Amey, Sunny Iris, 1928-

Director of Downstage Theatre, Wellington, in 1970s. Interviewer for the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Heritage oral history project

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Manuscript

Inward correspondence - James Bertram, Joan Wood, Sarah Garland and others

Date: 1961-1990

From: Garland, Margaret (Peggy), 1903-1998 : Papers

Reference: 91-181-27

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Downstage Theatre :[Programmes, pamphlets, membership forms and fliers for productions ...

Date: 1971

Reference: Eph-A-DOWNSTAGE-1971

Description: Includes: Downstage annual report and balance sheet 1970 (2 copies) Newsletter 1971. Liong Sie Company (Auckland). "Balinese dance drama". 1 September [1970? 1971?] Flier only. "The birthday party", by Harold Pinter. Directed by George Webby; designed by Grant Tilly; lighting by Rex Gilfillan. Star Boating Club. 11 May 1971. Programme (2 copies) "The caretaker", by Harold Pinter. Directed by Sunny Amey; designed by Grant Tilly and Eric Wood; lighting by Rex Gilfillan. Star Boating Club. 26 October 1971. Programme (2 copies) "The creeper", by Pauline Macaulay; directed by Antony Groser; designed by Richard Russell; lighting by Rex Gilfillan. Star Boating Club, 2 March 1971. Programme "Home", by David Storey. Directed by Nola Millar; designed by Raymond Boyce; lighting by Rex Gilfillan. Star Boating Club. 21 September 1971. Programme (2 copies) "Let's get a divorce", by Victorien Sardou and Emile de Najac. Directed by Anthony Taylor; designed by Grant Tilly. Lighting by Rex Gilfillan. Star Boating Club. 18 August 1971. Programme (2 copies) "Little Malcolm & his struggle against the eunuchs", by David Halliwell. Directed by Sunny Amey, designed by Eric Wood, with Tony Ditchburn as Malcolm. Star Boating Club. 7 April 1971. Programme (2 copies) "The nuns", by Eduardo Manet, translated by Robert Baldick. Directed by Phillip Mann; designed by Grant Tilly. Star Boating Club. 13 July 1971. Programme (2 copies) "The philanthropist; a bourgeois comedy", by Christopher Hampton. Directed by Sunny Amey; designed by Raymond Boyce. Star Boating Club. 15 June 1971. Programme (2 copies) "The Wall St banks in London have closed"; directed by Paul Maunder [1971]. Programme "Goose Creek Music Festival" a late night guest production, December 1971; flier also announces "Your own thing" and "When did you last see my mother?" Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and flier, sizes varying below 250 mm.

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Unity Theatre :[Programmes and fliers relating to plays and dramatic performances. 1950...

Date: 1950 - 1959

From: Unity Theatre :[Programmes and fliers relating to plays and dramatic performances]

Reference: Eph-A-UNITY-1950s

Description: Includes: 1950: "The drunkard; or Father dear Father come home", by W H Smith and P T Barnum. Musical arrangement by Mr H Walter. Direction Mr L Souness. Programme (2 copies). "The Government inspector", by Nikolai V Gogol. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 8-11 March 1950. Produced by Nola Millar. Set designs by George Eiby; costume designs by Helen Hitchings. Music composed by Leslie Souness. Programme (2 copies) "Caesar and Cleopatra", by Bernard Shaw. Produced by J P Delahunty. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 9-12 August 1950. Programme (2 copies) "The Madwoman of Chaillot", by Jean Giraudoux. Produced by Nola Millar. 36 Drummond Street. 26-29 October; 2-5 November 1950. Programme. Newsletter from J Delahunty titled "To those who attend and enjoy Unity Theatre productions". 1950 1951: "The Lower depths", by Maxim Gorki. Produced by Nola Millar. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 13-16 March 1951. Programme (2 copies) "Diversion", written and produced by Kathleen Ross, and "The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet", by George Bernard Shaw, produced by Beatrice Ashton. 36 Drummond Street. 22 June - 1 July 1951. Programme. "The Beggar's Opera", by John Gay. Musical score arranged by Christopher Thompson. Produced by Nat Beatus. Wellington Savage Club Hall. 24-28 August 1951. Programme. (2 copies) "The seagull", by Anton Tchekhov; adaptation by M B Gittos. Produced by J Delahunty. 36 Drummond Street. November and December 1951. Programme. (2 copies). 1952: "The chalk circle", by Bertholt Brecht. Produced by Richard Campion. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 5-8 March 1952. Programme (2 copies). "Three one-act plays: "The respectable prostitute", by Jean-Paul Sartre, produced by Kathleen Ross; "This property is condemned", by Tennessee Williams, produced by Raydia D'Elsa; "The odd one, by Kathleen Ross, produced by Beatrice Ashton. 4-6 July 1952. Programme (2 copies). "The Gentle people", by Irwin Shaw. Produced by Margaret Walker. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 5-7 August 1952. Programme (2 copies) and invitation card (2 copies) "Cupid and Psyche", by Marie Bullock. Performed for the first time at 36 Drumond Street. 7-9 November 1952. Programme. "Deep are the roots", by Arnaud d'Usseau and James Gow. Produced by F M Renner. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 25-29 November 1952. Programme. (2 copies) 1953: "The White Devil", by John Webster. Produced by Russell Reid. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 4-7 March 1953. Programme. (2 copies) Three one-act plays: "Trees", "The Bonds of love"; "The insect play". 36 Drummond Street. 12-14 June 1953. Programme. "Death of a salesman, by Arthur Miller. Produced by Beatrice Ashton. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 5-8 August 1953. programme. (2 copies) "Point of departure", by Jean Anouilh. Produced by Margaret Walker. 36 Drummond Street. 25-29 November 1953. Programme. Three prize-winning playwrights. John Mihell, Kathleen Ross, Bruce Mason. 4 December 1953. Programme (2 copies). 1954: "The wild duck", by Henrik Ibsen. Produced by Nola Millar. Concert Chamber. 3-6 March 1954. Programme (2 copies) and ticket. Season of one-act plays. "A provincial lady", by Turgenev, produced by Wally Christie; "King Lear's wife", by Gordon Bottomley, produced by Margaret Mitchell; "The licensed victualler", by Bruce Mason. 36 Drummond Street. 22-25 July 1954. Programme. "The London merchant; or, The history of George Barnwell", by Mr Lillo. Drummond Street. September 1954. Programme. An evening of one-act plays by New Zealand authors: "The loopholed shed" by Alice Kenney, produced by Raydia d'Elsa; "The bride from the hills", by Isobel Andrews, produced by Nola Millar; "An evening's pleasure", written and produced by Marie Bullock. Concert Chamber. 10 December 1954. Programme (2 copies). 1955: "Tobias and the angel", by James Bridie. Thespians Inc and Unity Theatre present 1955 Open-Air Theatre. Produced by Patric Carey. Sound Shell Botanical Gardens, 3-5 February 1955. Programme. "Thirty pieces of silver", by Howard Fast. Produced by George Webby. 36 Drummond Street, 5-8 May 1955. Programme. "The house of Bernarda Alba", by Federico Garcia Lorca. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 28 May - 2 June 1955. Produced by Margaret Walker. Songs composed by Bruce Mason. Programme (2 copies) "Marching song", by John Whiting. Produced by Margaret Mitchell. 36 Drummond Street. 11-14 August 1955. Programme (2 copies). "The needlewomen", by Murray Gittos, produced by J P Delahunty; settings and costume designed by Valerie Scott. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 9-12 March 1955. Programme (2 copies). Unity Theatre Drummond Steps, presents an evening of drama. September 17th, 1855 at 8 o'clock. 1955. Programme. (2 copies, 1 damaged) "The time of your life". Concert Chamber, Town Hall. 2-5 November 1955. Produced by Nola Millar. Programme (2 copies), flyer and photograph of poster. Unity Revue 1955. Books, lyrics, music and production by Bruce Mason, with Sunny Amey, Oriole Harris, Gay Orwin, Margaret Walker, David Crewes, Michael Haigh, Roger Harris, John Norton, George Webby. Presented for your delight in the Jewish Social Club Hall, Ghuznee Street, 10 December 1955. Programme. (2 copies) 1956: "The Crucible", by Arthur Miller. Producer Margaret Walker. Concert Chamber 1956; Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 26-28 April 1956. Flyer. "Volpone", by Ben Jonson. Producer George Eiby. Concert Chamber Wellington, 26-29 September 1956; Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 3-5 October 1956. Flyer. (2 copies) and bookmarks (4 copies assorted colours) The Thespians and Unity Theatre in conjunction with Wellington City Council present "Open air theatre". Sound Shell Botanical Gardens, 24-25 February 1956. Programme. "Carnival of thieves", by Jean Anouilh. Contrived by Nola Millar. Designer Helen Hitchings. Concert Chamber, 21-24 November 1956; Municipal Theatre Lower Hutt, 28-30 November 1956. Programme (2 copies), Invitation card (2 copies, one of which is addressed to Charles Brasch) Unity Revue 1956. A Crewes-Harris production. 8 December 1956. Programme. (2 copies) 1957: The Bishop's bonfire", by Sean O'Casey. Produced by Margaret Mitchell. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 27-30 November 1957. Programme (2 copies), fliers (2 yellow copies) "Come back Little Sheba", by William Inge. Produced by Dorothy Whittaker. 36 Drummond St, 8-11 August 1957. Programme. "Fast and breezy; Unity Revue Theatre". A McClymo-Crewes production. Scripts by Jeanette Stace, Ron Lynn, Grant Tilly, Barry Hill, Roger Harris and David Crewes. Jewish Social Club. 7 December 1957. Programme (2 copies). Unity Theatre presents "Hedda Gabler", by Henrik Ibsen. Play reading produced by Margaret Mitchell. Cast includes: Starr Robinson, Earle Spencer, Shirley Wilson, Meg Andersen, Ronald Lynn, Alex Kettles, and Jill Berry. Victoria University College Little Theatre, 16 September 1957. "Huis clos", by Jean-Paul Sartre. Produced by Kenneth Akerman. 36 Drummond Street. 21-24 March, 1957. Programme (2 copies). "The good woman of Setzuan", by Bertolt Brecht. Produced by Nola Millar. Concert Chamber, 9-13 April; Little Theatre, Lower Hutt, 15-16 April; Wainuiomata, 26 April 1957. Programme. (2 copies) 1958: "Blood wedding", by Garcia Lorca. Produced by Nola Millar. Unity Theatre Studio. 20 February - 1 March 1958. Programme (2 copies). "A view from the bridge", by Arthur Miller. Produced by Sunny Amey. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 16-19 April 1958. Programme (2 copies white, and 2 yellow) "Revunity 1958". Produced by Shirley Keane and Ron Lynn. Programme. Three one-act plays: "The stronger" by August Strindberg, produced by Anne Flannery; "The gamblers", by Nikolai Gogol, produced by Anne Flannery; "A physician in spite of himself", by Jean Baptiste Moliere, produced by Shirley Keane. 7-10 August 1958. Programme (Typescript, 2 copies) "The diary of Anne Frank", dramatised by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Produced by George Webby. Set designs by George Eiby. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 19-22 November 1958. Programmes (2 different; one copy of one and 2 copies of the other) 1959: A season of two plays by Eugene Ionescu. "The chairs" and "The lesson". Studio Drummond Street, 26 February - 1 March 1959. Programme "Look back in anger", by John Osborne. Produced by Nola Millar. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 15-18, 21-22 April 1959. Programme (2 copies brown, 1 copy yellow) "Each his own wilderness", by Doris Lessing. Produced by Philip McHale. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 12-15 August 1959. Programme. (2 copies) "Three sisters", by Anton Chekhov. Peroduced by Margaret Walker. Concert Chamber Wellington. 14-17 October 1959. Programme (2 copies) "The wide open cage", by James K Baxter. Producer Richard Campion. Designer Donald Ramage. 19-22, 27-29 November 1959. Programme. (2 copies) Quantity: 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto.

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Wellington Teachers' College Drama Club :[Programmes for play productions. 1930-1990s]

Date: 1939 - 1990

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-WTC

Description: Includes: 1935: Wellington Teachers' College. Annual concert 20-22 August 1935 (With plays "Campbell of Kilmohr", "Something to talk about", "The Bishop's candlesticks", "Nix nought and nothing" - names of directors not given). Programme 1939: Training College Dramatic Club presents "The ascent of F6", by W H Auden and Christopher Isherwood. Produced by W I Scott and I Kirk. College Hall Kelburn, 13-15 July 1939. Programme (2 copies) 1942: Wellington Teachers' Training College presents "The man who came to dinner", by George S Kaufman and Moss Hart. Produced by Pat Hildreth. 23-25 July 1942. Programme 1950: "Antigone", by Jean Anouilh, roduced by Margaret Walker assisted by Ishbel Benzies; preceded by "Hello out there", by William Saroyan, produced by Margaret Walker. Victoria University Little Theatre, 3-5 August 1950. Programme 1951: Wellington Teachers' College Drama Club presents "Dark side of the moon", by Howard Richardson and William Berney. Produced by Margaret Walker. Victoria College Little Theatre, 19-21 July 1951. Programme (2 copies) 1952: Wellington Teachers' College Drama Club presents "The firstborn", by Christopher Fry. Produced by Zenocrate Mountjoy. Victoria College Little Theatre, 17-19 July 1952. Programme 1953: Wellington Teachers' College Drama Club presents "The mad woman of Chaillot", by Jean Giraudoux. Produced by Zenocrate Graham. Victoria College Little Theatre, 16-18 July 1953. Programme 1956: "Love and lunacy", by Peter Philp. Directed by Sunny Amey. Victoria College Little Theatre, 17-20 July 1956. Programme 1957: Wellington Teachers' College Drama Club presents "Six characters in search of an author", by Luigi Pirandello. Produced by Sunny Amey. Victoria College Little Theatre, 24-27 July 1957. Programme (2 copies) 1958?: Wellington Teachers' College Drama Club presents "Pinocchio", by Carlo Collodi. Produced by Sunny Amey. Teachers' College Hall Kelburn, 17-19 July 1958? Programme 1960s?: An evening of three one-act plays: "Come, fill the cup", by Peg Harid, produced by Nicky Hamid; "The calf before the hearse", by Yves Cabrol, produced by David Baillie; "In camera", by Jean-Paul Sartre, produced by Anne Brooker. [1960s?]. Programme 1961: Wellington Teachers' College Drama Club presents "The offshore island", By Marghanita Laski. Produced by Margaret Walker. Teachers' College Hall Kelburn, [1961]. Programme (2 copies) and ticket (2 copies) 1977: Wellington Teachers' College premier production of "Spiridon". Written and directed by Dick Epstein. Wellington Teachers' College 28-29 April; Unity Theatre, 4-8 May [1977]. Programme 1979: Wellington Teachers' College presents "Three sisters", by Anton Chekhov. Directed by Ralph D McAllister. Wellington Teachers' College Theatre, 8-15 October [1979]. Programme 1980: Wellington Teachers' College presents "Long day's journey into night", by Eugene O'Neill. Directed by Ralph McAllister. [1980]. Programme Wellington Teachers' College in association with J C Williamson Theatres Ltd present "Man of La Mancha", directed by Ralph D McAllister; musical director Laughton Pattrick. 1980. Programme 1984: Wellington Teachers College presents "Fiddler on the roof". Teachers' College Hall, Donald Street, karori, 27-30 June [1984]. Yellow flier only Quantity: 20 theatre programmes and fliers, plus duplicates of some. Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: One programme donated by Ms Robyn Favell, Wellington, in 2007; one by Mrs Gill Watt, Wellington, in 2008. One donated from the estate of Constance Kirkcaldie, 2008; one by Mary Jennings, Wellington, in 2014.

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Downstage Theatre :[Programmes, pamphlets, membership forms and fliers for productions ...

Date: 1974

Reference: Eph-A-DOWNSTAGE-1974

Description: Includes: Yellow folded pamphlet promoting membership of Downstage Invitation to Downstage 10th birthday at the Hannah Playhouse, 21 November 1974, 11 pm "The adventures of Gervase Becket; or, The Man who changed places"; a play for children with music, by Peter Terson. Directed by Nonnita Rees; costume design Gwen Kaiser. Wellington, Wainuiomata, Porirua and Upper Hutt venues. Flier only (2 copies) Downstage Theatre Society newsletter. "The good person of Setzuan", by Bertolt Brecht. 10th birthday production. 6 November 1974. Directed by Phillip Mann; designed by Raymond Boyce. Pamphlet (2 copies) "Rookery nook", by Ben Travers. Directed by Sunny Amey; designed by Raymond Boyce; costumes by Gwen Kaiser. Hannah Playhouse. 18 December 1974. Programme (2 copies). "The two tigers", by Brian McNeill. (re Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry). Directed by Colin McColl; designed by Raymond Boyce. Hannah Playhouse. 13 June 1974. Programme (2 copies) "Wait and see. The end", by John Banas. Directed by John Banas with Nonnita Rees; designed by Russell Craig; lighting by Rex Gilfillan. [Programme headed "A need for change?"] Production manager Chris Collie; stage manager Colin McColl; film sequences John Reid. Hannah Playhouse, 6 March 1974. Programme in envelope (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and flier, sizes varying below 250 mm.

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Downstage Theatre (Wellington) :[Programmes and fliers for plays, drama productions in ...

Date: 1971

By: Downstage Theatre Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-DOWNSTAGE-1971

Description: Includes: Eight newsletters for members, 1971. "The creeper", by Pauline Macaulay. Directed by Antony Groser, designed by Richard Russell. (Cast Ronald Lynn, Craig Ashley, Ray Henwood, Ken Blackburn, Russell Duncan). Star Boating Club. 2 March 1971. Programme (2 copies) "The Indian wants the Bronx", by Israel Horovitz. Directed by Nonnita Mann. Flier for late night show. The Puppet Theatre (direction Raymond Boyce) presents "Krackerjinks II" Mr Punch has a birthday party. Downstage Christmas 1970. Production and manipulation Gerry and Raymond Boyce and Lewis Rowe. Programme / mask (2 copies) "The tale of the red dragon", by Alfred Bradley. Directed by Sunny Amey (Cast Richard Russell, Denise Maunder, Christine Batstone, William Petley, Darien Takle, Ginette McDonald, James Macfarlane). [1971]. Programme / mask, and cover. (2 copies of programme). "Your own thing"; a musical based on Twelfth Night. Music and lyrics by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar. Book by Donald Driver. Directed and choreographed by Dick Johnstone. Designed by Barbara Collinson-Smith. Musical direction by Bruce Greenfield. (Cast Claire Campbell, Lloyd Scott, Fergus Dick, Christine Bartlett, Matthew O'Sullivan, Chris Clayton, David Charteris, Tony Jackson). Star Boating Club. 24 November 1971. Programme (2 copies) "You know I can't hear you when the water's running", by Robert Anderson. Directed by Anthony Taylor. Designed by Grant Tilly. Costumes designed by Val Svendsen. (Cast Christine Bartlett, Ginette McDonald, Fergus Dick, Michael Haigh, Lewis Rowe. Star Boating Club. 27 January 1971. Programme (2 copies) "After Magritte"; a surrealist extravaganza, Tom Stoppard. Directed by Anne Flannery. (Cast Ross Jolly, Elizabeth Coulter, Susan Wilson, Tony Ditchburn, Alexander Trousdell). October - November [1971]. Flier / programme. (2 copies) Fliers for workshop, audition. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs or typescripts, size below 350 mm.

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Downstage Theatre (Wellington) :[Photographic display boards, advertising drama product...

Date: 1969 - 1971

Reference: Eph-F-DOWNSTAGE-1969/1971

Description: Poster boards showing photographed of cast members performing in Downstage productions. Includes boards for: 1969: "The real Inspector Hound", by Tom Stoppard. "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead", Tom Stoppard. Star Boating Club, June 10 [1969] "The zoo story", by Edward Albee; music by Val Murphy. Poster shows John Banas, Tim Groser and Val Murphy 1970: "The Bacchae" at Downstage (2 different, showing actors Michael Haigh, Sam Neill, Ray Henwood, Susan Wilson) "Blue comedy", Paul Ableman at Downstage "The daughter-in-law", D H Lawrence, Downstage "End game", play by Samuel Beckett [1970] "Misalliance", by George Bernard Shaw. Downstage Theatre "Precious moments from the family album to provide you with comfort in the long years to come", Naftali Yavin. A Downstage production (2 different, showing actors ?Pamela Hewes, Bryan Aitken, Fergus Dick, Ginette Macdonald, ?Dorothy Smith) "3 months gone", by Donald Howarth. Downstage (2 different, showing actors Tony Isaac, Jean Howell, Ron Lynn) "Zoo Zoo Widdershins zoo", K B Laffan. Downstage Theatre. 1971: "The birthday party", by Harold Pinter. Directed by George Webby "The creeper", by Pauline Macauley; director Antony Groser; design Richard Russell (Poster shows Ray Henwood and ?Craig Ashley) "Home" by David Storey. Directed by Nola Millar, designed by Raymond Boyce (2 different showing Russell Duncan, Dorothy McKegg, Helen Brew) "Let's get a divorce", by Sardou & de Najac. Directed by Anthony Taylor, designed by Grant Tilly. "Little Malcolm and his struggle against the Eunuchs", by David Halliwell. Directed by Sunny Amey. "The nuns", by Eduardo Manet, directed by Phillip Mann, designed by Grant Tilly. "The philanthropist", by Christopher Hampton; directed by Sunny Amey. Poster shows Peter Vere-Jones and ?Ginette Mcdonald Posters received 2013 are slightly dog-eared. Quantity: 22 boards with photographs mounted. Physical Description: Photographs mounted on thick board or card, sizes varying up to 810 x 540 mm Provenance: Most donated by Downstage Theatre, Wellington, in 2005; seven donated from the VUW School of English, Film Theatre & Media Studies, through David Carnegie, in 2013.

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Downstage Theatre :[Programmes, pamphlets, membership forms and fliers for productions ...

Date: 1972

Reference: Eph-A-DOWNSTAGE-1972

Description: Includes: "A collier's Friday night", by D H Lawrence. Directed by Sunny Amey; designed by Raymond Boyce; costumes by Gwen Kaiser; lighting by Rex Gilfillan. Star Boating Club, 22 March 1972. Programme (2 copies) and invitation card. "Don't let summer come", by Terence Feely. Directed by Antony Groser; designed by Grant Tilly. Star Boating Club. 16 February 1972. Programme, and invitation card "Flint", by David Mercer. Directed by Ken Blackburn and designed by Raymond Boyce. 16 November - 9 December [1972]. Programme (2 copies) and ticket (2 copies) "Gawayne and other things"; a collective production by Theatre Action under the direction of Francis Batten. Star Boating Club, opening 13 March 1972. Programme (2 copies) "Heartbreak house", by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Nola Millar; designed by Raymond Boyce; costumes by Nancye Seaton; lighting by Trevor Wells. Star Boating Club. 30 August 1972. Programme (2 copies) and invitation card "The importance of being Earnest", by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Anthony Taylor. designed by Grant Tilly and Ron Highfield. Star Boating Club. 13 December 1972. Programme (2 copies) and one invitation card. The University of New South Wales Drama Foundation presents the Old Tote Theatre Company in "The legend of King O'Malley", by Michael Boddy and Robert Ellis. Directed by Richard Wherrett. Sets designed by John Cervenka. [1972]. Programme (2 copies) and invitation card "Luv", by Murray Schisgal. Directed by Ian Mune and designed by Grant Tilly. Lighting by Trevor Wells. Star Boating Club. 2 October 1972. Programme (2 copies) and invitation card. "Meeting place", by Robert Lord. Directed by Anthony Taylor; designed by Grant Tilly. Lighting designed by Rex Gilfillan. Star Boating Club. 24 October 1972. Programme (2 copies) and invitation card "Narrow road to the deep north", by Edward Bond. Directed by Ian Mune; designed by Russell Craig. Star Boating Club. 26 April 1972. Programme (2 copies) and ticket. "Old times", by Harold Pinter. Directed by George Webby; designed by Marcus Campbell; costumes by Val Horridge; lighting by Trevor Wells. Star Boating Club. 21 June 1972. Programme (2 copies) and invitation card "Once upon a planet", by Theatre Action.Star Boating Club. 6 June 1972. Programme (2 copies) "When did you last see my mother", by Christopher Hampton. Directed by Ken Blackburn; design by Ron Highfield; lighting by Rex Gilfillan. Star Boating Club. 18 January 1972. Programme (2 copies) and invitation card "Wind in the branches of the Sassafras", by Rene de Obaldia. Directed by Sunny Amey. 26 July - 15 August [1972]. Invitation card only. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and flier, sizes varying below 250 mm.

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Downstage Theatre (Wellington) :[Programmes and fliers for plays, drama productions in ...

Date: 1974

By: Downstage Theatre Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-DOWNSTAGE-1974

Description: Includes: Newsletter announcing talk by Dr W A Storrer, 21 July "Can the theatre survive literacy?" Programmes for: "Equus", by Peter Shaffer. Directed by Mervyn Thompson. Hannah Playhouse, 18 June 1975. Programme. Hedda Gabler", by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne, designed by Raymond Boyce. Hannah Playhouse, 17 July 1974. Programme (2 copies) "Obstacles", by Joseph Musaphia. Directed by Sunny Amey with Joseph Musaphia. Designed by Ron Highfield. Hannah Playhouse, 2 October 1974. Programme (2 copies) "Rookery nook", by Ben Travers. Directed by Sunny Amey, designed by Raymond Boyce. Costumes by Gwen Kaiser. Hannah Playhouse, 18 December [1974]. Programme (2 copies) "The sea", by Edward Bond. Directed by Sunny Amey, designed by Raymond Boyce. Hannah Playhouse, 10 April, 1974. Directed by Sunny Amey, designed by Raymond Boyce. Hannah Playhouse, 10 April 1974. Programme (2 copies) "Valdramar" a rock opera by Clive Cockburn, Val Murphy and John Banas. Directed and designed by John Banas; musical direction by Clive Cockburn. [September?] 1974. Programme (2 copies) and flier. "Victims", by Joseph Musaphia. Directed by Nonnita Rees; designed by Peter Ridder. Hannah Playhouse 23 May 1974, Opera House New Plymouth 21-23 June 1974, Opera House Palmerston North 27-29 June 1974. Programme (2 copies) "Well hung", by Robert Lord. Directed by Anthony Taylor; designed by Russell Craig. Hannah Playhouse, 21 January 1974. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs or typescripts, size below 350 mm.

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Downstage Theatre :[Ephemera and posters of A1 size for productions. 1995]

Date: 1995

Reference: Eph-D-DOWNSTAGE-1995

Description: Includes: ["Blue sky boys", with Michael Galvin and Tim Balme] Hearthrob doctor sings "Bye bye love" to braindead movie star" [Downstage. 1995] Retina Dance Company presents "Carnivale of dreams" Love! lust! illustion! Choreographed by Glenn Birchall; script development by Gary Henderson. Music by Plan 9 and Christiaan Ercolano; multimedia by Jeff Hurrell. 2-11 November 1995 (2 copies) Downstage Theatre in association with Flanagan's Comedy Club present the king of kitsch comedy! Bob Downe. 5 shows only!!! 25-29 April 1995 (2 copies) "Falling from grace", by Hannie Rayson. 23 June - 22 July [1995] Design Mission Hall (2 copies) "Foreign bodies" intergalactic issue November 2106. Aliens exist! live on stage. Downsatge 1-11 November [1995] (2 copies) Downstage Theatre in association with Pacific Underground present "Fresh off the boat", by Oscar Kightley and Simon Small. 12-29 April 1995 (2 copies) Downstage presents "Good works", by Nick Enright with Miranda Harcourt and Heather Bolton; directed by Cathy Downes. 5 May - 3 June [1995] (2 copies) Michael Parmenter. "A long undressing", a solo performance; directed by Cathy Downes. Downstage, 11-21 October [1995] Manhattan jazz at Downstage. New York vocalist Tim Strong and the Paul Dyne Quartet. 7-8 July [1995] After critically acclaimed performances in Sydney, London and Edinburgh, Downstage presents "One shot", a Snarling Beasties production, written, directed and performed by Mark Kilmurry. 6-11 March [1995] (2 copies) Downstage presents "Sadness", by William Yang. A multi media performance. 14-18 March [1995] (2 copies) "Sadness" is heartbreak and joy, tears and laughter, wakes and parties, life and death (b&w poster) Downstage proudly presents "She stoops to conquer", by Oliver Goldsmith. Director Colin McColl; designer Tony Rabbit. 28 July - 26 August [1995] Design Mission Hall (2 copies) Downstage presents "Skin tight". Larissa Matheson, Jed Brophy; a play by Gary Henderson; original music Chris Ward. Downstage Theatre 21 Feb - 11 mar [1995] (2 copies) "Takitorua; weaving traditions in music and dance", devised and directed by Keri Kaa, Jan Bolwell, Sunny Amey. Lower Hutt Little Theatre 24-31 May; Downstage Theatre 8-17 June [1995] (2 copies) When the Cat's been Spayed sing at Downstage Theatre, 26-30 September [1995] (2 copies) Quantity: 16 Poster(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on posters, sizes varying up to around 700 x 420 mm. Provenance: Donated by Downstage Theatre, Wellington, 2005, 2007 and 2014

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Depot Theatre :[Posters for theatre, music and dance productions at the Depot Theatre i...

Date: 1992

By: Taki Rua Productions Society Inc

Reference: Eph-C-DEPOT-1992

Description: Includes: Taki Rua - Depot Theatre present a festival of playreadings: 28-29 Sept - Red Mole "Just them walking"; 30 Sept - 1 Oct - Stuart Hoar's "Yo Banfa", directed by Jean Betts; 2-3 Oct - John Kneubuhl's "Think of a garden", directed by Nat Lees. The Performing Arts Theatre Trust presents "Horizons", by Francis Serra, directed by Bert van Dijk. A romantic comedy about young Samoans and Europeans in a city flat. Galaxy Theatre Auckland 5-15 August; Taki Rua - Depot Theatre Wellington 19-29 August; Castle Theatre Dunedin 2-12 September; Performing Arts Theatre Christchurch 16-26 September [1992] (2 copies) Te Ohu Whakaari presents "Te pouaka karaehe; the glass box", a new play written and directed by Renee. 1992 New Zealand International Festival of the Arts. Taki Rua Depot Theatre, 18 March to 11 April [1992] (2 copies) "Raoul, prince of jeans", the story by Bill Direen. Taki Rua Depot Theatre 5-15 February; The Central Theatre 24 June - 4 July [1992] (2 copies) Roots Foundation. Alternate Thursdays at Taki Rua Depot Theatre, starts Sept 10th [1992] (2 copies) Te Ohu Whakaari presents "Nga wahine; the women", a new play written and directed by Riwia Brown. Taki Rua Depot Theatre, 19 February to 14 March [1992] Working together; the process of a bi-cultural partnership in the performing arts. A forum with Keri Kaa, Jan Bolwell, Sunny Amey. Taki Rua Theatre, Sunday 28 November @ 4pm [1992] Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint or photolithographs on posters, sizes varying around 470 x 320 mm. Provenance: Some posters donated by Taki Rua Productions, January 2014 ; one by Andrea Tangohau in 2013.

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Downstage Theatre :[Posters for productions. 1970-1973]

Date: 1970 - 1973

From: Downstage Theatre :[Ephemera and posters for productions. 1964-2013]

Reference: Eph-C-DOWNSTAGE-1970/1973

Description: Includes posters for: 1970: Downstage Theatre, with the support of the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand. Join Downstage!! [Season schedule and membership form. 1970] Max Adrian's "G.B.S.", "Gilbert and Sullivan"; a Downstage presentation at the Paramount Theatre, April 9th-18th [1970] "Santa's liquid dream". Producer Ian McDonald; designer Paul Hansen ... music direction Tony Backhouse; drama direction Lewis Rowe; dance direction Deborah Pearson ... management Ken Blackburn; publicity Marilyn Duckworth. 4th to 12th December, Concert Chamber [1970]. (2 copies, only one with production details on verso) "Zoo zoo widdershins zoo", by K B Laffan. Produced by Dick Johnstone, designed by Andrew McAlpine, lighting by Rex Gilfillan. Poster / programme [1970] (2 copies) 1972: "Flint", a play by David Mercer, directed by Ken Blackburn. Opens Downstage Nov. 16 [1972] (2 copies) "The importance of being Earnest" [by] Oscar Wilde. Director Anthony Taylor. Downstage Theatre [1972] (2 copies) "Luv", by Murray Schisgal; directed by Ian Mune & designed by Grant Tilly. 2nd - 21st October [1972] "Narrow road to the deep north"; a play by Edward Bond, directed by Ian Mune. April 26 - May 27. Downstage Theatre [1972] (2 copies) Harold Pinter's "Old times"; produced by George Webby. Opening June 21, Downstage Theatre [1972] "Wind in the branches of the sassafras", by Rene de Obaldia; directed by Sunny Amey. Downstage Theatre, opening July 26th [1972] (2 copies) 1973: "Alpha beta", [by] E A Whitehead, directed by Murray Reece. Opens May 16 [1973] (2 copies) "The Ballygombeen bequest". John Arden & Margaretta D'Arcy. Directed by Sunny Amey. Downstage, March 13 [1973] (2 copies, 1 foxed) "The dragon" [by] Yevgeny Schwartz; a political folktale for adults and children. Downstage from Dec. 5 [1973] (2 copies) Beggars Bag Theatre presents "Games we play". Downstage late night 11.15 pm, Thurs Jan 18th, Fri Jan 19th [1973] "O! Temperance!" [by Mervyn Thompson. 1973] Banner (2 copies) "Victims", a play by Joseph Musaphia, directed by Nonnita Rees. Opens April 18th Downstage Theatre [1973] (2 copies) Quantity: 16 posters. Physical Description: Screenprints on posters, sizes varying around 400 x 550 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Downstage Theatre Trust in 2013.

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Downstage Theatre (Wellington) :[Programmes and fliers for plays, drama productions in ...

Date: 1972 - 1973

By: Downstage Theatre Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-DOWNSTAGE-1972/1973

Description: Includes: 1972: AGM agenda and report 1972 "A collier's Friday night", by D H Lawrence. Directed by Sunny Amey; designed by Raymond Boyce; costumes by Gwen Kaiser; lighting Rex Gilfillan. Opening 22 March 1972. Programme (2 copies) "The end of the golden weather", by Bruce Mason. Downstage, 19 and 26 November 1972. Promotional flyer Downstage presents The new poets (David Mitchell, Russell Haley, Murray Edmond, Jan Kemp, Brian Turner, Rhys Pasley; guitarist Steve Robinson). [1972?] Flyer Late night programme. "The coffee powered freak show" from 11 June; "Old times" by Harold Pinter, from 21 June' "Wind in the branches of the sassafras" (July) and "Heartbreak House" (August). Mimeographed flyer Pinocchio Travelling Circus", written & directed by Ian Mune; technical director and stage manager Jacquie Hardinge (With Michael Haigh, John Banas, John Reid, Richard Russell, Tony Ditchburn, Sarah Banas, Marilyn Gotlieb, Craig Ashley, Janice Finn) [1972]. Flyer (2 copies) Theatre Action. 5 clowns in "Once upon a planet". Downstage Theatre, 6-17 June [1972]. [and] "The coffee powered freak show". Flyer "Wind in the branches of the sassafras", by Rene de Obaldia. Directed by Sunny Amey; design Barbara Collinson-Smith; lighting design Rex Gilfillan. Star Boating Club, from 26 July 1972. Programme /flyer (2 copies) 1973: Downstage Theatre wine list [1973?] "As you like it", by William Shakespeare. Directed by Sunny Amey; designed by Raymond Boyce and Val Horridge; lighting Trevor Wells with Rex Gilfillan. Opening 16 October 1973. Programme (2 copies) "The best of all possible worlds", with Theatre Action. Concert Chamber Wellington, opening 16 July 1973. Programme / flyer (2 copies) "The dragon", by Yevgeny Schwartz. Directed by Nonnita Rees; designed by Russell Craig. Hannah Playhouse, opening 5 December 1973. Programme (2 copies) "The innocents", by William Archibald. Directed by Phillip Mann. Star Boating Club, opening 5 February 1973. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs or typescripts, size below 350 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Judith Fyfe, Wellington, in 2017.

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[Posters and other ephemera of A3 size relating to Maori issues. 1995-1996]

Date: 1995-1996

Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1995/1996

Description: Includes: 1995: Aotearoa - New Zealand. Te Ika-a-Maui; Te Waipounamu. He Taonga Te Reo; 1995 a celebration of Maori language [Map. 1995] Maori Language Commission [and] Te Puni Kōkiri. He Taonga Te Reo 1995. Kotahi Paenga-Whāwhā 1995. Booklet, produced by Agenda Communications. Maori Language Commission [and] Te Puni Kōkiri. He Taonga Te Reo 1995. Piripi 1995. Booklet, produced by Agenda Communications. Maori Language Commission [and] Te Puni Kōkiri. He Taonga Te Reo 1995. Whiringa-ā-nuku 1995. Booklet, produced by Agenda Communications. Maori Language Commission [and] Te Puni Kōkiri. He Taonga Te Reo 1995. Ka ora anō tōku Reo Māori? Will the language flourish? it will, of it is spoken! [1995] (3 copies) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa / Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori. Maramataka 1995 [Calendar] (2 copies) Te Whakanui i a Matariki; a celebration of the Maori New Year, 23 June - 8 July 1995. Pipitea Marae, Thorndon Quay Wellington. programme Te Whare Taonga o Porirua. Porirua Museum. Nga taonga o Te Whare Pora; Maori textiles in the Porirua Museum. November [19]95 - February [19]96 Te Whare Wānanga o Otago. He Whakakitenga mō Te Tau o te Reo Māori; Māori Language Year display. Charles Brasch Room, Whiringa-ā-nuku, 1-20 1995; 1-20 October 1995. Whiringa a nuku Wharangi 13. A family reunion; Mereaira Toihau = Henry Peter Bluett. Poster / registration form Working together; the procees of a bi-cultural partnership in the performing arts. A forum with Keri Kaa, Jan Bolwell, Sunny Amey. Taki Rua Theatre, 28 November [1995] 1996: New Zealand Library & Information Association. Te Whakataetae reo Māori o ngā Whare Pukapuka o Aotearoa; New Zealand Libraries Māori language competition. Prizes: $2,300. Aukatinga 28 o Hune 1996; closes June 28 1996. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black and white and colour prints on posters, sizes varying below 500 mm.

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Downstage Theatre (Wellington): [Programmes and fliers for plays, drama productions in ...

Date: 1970

By: Downstage Theatre Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-DOWNSTAGE-1970

Description: Includes: The Liong Sie Company presents "Balinese dance drama" with a special guest appearance of Amala Devi. Stage manager Eric Braithwaite; lighting design Rex Gilfillan. Wairarapa Arts Centre, 28 August; Downstage Theatre 1-12 September; Rothmans Cultural Foundation, 1-4 September 1970. Programme (2 copies) Music and poetry, Sunday 17 May [1970?], featuring Ian Robert Rockel. The Puppet Theatre (direction Raymond Boyce) presents "Krackerjinks". Downstage Christmas 1970. Programme / mask "The daughter-in-law", by D H Lawrence. Directed by Sunny Amey. Designed by Grant Tilly. Costumes by Gwen Kaiser, lighting by Rex Glifillan. Star Boating Club. 25 November 1970. Flier / programme. Blue Comedy; "Madly in love" and "Hank's night". Directed by Roy Hope; designed by Andrew McAlpine. Star Boating Club. 20 October 1970. Programme. (2 copies) Gulbenkian Sunday Theatre. "The messengers", by Max Richards; directed by Hal Smith. Programme (Mimeographed sheet) Gulbenkian Sunday Theatre. "When the bough breaks", by Alistair Campbell; directed by Phillip Mann. Programme (Mimeographed sheet) (2 copies) "What the butler saw", by Joe Orton. Directed by Dick Johnstone; designed by Eric Wood. Star Boating Club. 4 February 1970. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs or typescripts, size below 350 mm.

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"Takitoru; weaving traditions in music and dance", devised and directed by Keri Kaa, Ja...

Date: 1995

From: [Posters collected by Mrs Rona Bailey. 1970-1990s]

By: Mission Hall Design Group Ltd; Tunnicliff, Colleen, active 1992

Reference: Eph-D-BAILEY-Theatre-1995-02

Description: Poster advertising a dance production, with individual action portraits of: Hinemoa Awater, Lyne Pringle, Claire O'Neil, Mere Boynton, Whetu Fala, Frances Rangihuna-Thomas, Janet Roddick, Felicity Molloy, Terri Ripeka Crawford. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 595 x 431 mm. Processing information: Reference number updated from Eph-D-DANCE-1995-02 to Eph-D-BAILEY-Theatre-1995-02 on 18 January 2022.

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Downstage Theatre :[Programmes, pamphlets, membership forms and fliers for productions ...

Date: 1973

Reference: Eph-A-DOWNSTAGE-1973

Description: Includes: Downstage Theatre Society newsletter. "The innocents", 5 February. Directed by Phillip Mann. "The place of Downstage", by Sir Bernard O'Connell. Comments by 10 people (portraits shown): W N Sheat, Sheilah Winn, Professor Frank Holmes, Gilbert H Stringer, Relda Familton, Ken Gray, Mrs T W M Tirikatene-Sullivan, Sir Francis Kitts, William Austin, John Drawbridge. "Alpha Beta", by E A Whitehead. Directed by Murray Reece; designed by Grant Tilly; lighting by Trevor Wells. Star Boating Club. 16 May 1973. Programme (2 copies) "The Ballygombeen bequest", by John Arden and Margaret D'Arcy. Directed by Sunny Amey; designed by John Banas; lighting by Trevor Wells. Star Boating Club. 13 March 1973. Programme (2 copies) "The dragon", by Yevgeny Schwartz. Translated by Mwx Hayward and Harold Shukman. Directed by Nonnita Rees; designed by Russell Craig. Costume design by Val Horridge; lighting Trevor Wells. Star Boating Club. 5 December 1973. Programme (2 copies). "An evening with Katherine Mansfield", presented by Pat Evison. Star Boating Club. 23 July 1973. Programme (2 copies) "The innocents", by William Archibald, based on a Henry James story "The turn of the screw". Directed by Phillip Mann. Star Boating Club, 5 February 1973. Programme (2 copies) "Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris". Directed by Jim Spalding; production manager Chris Collie; stage manager Barry Gibbs. [1973]. Programme (2 copies) "Uncle Vanya", by Anton Chekhov. Directed by Sunny Amey; designed by Raymond Boyce; costumes by Gwen Kaiser; lighting by Trevor Wells. Star Boating Club. 27 June 1973. Programme (2 copies) and invitation card "Victims", by Joseph Musaphia. Directed by Nonnita Rees; designed by Peter Ridder; costumes designed by Gwen Kaiser; lighting by Trevor Wells. Star Boating Club. 18 April 1973. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and flier, sizes varying below 250 mm.

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[Theatre programmes for drama productions in Great Britain featuring New Zealand perfor...

Date: 1964

From: [Theatre programmes for drama productions in Great Britain featuring New Zealand performers and producers. 1960s]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-1964

Description: Includes: "All for love". Vanbrugh Theatre, May 1964. Programme (Kenneth Poitevin) "The bashful genius". Nottingham Theatre, 12 February 1964. Programme (Vivienne Martin) "Dead and alive". Theatre in the Round. Summer 1964. Programme (Darryl Kavann) "The golden rivet". Phoenix Theatre, [1964]. Programme (Ewen Solon - biographical notes and portrait) "Hay fever". Cambridge Arts Theatre, 28 September - 3 October 1964. Programme (Rosalind Atkinson) Royal Shakespeare Company in "The Jew of Malta". Aldwych Theatre, 1964. Programme (Clive Revill) "King Henry the Fifth" and "The taming of the shrew". Open Air Theatre Regent's Park , 1964. Programme (Walter Brown) "Luther". Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, 2 June 1964. Programme (Jonathan Elsom) "Make me a widow". Golder's Green Hippodrome, 6 July 1964. Programme (Vivienne Martin) (2 copies) "The mayor of Zalamea". Nottingham Playhouse, 11 March 1964. Programme (Vivienne Martin) Royal Shakespeare Company in "The persecution and assassination of Marat...". Aldwych Theatre. London, 1964. Programme (Clive Revill) (2 copies) "Peter Pan". Wimbledon Theatre, commencing 24 February 1964. Programme (Darryl Kavann) "Play", and "Philoctetes". National Theatre 1964. Programme (Sunny Amey, Bruce Purchase) Her Majesty's Theatre Haymarket. "The Right Honourable gentleman". 28 May 1964. Programme (Terence Bayler) "Sweet lavender". Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, 14-25 July 1964? Programme (Jonathan Elsom) "The tempest". Mermaid Theatre. 1964 Programme (Bruce Purchase) "Three sisters". Arts Theatre Cambridge, 4-9 May 1964. Programme (2 copies) (James Laurenson, Rosalind Atkinson) Quantity: 16 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

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Downstage Theatre :[Programmes, pamphlets, membership forms and fliers for productions ...

Date: 1970

Reference: Eph-A-DOWNSTAGE-1970

Description: Includes: Downstage annual report and balance sheet 1970 (2 copies) Membership forms (2 different) Max Adrian as GBS, Gilbert and Sullivan. Mercury Theatre Auckland; Founders Theatre Hamilton; Downstage Theatre Wellington; Repertory Theatre Christchurch. 6 April - 16 May 1970. Programme "The Bacchae" by Euripides. Directed and designed by Phillip Mann; lighting by Rex Gilfillan (With Sam Neill, Ray Henwood, Alan Farquhar, Michael Haigh, John Banas, Wendy Gibb). Star Boating Club. 4 August 1970. Programme (2 copies) and ticket. "Beauty and the beast", by Nicholas Stuart-Gray; directed by Ken Blackburn [1970]. Programme Samuel Beckett. "Play" and "Endgame". Produced by Mervyn Thompson. Star Boating Club. 10 March 1970. Programme (2 copies), and ticket Children's Art Theatre. "The bluebird", produced by David Smilesl [1970]. programme "The daughter-in-law", by D H Lawrence. Directed by Sunny Amey. Star Boating Club. 25 November 1970. Programme (2 copies) "Misalliance", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Antony Groser; designed by Grant Tilly; lighting by Rex Gilfillan. Star Boating Club, opening 1 April 1970. Programme (2 copies) "The persecution and assassination of Jean Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the Asylum of Charenton, under the direction of the Marquis de Sade". Director Mervyn Thompson; musical direction Stephen McCurdy. Presented by the University of Canterbury Drama Society under the auspices of Downstage Theatre Wellington (first performed in Chch in 1969). [1970]. Programme (2 copies). "Precious moments from the family album, to provide you with comfort in the long years to come", by Naftali Yavin. Directed by George Webby; design by Barbara Collinson-Smith. Star Boating Club. 8 July 1970. Programme (2 copies) and ticket "Riverwind", book, music and lyrics by John Jennings. Directed by George Webby; designed by Grant Tilly; musical director Robert Love. Star Boating Club. 16 December 1970. Programme (2 copies) "Santa's liquid dream", featuring the Magician of the Tarot. Concert Chamber. 4-12 December 1970. Small yellow flier only (2 copies) "This story of yours", by John Hopkins. Produced by Anthony Taylor; designed by Grant Tilly. Star Boating Club. 6 May 1970. Programme (2 copies) and ticket. "Three months gone", by Donald Howarth. Produced by Nola Millar; designed by Raymond Boyce. Lighting by Rex Gilfillan. Star Boating Club. 16 September 1970. Programme (2 copies) and ticket. "The tinder box", by Nicholas Stuart Gray. Produced by Peter Corrigan. [1970]. Programme (2 copies) "What the butler saw", by Joe Orton. Directed by Dick Johnstone; designed by Eric Wood. Star Boating Club. 4 February [1970]. Invitation card only. "Zoo zoo Widdershins Zoo", by K B Laffan. Directed by Dick Johnstone; designed by Andrew MacAlpine. Star Baoting Club. 3 June [1970]. Invitation card only. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and flier, sizes varying below 250 mm. Provenance: Some items donated by Downstage Theatre 2014.

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Downstage Theatre Society photographs

Date: [1967-2000s?]

From: The Downstage Foundation: Records

Reference: PA1-o-2060

Description: 180 photographs in an album taken by unidentified photographers showing people and events related to the Downstage Theatre Society and the Hannah Playhouse building. Most people are named in annotations alongside the photographs. Often events are noted such as “D.T.S. AGM” or “90th Birthday for Constance Kirkcaldie”. Many events appear to be held at the Hannah Playhouse. There are very few dates provided, though most photographs appear to be from the 1990s and 2000s. One black and white photograph shows a poster next to the Downstage Theatre Restaurant in Courtney Place, entitled "Downstage presents Green Julia". Includes photographs showing: various annual general meetings; the unveiling of plaque on the Hannah Playhouse building commemorating Downstage theatre in 2006; building of the lift in the Hannah Playhouse; the building wrapped in streamers for “The Life and Times of Constance Flux”. Quantity: 1 album(s) 179 colour photographs and one black and white photograph. Physical Description: 25 x 23 cm. Processing information: Not all names associated with the collection have been indexed. The photograph album was given a protective box for storage.