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Venue	Waterside Workers' Federation Hall
Other Names	New Theatre
Address	60 Sussex Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
Notes	Venue used by New Theatre 1954 - 1962.
Related Venues	Formerly located at New Theatre, Sydney (1943-1954) Moved to New Theatre, Sydney (1973-)
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Latitude \| Longitude	-33.866011 \| 151.203852
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	Boobs!, 16 September 1995 A Raisin in the Sun, 13 October 1962 An Enemy of the People, 15 April 1962 The Long and the Short and the Tall, 7 April 1962 Sandhog, 20 January 1962 Here Under Heaven, 7 October 1961 The Drums of Father Ned, 24 June 1961 Lawson, 18 March 1961 Hold the Line or The Land of Teletap, 25 November 1960 All My Sons, 30 July 1960 Tartuffe, 7 May 1960 Lawson, 18 March 1960 Reedy River, 16 January 1960 The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 The Quare Fellow, 18 July 1959 Fission Chips: An Earthy Revue, 18 April 1959 The Biggest Thief in Town, 10 January 1959 No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Bedtime Story, 8 December 1957 Johnny Noble, 8 December 1957 TV or Not TV, 14 September 1957 Nekrassov, 2 June 1957 Rocket Range (With The Play, Hitched and The End of the Beginning), 30 March 1957 The Play and Hitched (From The Sentimental Bloke)(With Rocket Range and The End of the Beginning), 30 March 1957 The End of the Beginning (With The Play, Hitched and Rocket Range), 30 March 1957 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Arms and the Man, 21 July 1956 The Good Soldier Schweik, 7 April 1956 Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Mother Riba, 30 July 1955 Out of Commission, 26 March 1955 Better a Millstone, 29 January 1955 Better a Millstone, 27 November 1954 Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Reedy River, 20 May 1954
	New Theatre (Sydney, NSW) A Raisin in the Sun, 13 October 1962 An Enemy of the People, 15 April 1962 The Long and the Short and the Tall, 7 April 1962 Sandhog, 20 January 1962 Here Under Heaven, 7 October 1961 The Drums of Father Ned, 24 June 1961 Lawson, 18 March 1961 Hold the Line or The Land of Teletap, 25 November 1960 All My Sons, 30 July 1960 Lawson, 18 March 1960 Reedy River, 16 January 1960 The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 The Quare Fellow, 18 July 1959 Fission Chips: An Earthy Revue, 18 April 1959 The Biggest Thief in Town, 10 January 1959 No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Johnny Noble, 8 December 1957 TV or Not TV, 14 September 1957 Nekrassov, 2 June 1957 The Play and Hitched (From The Sentimental Bloke)(With Rocket Range and The End of the Beginning), 30 March 1957 Rocket Range (With The Play, Hitched and The End of the Beginning), 30 March 1957 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Arms and the Man, 21 July 1956 The Good Soldier Schweik, 7 April 1956 Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Out of Commission, 26 March 1955 Better a Millstone, 29 January 1955 Better a Millstone, 27 November 1954 Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Waterside Workers Federation Cultural Committee Lawson, 18 March 1960 Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Bedtime Story, 8 December 1957 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 The Bushwhackers' Band Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Vitalstatistix Inc Boobs!, 16 September 1995
	John Armstrong - Actor, Assistant Director, Director A Raisin in the Sun, 13 October 1962 The Long and the Short and the Tall, 7 April 1962 Sandhog, 20 January 1962 Lawson, 18 March 1961 The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 Johnny Noble, 8 December 1957 Rocket Range (With The Play, Hitched and The End of the Beginning), 30 March 1957 The Play and Hitched (From The Sentimental Bloke)(With Rocket Range and The End of the Beginning), 30 March 1957 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Out of Commission, 26 March 1955 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 David Milliss - Designer, Graphic Designer, Set Designer A Raisin in the Sun, 13 October 1962 Sandhog, 20 January 1962 All My Sons, 30 July 1960 Fission Chips: An Earthy Revue, 18 April 1959 The Biggest Thief in Town, 10 January 1959 No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 TV or Not TV, 14 September 1957 Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Edmund Allison - Actor, Designer, Director, Set and/or Property Maker An Enemy of the People, 15 April 1962 The Drums of Father Ned, 24 June 1961 Hold the Line or The Land of Teletap, 25 November 1960 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 The Good Soldier Schweik, 7 April 1956 Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Mona Brand - Playwright Here Under Heaven, 7 October 1961 Hold the Line or The Land of Teletap, 25 November 1960 Fission Chips: An Earthy Revue, 18 April 1959 No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Out of Commission, 26 March 1955 Better a Millstone, 29 January 1955 Better a Millstone, 27 November 1954 Evelyn Docker - Actor A Raisin in the Sun, 13 October 1962 Tartuffe, 7 May 1960 No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Johnny Noble, 8 December 1957 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Len Grant - Actor, Designer The Long and the Short and the Tall, 7 April 1962 Lawson, 18 March 1960 Reedy River, 16 January 1960 No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Arthur Rudkin - Actor Reedy River, 16 January 1960 The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Marie Armstrong - Actor, Assistant Director, Choreographer, Director The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 Johnny Noble, 8 December 1957 TV or Not TV, 14 September 1957 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Pat Barnett - Actor, Director, Playwright Fission Chips: An Earthy Revue, 18 April 1959 TV or Not TV, 14 September 1957 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Norma Disher - Costume Designer, Director Here Under Heaven, 7 October 1961 The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Les Hope - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Roger Milliss - Actor, Assistant Director, Director Reedy River, 16 January 1960 No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Robert Bruning - Actor, Designer, Director A Raisin in the Sun, 13 October 1962 The Long and the Short and the Tall, 7 April 1962 Here Under Heaven, 7 October 1961 All My Sons, 30 July 1960 Denis Doonan - Actor The Long and the Short and the Tall, 7 April 1962 Hold the Line or The Land of Teletap, 25 November 1960 Tartuffe, 7 May 1960 Lawson, 18 March 1960 Nan Gow - Actor A Raisin in the Sun, 13 October 1962 All My Sons, 30 July 1960 Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Betty Milliss - Actor An Enemy of the People, 15 April 1962 Sandhog, 20 January 1962 The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Milton Moore - Actor Reedy River, 16 January 1960 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Jean Blue - Actor Lawson, 18 March 1961 Tartuffe, 7 May 1960 Johnny Noble, 8 December 1957 Laurence Booth - Actor, Director, Producer No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Better a Millstone, 27 November 1954 Joe Butta - Actor, Stage Manager Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Frank Curtain - Actor Reedy River, 16 January 1960 The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 Dick Diamond - Playwright, Writer Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Janette Gabriel - Actor The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 John Gray - Director All My Sons, 30 July 1960 The Biggest Thief in Town, 10 January 1959 Nekrassov, 2 June 1957 Herbert Jeffries - Actor No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Charles Johnson - Actor Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Joan Locke - Actor An Enemy of the People, 15 April 1962 Lawson, 18 March 1961 Hold the Line or The Land of Teletap, 25 November 1960 Mark McManus - Actor Lawson, 18 March 1961 Tartuffe, 7 May 1960 Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Arthur Miller - Adaptor, Playwright An Enemy of the People, 15 April 1962 All My Sons, 30 July 1960 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Eileen Ryan - Actor Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Leon Sherman - Actor, Stage Manager Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Les Tanner - Actor, Designer Nekrassov, 2 June 1957 The Good Soldier Schweik, 7 April 1956 Out of Commission, 26 March 1955 Doreen Warburton - Actor, Director Fission Chips: An Earthy Revue, 18 April 1959 Johnny Noble, 8 December 1957 Nekrassov, 2 June 1957 June Worth - Actor, Costume Designer, Stage Manager The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Pat Brennan - Actor Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Terry Carmichael - Actor, Musician The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Jennifer Cullen - Actor Lawson, 18 March 1961 Hold the Line or The Land of Teletap, 25 November 1960 Yvonne Francart - Designer The Drums of Father Ned, 24 June 1961 Hold the Line or The Land of Teletap, 25 November 1960 Keith Gow - Assistant Director, Designer, Set Designer Lawson, 18 March 1961 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Oriel Gray - Playwright Lawson, 18 March 1961 Lawson, 18 March 1960 Alec Hood - Actor Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Harry Kay - Actor Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Ewan MacColl - Adaptor, Playwright Johnny Noble, 8 December 1957 The Good Soldier Schweik, 7 April 1956 Clem Millward - Costume Designer, Set Designer Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Seán O'Casey - Playwright The Drums of Father Ned, 24 June 1961 Bedtime Story, 8 December 1957 Lionel Parker - Actor Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Edgar Penzig - Actor Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Stanislav Polonski - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 The Good Soldier Schweik, 7 April 1956 Patricia Robertson - Actor The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Barbara Robin - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Tom Salisbury - Stage Manager The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Kim Scott - Actor No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 Neville Swanson - Actor Lawson, 18 March 1960 Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Edward Williams - Actor Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Paul Williams - Chorus Master/Mistress, Musical Director Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Marie Alexander - Choreographer Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Eddie Allison - Actor Johnny Noble, 8 December 1957 Eileen Allison - Director The Drums of Father Ned, 24 June 1961 Keith Antill - Actor Hold the Line or The Land of Teletap, 25 November 1960 Jack Armistead - Actor, Stage Manager Reedy River, 16 January 1960 John Armistead - Actor The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 Graham Ascot - Actor Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Cec Ash - Actor Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Tom Baker - Actor An Enemy of the People, 15 April 1962 John Barnard - Director The Long and the Short and the Tall, 7 April 1962 Geoff Beaver - Actor The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 Keith Beaver - Actor All My Sons, 30 July 1960 John Beck - Actor Sandhog, 20 January 1962 Carolle Boyce - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 David Bradbury - Actor An Enemy of the People, 15 April 1962 Marjorie Brown - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Noeline Brown - Actor Fission Chips: An Earthy Revue, 18 April 1959 Bruce Bull - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Arnold Butcher - Composer Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 June Cairnes - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Shirley Camage - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Peggy Campbell - Choreographer Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Joan Clarke - Playwright Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Marianne Cliff - Actor No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Roger Coates - Actor The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 John Cole - Designer Here Under Heaven, 7 October 1961 Jim Crawford - Playwright Rocket Range (With The Play, Hitched and The End of the Beginning), 30 March 1957 Peter Cullen - Actor Lawson, 18 March 1960 Dymphna Cusack - Playwright Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Alan Dalgleish - Actor A Raisin in the Sun, 13 October 1962 C J Dennis - Poet The Play and Hitched (From The Sentimental Bloke)(With Rocket Range and The End of the Beginning), 30 March 1957 Tom Devine - Actor Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Anna Eleftheriou - Actor No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Peter Elms - Actor Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Jacqueline Ferrow - Actor Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Catherine Fitzgerald - Director Boobs!, 16 September 1995 Fred Frame - Designer Rocket Range (With The Play, Hitched and The End of the Beginning), 30 March 1957 Peter Francis - Actor, Choreographer Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Denis Freney - Stage Manager Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Herb Gimbert - Actor Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Ron Goldie - Playwright Fission Chips: An Earthy Revue, 18 April 1959 Heather Gooch - Actor Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Marjorie Gowans - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Audrey Grant - Actor Lawson, 18 March 1960 Des Green - Set Designer Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Cecil Grivas - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 June Grivas - Actor Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Willis Hall - Playwright The Long and the Short and the Tall, 7 April 1962 Lorraine Hansberry - Playwright A Raisin in the Sun, 13 October 1962 Alan Hardy - Actor Sandhog, 20 January 1962 Frank Hardy - Actor, Playwright Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 Don Harrison - Actor Lawson, 18 March 1961 Jaroslav Hasek - Playwright The Good Soldier Schweik, 7 April 1956 Roger Holub - Actor Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Musgrave Horner - Director Better a Millstone, 29 January 1955 John Howard - Set Designer The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 Wendy Howard - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Philip Humphries - Assistant Director Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Graham Hunter - Actor Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Peter Hunter - Actor Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Valerie Hunter - Actor Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Ray Hutton - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Henrik Ibsen - Playwright An Enemy of the People, 15 April 1962 Jim James - Actor No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Harry Kay - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Chris Kempster - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Denis Kevans - Actor Reedy River, 16 January 1960 John Lambert - Stage Manager No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Rae Lewis - Actor Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 William Lim - Actor No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Brian Loughlin - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Barbara Manou - Actor No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Hugh Mason - Playwright Fission Chips: An Earthy Revue, 18 April 1959 Bob Mathews - Director Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Dick May - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Kenyon McCarron - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Edith McClaren - Actor Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Bill McGuffin - Actor Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Edith McLaren - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Bettina McMahon - Set Designer The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Frank McManus - Actor Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Annette McPhillips - Actor Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Golda Meehan - Actor Reedy River, 16 January 1960 John Meredith - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Roger Miller - Actor Lawson, 18 March 1960 Joe Moore - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Kylie Moore - Actor Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Kate O'Brien - Playwright Boobs!, 16 September 1995 Lyle O'Hara - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Jan Oliver - Actor No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 George Peterson - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Ralph Peterson - Playwright The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 Norma Polonski - Producer The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Barbara Prince - Actor Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Jennfer Rafti - Circus Style Performer The Good Soldier Schweik, 7 April 1956 Kathleen Ramsey - Musician Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Terrie Rennie - Actor No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Pat Rix - Playwright Boobs!, 16 September 1995 Alec Robertson - Actor Reedy River, 20 May 1954 Earl Robinson - Book and Lyrics Librettist, Composer Sandhog, 20 January 1962 Ray Roper - Actor Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 John Rosen - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Kathy Rudkin - Actor Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Silvia Salisbury - Actor Sandhog, 20 January 1962 Waldo Salt - Book and Lyrics Librettist Sandhog, 20 January 1962 Jean-Paul Sartre - Playwright Nekrassov, 2 June 1957 George Bernard Shaw - Playwright Arms and the Man, 21 July 1956 Silvia Shepherd - Actor Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Norm Slater - Stage Manager The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Norman Slater - Actor No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Graeme Stewart - Stage Manager Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Margaret Tanner - Actor Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955 Bill Thomas - Actor The Night of the Ding Dong, 17 October 1959 Ross Thomas - Musical Director Reedy River, 20 May 1954 William Thomas - Actor Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 Meng Ah Too - Actor No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Dalton Trumbo - Playwright The Biggest Thief in Town, 10 January 1959 Donald Turnock - Actor Black Diamonds, 19 July 1958 Brian Vicary - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Bryan Vickery - Actor Johnny Noble, 8 December 1957 Margaret Walker - Choreographer Under the Coolibah Tree, 20 October 1956 Evelyn Ward - Actor The Crucible, 22 March 1958 Reg Wellard - Actor Lawson, 18 March 1961 Bob Williams - Assistant Musical Director Reedy River, 16 January 1960 Royce Williams - Actor No Strings Attached, 4 October 1958 Karin Winter - Actor Home Brew, 21 August 1954 Karen Winters - Actor Pacific Paradise, 3 December 1955
Resources	Article: New Theatre move — can you assist?, Tribune, 24 March 1954, 5 Book: David Milliss, New Theatre (Sydney, NSW), 50 new years, 1932-1982: an exhibition of the plays, people and events of fifty years of Sydney's New Theatre, Sydney New Theatre, Sydney, 1982 Book: Notes on the history of New Theatre, Australia, New Theatre Australia, Sydney, 1959
Venue Identifier	3737
Dataset	AusStage