Watkin, Ian, active 1970-1990s

Date: 1994

From: BATS Theatre :[Posters for productions at BATS Theatre. 1985- ].

By: BATS Theatre

Reference: Eph-D-BATS-1994

Description: Includes posters for: "Backstage with the Quigleys", written by David Geary, Mick Rose and Tim Spite. Directed by Stephen Bain [photos of Tim Spite and Mick Rose]. Bats Theatre, 13-30 July [1994] (2 copies) "City of hands", by Deborah Tucker and Stephen Bain. Directed by Stephen Bain. Bats Theatre, opens 9 June [1994]. Poster design Mission Hall (2 copies) A Whip/lash production in association with Caspers. "Dragspiel; a real bitch kitty of authentic dirty works". Shuvon, Dee Za Star, and introducing Edith Pigg. Written by Uri Kleine, directed by Stuart Devenie, produced by Niki Chave, designed by Mario Mazzorana. Bats Theatre, from 4 August [1994] (2 copies) "East"; a play by Steven Berkoff. [With] Brice Hopkins, Michael Lawrence, Danielle Cormack, Peter Tai, Ian Watkin. Directed by Roger Morton; lighting design Bryan Caldwell. Bats Theatre, 7-19 March [1994] (2 copies) "Homo alone"; stand up comedy with Plaid, written and performed by Neville McCrostie. Bats Theatre, 14-17, 21-24 September [1994] (2 copies) "I lost it at the movies". Miz Ima Starr; a drag docucomedy! Wellington, Bats Theatre, 10-19 March; Auckland Maidment Theatre, 22-23 April [1994] (2 copies) Don't miss "The lewd and the ludicrous", the Radio Active late night show; lunch time shows ["Blooded elegance" "Parking means tickets"; "The car"; a half hour comedy by John Vakidis, directed by Stuart Devenie. Starts April 11th [1994](2 copies) New Zealand Puppet Theatre. "The man from Scotland", starring Robert Pollock, Rebecca Massey, Mark Clare. MacBeth [sic] disembowelled on a rehearsal room floor. An adaptation in Half Mask by Peter Evans. Bats Theatre, 28 February - 5 March [1994] (Fringe Festival)(2 copies) By the author of "Let's spend the night together"; Anthony McCarten's "Mazurka; the heights of desire". Starring Stephen Papps and Petra Peters. Design Tony Rabbit, directed by Anthony McCarten. Bats, opens April 6 [1994] (2 copies) "Nora; Doll's house 2" What happened to me after I left my husband? Bats, Aug 24 - Sept 17 [1994] (2 copies) "Off my tongue; how to French kiss with your foot in your mouth", by Ana Samways. Directed by Kerryn Palmer. Bats Theatre, 14 November - 3 December [1994] (2 copies) "Xmas crackers; the silly season at Bats". New comedy. Fergus Aitken & David Backler. Bats Theatre, 8-24 December 1994 (2 copies). Young and hungry. Plays by Jean Betts, Riwia Brown, Gary Henderson, Danny Mulheron. Bats Theatre, 25 May - 4 June [1994] (2 copies) Posters and photographs are commissioned by each production (not BATS), so theatre does not have copyright in them Quantity: 13 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters. Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters sizes varying around 600 x 400 mm. Provenance: Some donated by Bats Theatre in 2002 and 2007. Transfers: Some posters previously housed at: MSI-Papers-8941-04.

Date: 1976

Reference: Eph-B-DOWNSTAGE-1976

Description: Includes: Stop press. 1976 theatre programme. Typescript sheet Background to the life of Bully Hayes [January 1976] (2 copies) John Reginald Halliday [Christie]. "Christie in love". A play by Howard Brenton, directed by Stanley Harper (with Ken Blackburn, Peter Hayden, Stephen Tozer. Music Sam Neill ... Photocopied flyer. [1976?] "East is east and west is west ..." [Evening of Kipling poetry readings by Simon Carr, Ian Watkin, Stephen Crane]. Programme / flyer (2 copies) Opening Nov. 10, Downstage. "Female transport", by Steve Gooch. Flier with photograph of six actresses: Frances Edmond, Alannah O'Sullivan, Deirdre O'Connor and three others (2 copies) "Kinekis", a new programme of dance and musical events, some strange, some straight, involving Sef Townsend, Bridget Brandon (both of Theatre Action), Robert Oliver, Allan Thomas, Stephen Jacobs, Ian Prior, Jennifer Shennan. Programme conceived by Sef Townsend, with acknowledgements to Francis Batten, Mervyn Thompson of Downstage Theatre, and Douglas Lilburn of the Electronic Music Centre "Mothers & fathers", by Joseph Musaphia. Directed by Antony Groser; designed by Raymond Boyce. Grand Opera House, 5-7 February [1976]. Programme "Othello", by William Shakespeare. Directed by Richard Campion; designed by Raymond Boyce. Hannah Playhouse, 4 August 1976. Programme (2 copies) "Songs to Uncle Scrim" for the New Zealand Labour Party Annual Conference, May 11 1976. Typescript sheet A theatrical feast! [Robbie Horror Show, Terra Australis Incognita, Songs to Uncle Scrim, Theatre Action, "The clown and the bellmaker"]. 13-29 August 1976. Typescript sheet. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and fliers, sizes varying below 330 mm.

Date: 1970

By: Reid, John Cowie, 1916-1972

Reference: Eph-A-MERCURY-1970

Description: Includes: Mercury; news magazine of the Mercury Theatre Auckland. No 3, January 1970 (cover title "Dames at sea") 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 "Alice's adventures in Wonderland", by Lewis Carroll, adapted and presented by Roy Hope; musical director Neal Totty; choreographer Basil Pattison. Mercury Theatre [1970]. Programme "The birthday party", by Harold Pinter. Produced by Anthony Richardson; designed by John S Roberts. (With photo and biographical notes about Robin Peel-Walker). Mercury Theatre, 3 June 1970. Programme "Dames at sea", by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller. Produced by Anthony Richardson (With photo and biographical notes about Christine Bartlett). Mercury Theatre, 28 January 1970. Programme "Earth and sky", by Jenny McLeod. Produced by Ian Mune; musical director Ian Harvey; choreographer Basil Pattison; choral director Kathleen McRoberts. Mercury Theatre [and] Auckland Festival Society, 24 March 1970. Programme (2 copies, one with external cover tha gives date of performance) "Hadrian VII", by Peter Luke. Produced by Anthony Richardson; designed by John S Roberts (With Roderick Horn as Hadrian; photo and biographical notes about John Cronin). Mercury Theatre, 27 February 1970. Programme (2 copies) "Henry 4", by Luigi Pirandello. Produced by Anthony Richardson. (With photo and biographical notes about Peter McKenzie). Mercury Theatre 7 October 1970. Programme Lee Grant and David Weatherley in "I do! I do!"; a new musical. Produced by Basil Pattison and Anthony Richardson (With biographical notes about David Weatherley and Lee Grant). Mercury Theatre, 9 September 1970. Programme "Narrow road to the deep north", by Edward Bond. Produced by Ian Mune; set design Russell Craig; costumes by Pam Ferris; musical director Joe Evans; fight arranger Nabuo Takase. [Mercury Theatre, 1970]. Cast list / flier only "The National Health, or Nurse Norton's affair", by Peter Nichols. Produced by Ian Mune; designed by John S Roberts. (With photo and biographical notes about Waric Slyfield). Mercury Theatre, 28 October 1970. Programme "Othello", by William Shakespeare; produced by Anthony Richardson; designed by John S Roberts; music by Neal Totty; fights arranged by Edward Brayshaw (With photo and biographical notes about Edward Brayshaw). Mercury Theatre [1970]. Programme "The price", by Arthur Miller. Produced and designed by Don Farr (With photos and biographical notes about Don Farr, Tony Blackett, Elizabeth McRae, John Cronin and Ian Watkin). Mercury Theatre, 1 July 1970. Programme "The ruling class", by Peter Barnes. Produced by Ian Mune; designed by Logan Brewer. (With biographical notes about Logan Brewer). Mercury Theatre, 2 April 1970. Programme "Zorba", by Joseph Stein; music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb. Produced by Anthony Richardson and Basil Pattison; musical direction Robert Alderton. Mercury Theatre [late 1970]. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to octavo.

Date: 1980

By: Endeavour Productions Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-CINEMA-1980-01

Description: Poster advertising a New Zealand film shows a photograph of three of the actors: John Hargreaves, David Hemmings and Diana Rowan on a rural hillside. Other actors are listed: Tony Barry, Martyn Sanderson, Grant Tilly, Ian Watkin and Terence Cooper. The film was "an Endeavour Production in association with the New Zealand Film Commission". At the top edge of the poster is text: "New Zealand's most controversial murder is now an exciting motion picture". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 860 x 560 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Murray Cammick, August 2011.

Date: 1977

From: [Ephemera and posters relating to films, motion pictures, cinemas. 1970-1979]

Reference: Eph-D-CINEMA-1977-01

Description: Shows illustrations of scenes from "Wild man", including a grimacing man in a mask and leopard-spotted tunic, with photographic portraits of actors Martyn Sanderson, Bill Stalker, Ton y Barry, Ian Watkin, Patrick Bleakley and Val Murphy. In the lower section are photographs from the film "Dagg Day Afternoon", with John Clarke as Fred Dagg. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 760 x 570 mm.

Date: 1983 - 1986

Reference: Eph-A-MERCURY-1983/1986

Description: Includes: Mercury Theatre 15th anniversary. 1983 subscription season. Prospectus pamphlet "The elixir of love", by Donizetti. National Opera Mercury partnership. Director Jonathan Hardy; musical director Juan Matteucci. Mercury Theatre, 31 August - 10 September [1983]. Pamphlet with photos of Wayne Morris, Louise Malloy, Roger Creagh, Ross Hinton "The king and I", by Rodgers and Hammerstein II. Director Stephen Agnew; musical director Juan Matteucci; choreographer Catherine Cardiff. (With photos and biographical notes about Louise Malloy, George Henare, Juan Matteucci). Mercury Theatre, 15 April 1983. Programme "King of hearts", by Tesich, Link and Brackman. Directed by Jonathan Hardy and Aileen O'Sullivan; musical director Penelope Dodd; choreographer Catherine Cardiff. Mercury Theatre, 8 July 1983. Programme "On our selection", by Steele Rudd, Bert Bailey, George Whaley. Directed by Aarne Neeme. (With photos and brief notes about Richard Moss, Dorothy McKegg, Frances Edmond, Peter Brunt, Christine Chronis, David Letch). Mercury Theatre, 9 August 1983. Programme "Pass the butler", by Eric Idle. Director Stephen Agnew (With photos and biographical notes about Ken Blackburn, Davina Whitehouse, Richard Moss, Peter Bartlett, Eric Idle). Mercury Theatre, 20 May 1983. Programme "Pygmalion", by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Jan Prettejohns (With biographical notes and photos of Jan Prettejohns, Raymond Hawthorne, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Ian Watkin). Mercury Theatre, 4 March 1983. Programme "A Victorian music hall", devised by Airdrie Thomas, directed by Steve Agnew; musical director Stephen McCurdy. (With photos and biographical notes about many cast and production personnel). Mercury Theatre, 28 January 1983. Programme 1984: "'Night Mother", by Marsha Norman. Directed by Richard Mudford (With cast Judy Gibson and Judie Douglass). Mercury Theatre, [May 1984?]. Programme 1985: Season pamphlet / subscription form 1986: "Dream of Sussex Downs", by Roger Hall. World premiere. Directed by Jan Prettejohns. Mercury Theatre, 23 May - 21 June [1986]. Flier only "Say thank you to the lady", by Rosie Scott. Directed by Daniel Vendramini (With cast Judy McIntosh, Poina Te Hiko, Nigel Harbrow, Eva Radich). Working Title Theatre at Mercury II, 16 August - 7 September 1986. Pamphlet / programme. "The pack of women", devised by Robyn Archer. Director Richard Mudford; musical director Paul Emsley; charoegraphers Lee Grant and Catherine Cardiff. Mercury Theatre, 19 September 1984. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to octavo.