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Event

Flash Jim Vaux

Venue

Nimrod Street Theatre, Darlinghurst, NSW

First Date

28 April 1971

Opening Date

29 April 1971

Last Date

12 June 1971

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Yes

Description Source

Other

Primary Genre

Music Theatre

Secondary Genre

Musical

Organisations

The Old Tote Theatre Company, [Unknown]
The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, [Unknown]
Nimrod Street Theatre Company Ltd, Production Company
The Australian Council for the Arts, Investor

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Terence Clarke	Actor
John Gaden	Actor
Jane Harders	Actor
Bob Hornery	Actor
Sheila Kennelly	Actor
John Wood	Actor
Terence Clarke	Composer
Charles Colman	Composer
John Bell	Director
Ron Blair	Playwright

Resources

Article: Kevon Kemp, Nimrod Street a new path in our theatre, Elizabethan Trust News, The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Autumn, 1972, 2, 1972, 10-13
Article: The Australian, 1 May 1971
Article: The Australian, 16 April 1971
Review: Sydney Morning Herald, 30 April 1971
Review: The Daily Telegraph, 1 May 1971
Review: The National Times, 17 May 1971
Review: The Sun (NSW), 30 April 1971

Works

Flash Jim Vaux: A Ballad Opera

Text Nationality

Australia

Production Nationality

Australia

Further Information

Original production.The complete cast has been entered. (The date was sourced from a cast list for Nimrod's 'Macbeth' 1971) The production is also referred to as 'James Hardy Vaux' in earlier promotional material.

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Book	John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009
Programme	Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Australian Drama Project (UQ)	Key FLASHJIRB
Newspaper	The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 June 1971, 26

Event Identifier

5996

Dataset

AusStage