Places

Date: [ca 1883-1884]

By: Hill, E E (Mrs), active 1974

Reference: PAColl-0376

Description: Two photographs of a group of men and women standing outside the windows of a large house with others leaning out of the windows. One has the majority of the people named on the photograph itself and the other has that information written on the back. It is possibly the Patchwork Company which was run by the family of Charles Hill, as the photograph is from the Hill family papers. There is also a photograph of a large military camp at Island Bay with rows of tents and men and armaments in formation. In the foreground is a horse-drawn omnibus. Photographer(s) unidentified. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. Physical Description: Mounted photographic prints Provenance: A note with the photographs states that these were originally in a Hill family scrapbook.

Date: 1982 - 1983

Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1982/1983

Description: Includes: Capital Entertainers. Capital Cabaret. A cabaret show available for any social occasion. 1982-1983. Green flyer. (Two copies). Capital Entertainers. Capital Capers show is available for any social occasion. 1983. Yellow flyer. (Two copies). Chips [Nightclub] Willis Street Village. Complimentary Pass (Sunday only). 1983. Ticket. Clown Workshops, Dynamic Theatre. Norman Kozeluh. 26-28 February 1982. Flyer. New Zealand Student's Arts Council. Dramadillo in Mr Fingers' Apocalypse Circus (an adult circus-cabaret-theatre-revue-thingy). Performers, Juliet Monaghan, Nick Blake, Marilyn Eccles, and Patrick Smith. Palmerston North, Globe Theatre, 17 February. Wellington, Oliver's Cabaret, 19 February. Nelson, Theatre Royal, 21 February. Dunedin, Otago University Union Hall, 23-24 February. Christchurch, Great Hall Arts Centre, 26 February. Hamilton, Bankside Theatre, 5 March. Whangarei, Forum North, 8 March. Auckland, Maidment Theatre, 10-12 March. 1983. Flyer. (Two copies). Exchequer [Nightclub] free pass for 28 January 1983. Festival Cabaret [Christchurch]. Performers include, Polyphony, Malcolm McNeill, River, Limbs Dance Co, Topp Twins, Stiff Glue, Steve Thomas, and Mike Nock. Limes Room, Christchurch Town Hall. 3-17 March 1983. Flyer. The New Zealand Student's Arts Council presents Give Us A Kiss...And We'll Tell You, New Zealand's first gay revue. Music and Lyrics by William Dart. Directed by John Curry. Set design and props, Terry Stringer. National tour April-May 1982. Programme and two flyers. Mervyn Thompson's NZ Truth Show: Group-Grope for Truth in NZ History. The First Hand Co-operative. 21A Courtenay Place, Wellington [used to be the Depot]. 25 March-23 April, 1983. Flyer. (Two copies). Silvio's Variety Show. Silvio's Place (ex Masonic Hall) 221 Clyde Street, Island Bay [Wellington]. Saturdays from 8.00 pm. 1982-1983. Flyer. Threepenny Folly: a musical treat. Presbyterian Church, Wadestown. 1 August 1982. Flyer. The Topp Twins live at Circa Theatre. Lynda and Jools Topp. April 1983. Flyer (2 copies) The Topp Twins. "Topp secret". Tour itinerary Oct-December [1983]. Pamphlet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Flyers, sizes varying up to 210 x 167 mm. Provenance: One item donated from the collection of Rodney Murphy in 2014.

Date: 2005

From: Howson, Patricia Deanna, 1940-: Collection relating to Hilton Raymond Porter

By: Howson, Patricia Deanna, 1940-

Reference: fMS-Papers-8389

Description: Scrapbook compiled by Patricia Howson on her father, Hilton Raymond Porter, actor and broadcaster, and on his wife, Dorothy Woolley. Comprises newspaper cuttings, photographs, original letters, lists and other documents, programmes, official circulars and forms, covering all of the career of Hilton and Dorothy Porter. Includes documents and other papers relating to the torpedoing of the passenger ship `Athenia' in 1939. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typsecript, printed matter, photographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Patricia Howson, 2005 Processing information: Group record created and this item added to the group 21 August 2020.

Date: 1981

Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1981

Description: Includes: Capital Entertainers. Available for any social occasion. 1981. Flyer (2 copies). Grand Variety Concert to celebrate the opposition to the Springbok tour. Mercury Theatre (Auckland). 18 July 1981. Flyer. The New Zealand Students Arts Council and the Australia New Zealand Foundation would like to introduce you to top Australian comic Jean-Paul Bell. [New Zealand tour] 24 February-15 March, 1981. Flyer. (Two copies). The New Zealand Students Arts Council presents New Zealand tour of Slick Stage, and the Topp Twins. Peta Rutter and Peter Rowell (Slick Stage). Linda and Jools Topp (Topp Twins). February-March, 1981. Flyer. Michael Edgley International with Bob Lott and Tony Brooks present the Oxford Uni Review. Auckland Town Hall 28 March. Wellington Opera House 30 March. Dunedin Concert Chamber 1 April. Christchurch Theatre Royal 3 April. 1981. Flyer. (Two copies). Proportional Mis-Representation (The Election Review). Director, Michael Wilson. Writers, Dave Smith, Michael Wilson, Tom Scott. State Opera House. 18 November 1981. Flyer. (Two copies). `Spats,' an exciting experience in a nightclub. Wellington's best fully licenced cabaret. 1981. Flyer. (Two copies). The New Zealand Students Arts Council nervously presents The Tupperware Party. Written and performed by Steve Thomas. Music by John Gibson. Lighting by Tony Rabbit. Dunedin Fortune Theatre 19 July. Victoria University 8 July. University of Canterbury 17 July. Otago University 19 July. 1981. Flyer. Quantity: 1 Programme(s) 4 fliers; 4 duplicates.. Physical Description: Flyers, sizes varying up to 244 x 167 mm.

Date: 1984 - 1985

Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1984/1985

Description: Includes: 1984: The all new Black and White Minstrel Show (based on the popular BBC TV arrangements and routines by George Mitchell. Principal singers; Lee Lawrence (tenor), Stan Matthews (baritone), Georgia Brown (leading lady). New Zealand Tour, 1984. Flyer. Company of Musical Players Inc. Music Hall variety 1984. Producer David Walker; musical director Peter Latimer; choreographers Dorothy Browne and Marie Clayton. Wellington 1984. Programme (2 copies) Raphael House Family Cultural Weekend [Rudolph Steiner School, Lower Hutt]. 1984. Programme. 1985: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Director, Warwick Broadhead (and friends). Performed in the Hall and grounds at 24 Vermont St Ponsonby [Auckland]. 23 October-10 November, 1985. Flyer. Olivers fully licensed international showplace, 5 Lloyd St., Wellington N.Z. [Label stuck on verso of brown envelope postmarked 1985] Olivers International Music Hall presents Mr Chris Shaw in Red Hot and Blue, plus For Love of Dick. 1985. Flyer. Victor Borge; an evening of music and mirth. Regent Theatre, Dunedin 10 June; Town Hall Christchurch, 11 June; Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington 13 June; Logan Cambell Centre, Auckland 15 June. 1985. Flyer. Quantity: 1 Programme(s) 4 flyers.. Physical Description: Programme and flyers, sizes varying up to 288 x 157 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Stella Milne, Wellington, in 2014

Date: 1936

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978; Cabot, Beatrice Eliza, 1894-1981

Reference: Eph-A-CABOT-Music-1936-01

Description: Shows head and shoulders portrait of W. Huntly Spencer smiling. Verso gives detail of Fisk Jubilee Singers programme of negro spirituals, glees, plantation melodies, syncopated ditties and vigorous choruses. Says that the Singers last visited in 1924. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph 95 x 154 mm.