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Sydney Town Hall
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483 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
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-33.873179 | 151.206022 |
| Events |
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Milk Crate Theatre: A Retrospective, 17 May 2022
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12 Hands 6 Grands, 19 January 2021
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Emily Sun & Andrea Lam: French Favourites, 12 January 2021
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Duo Histoire, 11 January 2021
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Sunshine Super Girl, 8 January 2021
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Procession, 25 January 2020
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Black Ties, 10 January 2020
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Counting and Cracking, 11 January 2019
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Thaïs, 22 July 2017
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Have You Ever?, 22 April 2016
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The Object Lesson, 7 January 2016
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Semele Walk, 11 January 2013
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8 - The Play, 9 June 2012
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Reinventing Radio: An evening with Ira Glass, 11 January 2012
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Trocadero Dance Palace, 19 January 2011
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Wind from the Grassland, 15 February 2007
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Korean Fantasy, 29 April 2004
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Alibi, 19 January 2004
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Sydney Cabaret Convention, 2003
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Sydney Sings the Movies, 19 May 2001
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Pagan Festival: Magick Happens, 13 January 2001
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Black Vine IV, 7 July 2000
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Sydney Town Hall Free Organ Recital, 17 June 1998
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Black Vine III, 11 July 1997
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North Sydney Girls' High School Wind Orchestra with Roger Woodward, 21 September 1995
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Winchester Cathedral Choir, 13 August 1995
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Rensei, August 1995
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Black Vine II, 13 July 1995
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The Tallis Scholars, 2 July 1995
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Emerson String Quartet, 10 June 1995
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Body Language, 21 January 1994
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A Christmas Carol: Christmas at the Town Hall, 23 December 1993
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Bach's greatest Hits: the Grand Organ at the Town Hall, 2 December 1993
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Black Vine, 3 September 1993
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Lear, 26 August 1993
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Widor and Vierne revisited, 11 June 1989
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Six of the Best, 18 February 1988
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra, 30 January 1987
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra 1986 Beethoven Festival, 15 February 1986
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J. S. Bach 1685-1750 300th Birthday Celebrations, 19 March 1985
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J. S. Bach 1685-1750 300th Birthday Celebrations (1), 19 March 1985
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Rajko, 12 January 1985
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Henryk Szeryng, 29 June 1983
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra, 8 June 1983
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The Passion Of Christ, 12 January 1983
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The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, 20 August 1982
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Robyn Archer at Large, 16 January 1982
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Robyn Archer Sings Brecht, 8 January 1982
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Pierrot Lunaire, January 1982
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Christmas at the Town Hall, 17 December 1981
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Dance, Dance, Dance, 4 October 1981
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Lord Mayor's Command Gala Concert of Multicultural Entertainment, 15 September 1981
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It's a Wide World of Entertainment, 2 August 1981
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They Don't Write Songs Like They Used To, 14 June 1981
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NSW Police Band in Concert, 3 May 1981
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Piace Consort, 5 April 1981
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Hey! Hey! 1929, 1 March 1981
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Hey! Hey! 1942, 1981
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Hey! Hey! 1942, 7 December 1980
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The Vaudeville Sing-a-long Show, 7 September 1980
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Jazz-a-Matazz, 3 August 1980
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Bandbox, 6 July 1980
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The Denis Walter Show, 8 June 1980
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The Sounds of the New South Wales Police Band, 18 May 1980
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Bush Bonanza, 20 April 1980
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Goldrush and Friends, 2 March 1980
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Contemporary Dance Theatre and Dance Exchange, 12 January 1979
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Busy Bodies and Melbourne State Dance Theatre, 10 January 1979
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The One Extra Dance Group, 9 January 1979
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Sydney University Musical Society Centenary Festival 1978, 2 September 1978
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Ivan Rebroff in Concert, 18 May 1978
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The Flying Dutchman, 27 January 1978
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Macbeth, 24 January 1978
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The Dance Company of N.S.W., 13 January 1978
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The Dance Company of N.S.W., 10 January 1978
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Fair Weather , 1978
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The Dance Company of N.S.W., 10 January 1977
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Volumina, January 1977
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Ivan Rebroff, 2 September 1976
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Work to Rule , 1976
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The Little Singers of Tokyo, 24 August 1969
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Paul Robeson in Concert, 7 November 1960
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Jan Peerce, 6 August 1959
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Messiah, 19 December 1951
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A Pickwick Story, 16 November 1948
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The Imaginary Invalid, 20 September 1948
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Beach Girl Final, 18 April 1947
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Chinese Dance, 21 January 1947
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China National Day Celebration, 10 October 1945
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Anti-Japanese Pageant, 4 July 1945
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China Ball, 28 October 1944
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Double-Seven Public Meeting, 6 July 1944
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Chinese War Orphans Appeal Concert, 2 May 1944
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Chinese Dinner, 26 January 1944
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Murder in the Cathedral, 22 December 1943
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Salute to China Meeting, 5 October 1943
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China Day Fair, 30 July 1943
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Dragon Festival Ball, 26 June 1943
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China Appeal Day Meeting, 21 June 1943
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Concert for China War Funds, 29 November 1941
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Chinese Concert, 29 November 1941
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The Show of Shows, 12 November 1938
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Neath Southern Skies, 29 March 1938
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Pageant of Nations, 14 February 1938
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Waiting for Lefty, 19 August 1936
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Chateau Tanunda Symphony Orchestra, 10 June 1936
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Cavalcade of Empire, 22 May 1935
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Alexander Brailowsky, 18 May 1929
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Arthur Benjamin, 20 April 1929
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Erica Morini, 30 March 1929
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Ignaz Friedman, 11 June 1927
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Struck Oil, 20 October 1919
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The Waybacks, 18 May 1918
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Quinlan Symphony Orchestra, 12 November 1913
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Soldiers of the Cross, 22 April 1901
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Organ Recital and Concert, 17 November 1900
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The Jubilee Commemorative Ode, 31 August 1899
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Madame Albani, 23 February 1898
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Organ Recital, 24 December 1892
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Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Great Hall of Sydney Town Hall, 13 November 1883
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Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Small Hall of Sydney Town Hall, 5 April 1868
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Rajko, 12 January 1985
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The Passion Of Christ, 12 January 1983
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Robyn Archer at Large, 16 January 1982
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Robyn Archer Sings Brecht, 8 January 1982
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Pierrot Lunaire, January 1982
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Contemporary Dance Theatre and Dance Exchange, 12 January 1979
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Busy Bodies and Melbourne State Dance Theatre, 10 January 1979
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The One Extra Dance Group, 9 January 1979
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The Flying Dutchman, 27 January 1978
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Macbeth, 24 January 1978
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The Dance Company of N.S.W., 13 January 1978
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The Dance Company of N.S.W., 10 January 1978
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The Dance Company of N.S.W., 10 January 1977
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Volumina, January 1977
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12 Hands 6 Grands, 19 January 2021
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Emily Sun & Andrea Lam: French Favourites, 12 January 2021
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Duo Histoire, 11 January 2021
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Sunshine Super Girl, 8 January 2021
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Procession, 25 January 2020
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Black Ties, 10 January 2020
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Counting and Cracking, 11 January 2019
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The Object Lesson, 7 January 2016
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Semele Walk, 11 January 2013
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Reinventing Radio: An evening with Ira Glass, 11 January 2012
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Trocadero Dance Palace, 19 January 2011
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Alibi, 19 January 2004
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Body Language, 21 January 1994
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Stephen Page
- Artistic Director, Choreographer, Director
Dolores
- Dancer, Performer
David Page
- Musical Director, Musician
David Parsons
- Musician: Organist, Performer
Carl Pini
- Artistic Director
P Asioli
- Musician: Violinist
C Batalia
- Musician: Violinist
M Bate
- Musician: Cellist
C Bone
- Musician: Violinist
L Brayley
- Musician: Violinist
C Brown
- Musician: Oboist
G Cleaver
- Musician: Bassist
E Daly
- Musician: Trombonist
Jessica Dunn
- Associate Sound Designer
E Fellowes
- Musician: Trumpeter
S Fellowes
- Musician: Trombonist
Dale Ferguson
- Costume Designer, Set Designer
E German
- Musician: Clarinetist
Isador Goodman
- Conductor, Musician: Pianist
Romanie Harper
- Costume Designer, Set Designer
F Heath
- Musician: Flautist
J Hickey
- Musician: Violinist
Jack Horner
- Costume Designer, Set Designer
L Kennedy
- Musician: Flautist
W King
- Musician: Oboist
G McDonald
- Musician: Violinist
Noel Melvin
- Singer: Bass Baritone
Margot Politis
- Costume Designer, Director, Producer, Set Designer
Gail Priest
- Composer, Sound Designer
W Rowe
- Musician: Violinist
C Scriven
- Musician: Violinist
A Sorgato
- Musician: Violist
Emily Sun
- Musician: Violinist
F Taylor
- Musician: Violinist
F Tenekust
- Musician: Trumpeter
Sachiko Verne
- Costume Designer, Costume Maker
Daryl Wallis
- Musician: Pianist, Performer
H Wardley
- Musician: Violinist
Lucy Watson
- Consultant, Performer, Producer
W Weiland
- Musician: Percussionist
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| Resources |
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Article: Laying of the foundation stone of the new town hall, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 April 1868, 5
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Long after there was a known and obvious demand for such buildings, Sydney lagged far behind smaller cities in other parts of the world in the size and number of its play-houses and concert rooms. How much this was the case may be realised by the fact that four or five years ago the Opera House was second in importance only to the Theatre Royal, whilst amateurs of music regarded the Old Masonic-hall as a place of fashionable resort. The opening of the Criterion Theatre, Christmas 1886, and of Her Majesty's the following September, put a different face upon affairs, whilst the erection of the Y.M.C.A.-hall was another important step in the right direction. Still it was felt that Sydney was woefully behind in providing accommodation for the leading choral societies. The completion of the New Masonic-hall did little to improve the situation, not only from its out-of-the-way position, but because its proportions were too nearly the same as the Protestant and other existing halls. For gatherings of 2000 people and upwards the Exhibition Building came into vogue, its glaring inconveniences serving as a standing protest against wearisome delay in the completion of the Town-hall. Quite lately the Halle concerts have opened the eyes of those most interested to the fact that for two years past they have had lying idle a fine property in the Wesleyan Centenary-hall, which supplies the need of a chamber for extraordinary concert purposes as it is larger than its rivals and yet not so vast as the hall to be opened this afternoon. To-day's ceremony will give a great stimulus to musical enterprise, and will place Sydney in its proper relative position in the matter of concert-room accommodation. What has been done for musical amateurs will shortly be done for playgoers. Mr. J. F. Scholer, the proprietor, and Mr. F E. Hiscocks, the lessee, announce that they will open their new house in Castlereagh-street at the end of the year. At first rumor had it that they had named their house " The Princess's," but better counsels prevailed and everyone will approve of " The Imperial Theatre." It will be opened about the same time as the Imperial Arcade, and both places will act and re-act upon each other in locating in the public mind these additions to the city. In the meantime Messrs. Backhouse and Laidley are preparing plans for a theatre in Pitt-street to be called the " Bijou." The choice of title, if indeed it be chosen, shows a strange lack of originality and independence of thought. Surely, with a score of time-honored names available, the mistake of slavishly following Melbourne, and of borrowing a French word in order to do so, may be avoided. The title should be one that will be peculiar to Sydney as against the other Australian capitals. Suppose that instead of reduplicating the names of Melbourne theatres âÃÂàTheatre Royal, Opera House, Princess's and Bijou TheatresâÃÂàthe new play-house be named the Globe, the Shakespeare, the Garrick, the Nugget, the Folly or the Carrington? The names are legion which would be preferable to the appellation at present suggested.
Article: Music and the Drama. At home and abroad., The Daily Telegraph, 9 August 1890, 9
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With the newly-opened Palace Theatre there are now nine playhouses in Sydney, of which number only two will remain closed this evening. The curious feature in the local record is that all the chief theatres have been erected during the past 10 years. The exceptions are the Gaiety Theatre, which is also known as the Guild Hall, and the Opera House, which, unfortunately for its prospenty, stands in the quarter now entirely devoted to the wholesale warehouses. The Opera House was vastly improved under Messrs Majeroni and Wilson's management in the middle of 1884, when the flat ceiling was replaced by a cupola, and the theatre was then reopened with considerable éclat (30th June) with a revival of "Marie Antoinette," by Signor and Signora Majeroni. The present Theatre Royal occupies the oldest theatrical site in the city. The Prince of Wales Theatre stood there in 1854, was utterly destroyed by fire in 1860, was again demolished in 1872, and being rebuilt as the Theatre Royal was burnt a third time on 17th June, 1892. Mrs Bernard Beere had been playing " London Assurance" only a few hours previously. Only a portion of the outer walls were left standing, and the present building has only been in existence since Miss Clara Merivale's appearance in "Falka" at Christmas, 1892. The Criterion Theatre was opened with Miss Emilie Melville in " Falka," which was not played again for six years, at Christmas, I886. However, in anticipation of the Brough-Boucicault revival of "Much Ado About Nothing" (Christmas, 1892), a new face was put upon the interior, and at a cost of £8000 the present lofty dome was raised, the size of the stage was nearly doubled, and other structural improvements were made. The next new theatre was Her Majesty's, opened by Mr George Rignold with
"Henry V" in September, 1887. This splendid theatre has suffered less damage than any other in the city. Early in 1890 the little Academy of Music was pulled down, and at Christmas of that year the Garrick Theatre was completed on the same site, and was opened by Miss Olga Nethersole and Mr Charles Cartwright with "Moths". Mr Harry Rickards acquired this property, and re-named it the Tivoli on 18th February, 1893.
The opening of the Lyceum Theatre, With Miss Alice Leamar and Mr Robert Courtneidge in "Little Red Riding Hood," took place at Christmas, 1892 â a somewhat memorable date in local theatrical records. The Royal Standard Theatre was almost new when Mr Alfred Dampier was lessee in 1886 ; but no other actor-manager has flourished there, and of late years the house, like its neighbour the Gaiety, has become popular chiefly for amateur entertainments. If we glance at the history of musical enterprise in the city, we find that during much the same period the old concert halls have been displaced in favour of more central buildings. The last important occasion on which the once popular Old Masonic Hall (York-street) was used, was at the Victor Hugo Celebration Concert in 1885. The New Masonic Hall, opened in Castlereagh-street the following year, was placed a little too far away from the city, and, after the Metropolitan Liedertafel ceased to give concerts there, now some years ago, the hall fell into comparative disuse. But the eclipse of these halls and of the Protestant Hall, a once fashionable salon, where Mme Melba gave her farewell concert, was due to the erection of the elegant and central building of the Y.M.C.A. â now recognised as the favourite hall for all but the great musical functions. The inconvenient Exhibition Building almost faded out of existence when the completed Town Hall was opened on the 27th November, 1889. Mr Charles Santley was the first solo singer to appear there â the occasion being his farewell concert on the 30th November of that year. Just a year earlier, the completion of the York-street Centenary Hall furnished concert-goers with another rendezvous, which has continued to be frequently used up to the present time. In June, 1892, the Oddfellows' Temple was opened, and just two years ago the list of concert rooms was increased by the erection of the Manchester Unity Hall. Thus we see that not only all the present theatres of the city, but also all the concert halls have been erected during the past 10 or 12 years, which fact, all things considered, forms a decidedly curious feature in the theatrical and musical history of Sydney.
Article: Musical and Dramatic Notes, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 December 1896, 5
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Article: The Corporation of Sydney and the Centennial Hall., The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 30 November 1889, 1204-1208
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Article: Town Hall concert charges. New tax on music., Sydney Morning Herald, 15 July 1904, 3
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Article: Veronica Kelly, Shakespeare in Settler-built Spaces: Oscar Asche's 'Recitals' of Julius Caeser in the Melbourne and Sydney Town Halls, Contemporary Theatre Review, 19, 3, 2009, 353-366
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Article: [A Public Hall for Sydney], Sydney Morning Herald, 24 July 1875, 9
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Book: Margaret Betteridge, Sydney City Council, Sydney Town Hall - The Building and its Collection, Council of the City of Sydney, Sydney, 2008
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Collection: Sam Hood, Hood Collection part II, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Map: Central City of Sydney, 1910 - Map 1, City of Sydney Archives, 1910
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Map: City of Sydney, 1903 Map 1, City of Sydney Archives, 1903
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Photograph: Sam Hood, Brass band concert, Sydney Town Hall, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Photograph: Sam Hood, Lawrence Tibbett, Sydney Town Hall, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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