a fan club Jennifer Kent, John Walton, Duncan Wass, Sean THE CHAIRMAN ENQUIRIES: (02) 231-0699/3136 devoted to old style British Comedians has called a O'Shea, Vic Rooney, Richard Sydenham, David AUSTRALIAN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE TRUST P.O. Box R380 special meeting. This hilarious ode to a golden era of Meadows and Rupert Reid ROYAL EXCHANGE comedy is also an examination of two relationships In his perilous voyages to exotic lands, Pericles NSW2000 grinding towards their conclusions after years of loses both his wife and daughter, but after many DYES! - I DO WANT TO HELP REBUILD THE TRUST! neglect and sexual dysfunction. hardships is finally reunited with them by the D YES! - I CAN GIVE TO THE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AETT PUBLIC FUND Playing from Thursday April 27th to benevolent fates as a reward for his heroism and Saturday June 17th 1995 endurance. One of Shakespeare's great last plays Mon to Sat - 8 pm which is a su mmary of many of his life long themes MY UNCONDITIONAL GIFf TO THE TRUST IS ENCLOSED. (PLEASE SEND MY TAX DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT TO ME.) Mats: Wed - 1 pm,· Sat - 2 pm and preoccupations. D $10 0 $25 0 $50 0 $100 D $500 D $1,000 OTHER$ ...... TP $35.00 (Mon to Thurs Eves) Playing to Thursday April 13th 1995 OR PLEASE DEBIT MY D BANKCARD/ D MASTERCARD/ D VISA $38.00 (Fri & Sat Eves) Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm $27.00 (Wed Mats) Mats: Sat - 2 pm NUMBER ...... EXPIRY DATE ...... / ...... / ...... $30.00 (Sat Mats) TP $30.90 (All performances) PLEASE PRINI': GP $38.00 (Mon to Sat Eves) GP $42 .10 (All performances) NAME ...... $27.00 (Wed Mats) THE LAST YANKEE by Arthur Miller $30.00 (Sat Mats) ADDRESS ...... , Milson's Point STEPPING OUT by Richard Harris ...... POSTCODE ...... Two men - one a wealthy, self-made businessman, (Genesian Theatre Company) the other a placid carpenter - sit in a hospital waiting TELEPHONE .. ( ...... ) ...... SIGNED ...... A warm and very funny play about the lives, laughs room, eyeing each other and puzzling over their and loves of a group of women (and one man) wives depression, searching for answers. The wives -~------attending a weekly tap dance class in a dingy North inside are also searching for answers. The men go London church hall. Their dancing improves to such in to visit their wives and it is here Miller creates an extent they dance at a grand charity performance one of the most moving scenes ever seen in a AUSTRALIAN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE TRUST and are transformed into triumphant tappers worthy modern play. of any chorus line. ACN 008 394 250 Playing to Thursday April 13th Playing from Saturday April 22nd to Saturday June 3rd NEW MEMBER/ GIFf MEMBERSHIP FORM Tues to Sat Eves - 8.15 pm Fri & Sat Eves - 8 pm. Sun - 4.30 pm Ms CAROL MARTIN (TELEPHONE (02) 231-0699/3136) Mats: Sat & Sun - 5 pm TP $12.00 AUSTRALIAN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE TRUST TP $25.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats) GP $16.00 P.O. Box R380 $28.00 (Fri Eves) MISS SAIGON - A musical by Alan ROYAL EXCHANGE $30.00 (Sat Eves) Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg NSW2000 GP $28.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats) Capitol Theatre, Sydney $31 .00 (Fri Eves) From the composers of Les Miserables comes a $33 .00 (Sat Eves) D YES! - I WANT TO JOIN THE TRUST AND ENJOY ITS BENEFITS. musical that is both a passionate love story and a VAPOURS by Frank Gauntlett D YES! - I WANT TO GIVE A Gwr MEMBERSHIP OF THE TRUST TO THE PERSON BELOW spectacular epic. Miss Saigon has been hailed as an Lookout Theatre, Cnr Moncur and Queen I ENCLOSE CHEQUE FOR:- 0 $50 FOR ONE YEAR/ 0 $95 FOR TWO YEARS extraordinary theatrical event, extravagant in Streets, Woollahra OR PLEASE DEBIT MY emotion and formidable in stagecraft. Starring Christopher Dibb and David Wood Playing from July 1995 In this disturbing black comedy, three Australian 0 BANKCARD/0 MASTERCARD/0 VISA ...... EXPIRY DATE ...... /...... Mon to Sat - 8 pm playwrights are lured into collaboration - the results Mats: Wed -1 pm; Sat- 2 pm are sometimes hilarious, and sometimes deeply NAME ...... TP $71.00 shocking as their imaginative web ensnares the ADDRESS ...... GP $77.20 woman from the Arts Board. Tickets have been put aside for members Monday to Playing from Thursday April 20th to Sunday May 21st ...... POSTCODE ...... Thursday evenings and matinees on selected dates Tues to Sat Eves - 8 pm. Sun - 5 pm only. (All TP tickets are in the group booking area.) TP $15.00 (All performances) TELEPHONE .. ( ...... ) ...... SIGNED ...... Please ring the Trust for available dates. GP $20.00 (All performances) SAINT JOAN by Bernard Shaw THE QUARTET from RIGOLETTO Sydney Theatre Company by Nick Enright (World Premiere) Sydney Opera House (Drama Theatre) Ensemble Theatre, Milson 's Point A play about cafe society and a place called Starring Jacqueli ne McKenzie " Rigoletto" with its multi-cultural, multi-purpose, Joan of Arc, a woman preaching the word of God, multi-neurotic clientele, who are united in their need was burned at the stake as a witch. 500 years later, for company and caffeine. Along with a staff of four she was made a saint. whose greatest gift in life may be the ability to make Bernard Shaw's dynamic classic follows the fortunes the perfect short black. of Joan - an uncomplicated, devout peasant girl - and Playing from Saturday April 29th to Saturday May 27th the almost accidental role she played in a larger, Tues to Sat Eves - 8.15 pm much tougher world of politics and religion. Mats: Sat & Sun - 5 pm,· Thurs - 11 am Playing from Saturday May 27th to TP $25.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats) Saturday July 8th 1995 $28.00 (Fri Eves) $30. 00 (Sat Eves) Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm GP $28.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats) Mats: Wed - 1 pm; Sat - 2 pm $31.00 (Fri Eves) TP $36.00 (Mon to Thurs Eves) $33.00 (Sat Eves) $29.00 (Wed Mats) THE REAL THING by Tom Stoppard $30.00 (Sat Mats) Marian Street Theatre, Killara $40.00 (Sat Eves) Starring Lynette Curran and David Downer GP $40.00 (Mon to Sat Eves) Henry is a successful playwright married to Charlotte, $29.00 (Wed Mats) who has the lead role in his latest play about adultery. Her $32.00 (Sat Mats) co-star Max is married to another actress Annie. Annie HELLO DOLLY and Henry are madly in love with each other. Is this situation any more real than the subjects of Henry's play? (Book by Michael Stewart) Playing from Tu esday June 6th to Sunday July 16th Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman Tues to Fri Eves - 8.15 pm Her Majesty's Theatre, Quay Street, Sat Eves - 8.30 pm Ra il way Square Mats: Sat & Sun - 5 pm; Wed - 11 am Starring Ji ll Perriman, Wa rren M itchell , Jacki e TP $25.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves & Mats) Love, Jeremy Stanford, Josephine Mitchell and $30.00 (Fri & Sat Eves) to John Bowles GP $28.00 (Tues Thurs Eves & Mats) $30.00 (Fri & Sat Eves) You are invited to share in the glitter, fun and WEST SIDE STORY romance of thi s spectacular musical; and fall in love as Horace does with Dolly, an irresistable spirit (book by Arthur Laurents) Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim who's happily match-making romances for everyone Capitol Theatre, Sydney but herself. Dolly does eventually find her own Sta rri ng Marin a Prior, Sean McDermott & match - but not before Jerry Herman's brilliant songs Carolin e O'Connor have brought lau ghter and tears along the way. This new production of West Side Story stunned Playing f rom Thursday April 13th to everyone who saw it in Melbourne and Adelaide. Saturday June 24th. Internationally it has been hailed as the be t production Tues to Sat Eves - 8 pm of West Side Story ever! With energy surging across Matinees: Mon & Wed - 1 pm; Sat -2 pm the stage from the dancers, a spectacular set and TP $53.00 (Tues to Thurs Eves) technicolour costumes, it is strong vibrant music theatre. Playing to Sat April 29th, 1995 (no extension possible) $49.00 (Mon, Wed & Sat Mats) Mon to Sat Eves - 8 pm $62.20 (Fri & Sat Eves) Mats: Wed - 1 pm ,· Sat - 2 pm GP $59.20 (Tues to Thurs Eves) TP $58.50 (Wed April 26th) $55.20 (Mon, Wed & Sat Mats) GP $69.70 (Mon to Sat Eves & Sat Mats) $62.20 (Fri & Sat Eves) $59.70 (Wed Mats)