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Variations (musical)
''Variations'' is a musical with book and lyrics by Nick Enright and music and arrangements by Terence Clarke. It premiered at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney on 2 December 1982, produced by the Nimrod Theatre Company. The original production was directed by John Bell and featured Nancye Hayes, Deidre Rubenstein, Robert Alexander, Philip Dodd, Vivienne Garrett, Brian James, Patricia Kennedy, Kim Krejus and George Spartels. Set in contemporary (1982) Sydney, the musical concerned the search for love and fulfilment in three generations of Australian women: a cello-playing grandmother seeking a violinist to play with her; her daughter, a shopfront lawyer and single mother; a daughter-in-law leaving a routine marriage; and a granddaughter approaching love for the first time. ''Variations'' received the Play Award at the 1983 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Enright
Nicholas Paul Enright AM (22 December 1950 – 30 March 2003) was an Australian dramatist, playwright and theatre director. Early life Enright was born on 22 December 1950 to a prosperous professional Catholic family in East Maitland, New South Wales. He was drama captain of St Ignatius' College, Riverview in Sydney in 1964, where, like Gerard Windsor and Justin Fleming, he was taught by Melvyn Morrow. At that school, he won the 1sts Debating Premiership in both 1966 and 1967. During 1971 and 1972 Enright was a member of Sydney's Genesian Theatre, performing in ''A Doll's House'' and ''Uncle Vanya'', and directing ''London Assurance''. Enright earned a BA from Sydney University in 1972. Career He worked as a gofer for Sydney's Nimrod Theatre before being appointed a trainee director at the Melbourne Theatre Company. He won an Australia Council Fellowship to study directing at New York University, graduating in 1977. On his return to Australia, he joined the State The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Kennedy (actress)
Patricia Carmel Stewart Kennedy (17 March 1916 – 10 December 2012) was an Australian actress with a long career in theatre, radio, film and television. According to one writer she was "sometimes called the first lady of Melbourne radio and theatre." Early life Kennedy was born in Queenscliff, Victoria on 17 March (St. Patrick's Day), 1916. (Many sources give her year of birth as 1917). She was raised, and remained, a practising Catholic. She trained as a school teacher before winning the Colac Amateur Festival around 1938, which sparked a passion for acting. She started her stage career in 1943. In 1972–1973 she worked as a consultant to the Australia Council for the Arts. Honours Kennedy was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1982 New Year Honours, for service to the performing arts. Personal life She remained single, very private and very independent. Even in her 80s, although she owned a house in Melbourne, she preferred to live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Musicals
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regent * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayes Theatre
The Hayes Theatre is a 111-seat theatre specialising in music theatre and cabaret in Potts Point, Sydney, Australia. It is named after the Australian performer Nancye Hayes. Hayes Theatre Co was established at the former ''Darlinghurst Theatre'' after the Darlinghurst Theatre Company moved to the nearby Eternity Playhouse. Its first production, a revival of ''Sweet Charity'', opened in January 2014. The production transferred to the Sydney Opera House and a national tour, and was nominated for and received multiple Helpmann Awards. Its ongoing programming includes many world premieres of new Australian musicals and Australian premieres of international musicals, which has gathered significant attention. Notable performers who have performed at the Hayes include Nancye Hayes, Caroline O'Connor, David Campbell, Verity Hunt-Ballard, Simon Burke, Mitchel Butel, Emma Matthews, Genevieve Lemon, Rowan Witt, Virginia Gay, Tim Draxl, Hellen Dallimore, Bobby Fox, Seann Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction. , the Awards are presented by the NSW Government and administered by the State Library of New South Wales in association with Create NSW, with support of Multicultural NSW and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Total prize money in 2019 was up to A$305,000, with eligibility limited to writers, translators and illustrators with Australian citizenship or permanent resident status. History The NSW Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities. If governments treat writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Spartels
George Bernard Spartels (born 25 April 1954) is an Australian actor, presenter, director, playwright and children's musician of Greek descent on his father's ancestry, and English and Irish on his mother's. He remains best known for his role on the television soap opera ''Neighbours''. Career Spartels has guest starred in many Australian television series from the 1970s to the present, most notably, ''Prisoner'' and '' Bellbird'' and in ''Neighbours'' playing family patriarch Benito Alessi. He has also appeared in a number of episodes of medical drama series '' All Saints'' and serial ''Packed to the Rafters'' as Carbo's father. Other roles included '' Cop Shop'', ''Punishment'' and '' The Bluestone Boys'', as well as Blackfinger in the movie '' Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome'' in 1985, alongside Mel Gibson and Tina Turner. Spartels was also a children's television presenter, having had a long tenure on ABC's '' Play School'', over a period of 14 years between 1985 and 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Krejus
Kim Krejus is an Australian stage, film, and television actress and acting coach. She is best known for her role in the 1978 film '' Mouth to Mouth'', when she was just 19. She is the founder and artistic director of 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne, Australia. Early life and education Kim Krejus grew up in a Catholic household with an abusive alcoholic stepfather. She studied her craft under international acting teachers at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, HB Studio (training under Uta Hagen) and the Atlantic Theatre School in New York City, and Drama Centre London (where Colin Firth was a fellow student). Career In 1978, at the age of 19, Krejus was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the film '' Mouth to Mouth''. written and directed by John Duigan. She also featured on the small screen, including in the lead role in TV miniseries '' Joe Wilson''. She has appeared on stage in productions such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian James (actor)
Brian James (5 July 1918 – 2 November 2009) was an Australian radio, stage, television and film actor. Early life and theatre Brian James was born in Melbourne, the son of the Bishop of St. Arnaud and started his career as a teacher at Ivanhoe Grammar School for four years, in 1933 joining the Royal Australian Navy, after which he was demobilised five years later, and decided to pursue a career as an actor, attending Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, making his stage debut in 1947 and he featured in the 1952 J.C. Williamson production of '' Seagulls Over Sorrento''. He would also appear in the 1960 TV production of the play. Television and film According to screenwriter Richard Lane "in that first decade of television it seemed that Brian James was everywhere." James appeared in several ABC drama plays in the late 1950s, including ''Duke In Darkness'' and '' Killer in Close-Up: The Wallace Case'' in 1957, '' Gaslight'', ''The Small Victory'', ''The Publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Clarke (composer)
Terence Osborne Clarke ( AM) (born 1935) is a retired Australian theatrical director and composer who also worked as an actor, pianist, musical director, teacher and dramaturg. On Australian Day 2007 he was installed as a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the performing arts as a director, actor, writer, composer and educator. Early life Clarke was born in 1935 in Sydney and educated at Shore and the University of Sydney (resident St Paul's College), graduating BA with first-class honours in Music. While a student he appeared as Robert in the Sydney University Players' rendition of Peter Ustinov's play ''The Indifferent Shepherd'' in August 1953. A reviewer for the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' observed, " ehad little to say but said it nicely". One of his fellow students at university was Charles Colman. After graduation Clarke taught at All Saints College, Bathurst (where he had attended primary school) and at Cranbrook School, Sydney, where he became head of mathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivienne Garrett
Vivienne Garrett is an Australian-based theatre, film and television actress. She is a theatre director, acting and voice coach and also a qualified yoga instructor and therapist. She was born in Sydney and now lives in Western Australia. Garrett graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1970. Her best known role was as rebellious teenager Rose Godolfus (later Myers), an original character in TV serial '' Number 96'', her character was involved in numerous controversial storylines Early career As a primary school student she was chosen to star in a theatrical production of ''The Little Mermaid'' where she was spotted by Geoff Harvey the then musical director for TCN-9 and subsequently began performing and singing on children's television talent show ''Comedy Capers''. While still a teenager, her first screen acting role was in '' The Unloved'' produced by NLT Productions in 1968. After graduating from NIDA she toured with a Theatre in Education company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deidre Rubenstein
Deidre Rubenstein (born 1948) is a Jewish-Australian screen and theatre actress, dramatist and playwright, well known for her performance in Australian soap operas and main stage dramatic roles. Early life Rubenstein graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1967. Career Television and film Rubenstein has worked in television comedies, drama, mini-series and TV movies. In 1970 she appeared in an episode of ''Homicide''. She played a recurring guest role in ''Prisoner'' (1979–80), as terrorist Janet Dominguez. She had leading roles in 1990 film '' Breaking Through'' and 1985 miniseries '' Palace of Dreams'', the latter for which she won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress. In 2004 Rubenstein played the scheming Svetlanka Ristic for twelve episodes of the soap opera ''Neighbours''. She has appeared in further guest roles in 1980 miniseries '' Water Under The Bridge'', medical dramas '' G.P.'' and '' MDA'', '' Mercury'', comedy ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |