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Venue	Studio Theatre
Address	Victorian Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Road Melbourne VIC 3004 Australia
Notes	Now known as the Fairfax Studio.
Related Venues	Also known as Fairfax Studio Is part of Victorian Arts Centre
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Latitude \| Longitude	-37.8214040 \| 144.9687240
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	In the Upper Room, 29 May 1997 The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Reginka's Lesson, 27 June 1989 Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Hate, 31 December 1988 Mark Twain Down Under, 9 November 1988 Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Benny Wallis Meets His Maker, 15 July 1988 Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Travelling Light, 22 September 1987 Bitter Rice, 12 September 1987 Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 The Hope, 25 April 1987 Royboys, 13 March 1987 Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Away, 10 November 1986 The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 This Antigone, 14 February 1986 The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Unsuitable for Adults, 7 September 1984 The Gift of Vagrancy, July 1984 Scapin, 13 June 1984 A Stretch of the Imagination, 3 May 1984 No Worries, May 1984
	Playbox Theatre Company Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Reginka's Lesson, 27 June 1989 Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Hate, 31 December 1988 Mark Twain Down Under, 9 November 1988 Benny Wallis Meets His Maker, 15 July 1988 Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 The Hope, 25 April 1987 Royboys, 13 March 1987 Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Away, 10 November 1986 Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 This Antigone, 14 February 1986 The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Unsuitable for Adults, 7 September 1984 Scapin, 13 June 1984 A Stretch of the Imagination, 3 May 1984 Spoleto Melbourne Festival of the Arts Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Travelling Light, 22 September 1987 Bitter Rice, 12 September 1987 The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Victorian Arts Centre Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 The Gift of Vagrancy, July 1984 DanceWorks Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Company B Belvoir Hate, 31 December 1988 Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Andrew McKinnon Presentations Travelling Light, 22 September 1987 Australia Council for the Arts Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Australian Nouveau Theatre The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Canberra Theatre Company Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 Circus Oz Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Gondwanaland Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Handspan Theatre Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Kevin Hanily Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Magpie Theatre Company No Worries, May 1984 Next Wave Festival Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Patch Theatre Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 Teatro Settimo Bitter Rice, 12 September 1987 The Astra Choir Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 The Kaycees Dance Duo Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 The Victorian Ministry for the Arts Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Victorian Arts Council Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Victorian College of Arts, School of Drama Company Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Western Australian Theatre Company The Hope, 25 April 1987 Zoo Productions Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987
	Jill Smith - Administrator, General Manager Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Reginka's Lesson, 27 June 1989 Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Hate, 31 December 1988 Benny Wallis Meets His Maker, 15 July 1988 Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 The Hope, 25 April 1987 Royboys, 13 March 1987 Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Away, 10 November 1986 Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Scapin, 13 June 1984 Ross Murray - Assistant Stage Manager, Stage Manager Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Reginka's Lesson, 27 June 1989 Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Hate, 31 December 1988 Benny Wallis Meets His Maker, 15 July 1988 Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 Royboys, 13 March 1987 Away, 10 November 1986 Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 This Antigone, 14 February 1986 A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Robert Taylor - Lighting Designer, Production Manager Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Reginka's Lesson, 27 June 1989 Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Hate, 31 December 1988 Mark Twain Down Under, 9 November 1988 Benny Wallis Meets His Maker, 15 July 1988 Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 The Hope, 25 April 1987 Royboys, 13 March 1987 Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Robert Gebert - Lighting Designer, Production Manager, Sound Designer, Sound Operator/Engineer Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Reginka's Lesson, 27 June 1989 Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Royboys, 13 March 1987 A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Scapin, 13 June 1984 John Beckett - Designer, Lighting Designer, Puppet Designer, Set Designer Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 Royboys, 13 March 1987 The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Kathryn Sproul - Assistant Designer, Assistant to the Designer, Designer Benny Wallis Meets His Maker, 15 July 1988 Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 The Hope, 25 April 1987 Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Rex Cramphorn - Director, Translator A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Unsuitable for Adults, 7 September 1984 Scapin, 13 June 1984 Peter Oyston - Designer, Director Benny Wallis Meets His Maker, 15 July 1988 Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 Royboys, 13 March 1987 David Schultz - Lighting Designer Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Reginka's Lesson, 27 June 1989 Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Ruth Aldridge - Properties Master/Mistress, Puppet Designer, Stage Manager The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Scapin, 13 June 1984 Wendy Black - Costume Designer, Designer Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Delia Hall - Dancer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Nanette Hassall - Choreographer, Dancer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Trevor Patrick - Dancer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Lindy Davies - Actor Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Unsuitable for Adults, 7 September 1984 Beverley Dunn - Actor Reginka's Lesson, 27 June 1989 My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Cliff Ellen - Actor Away, 10 November 1986 The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Unsuitable for Adults, 7 September 1984 Jenny Enilane - Assistant Stage Manager, Production Manager Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 Frances Farmer - Costume Co-ordinator, Puppet Designer This Antigone, 14 February 1986 The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Peter Finlay - Actor, Performer Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Kate Fitzpatrick - Actor A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Unsuitable for Adults, 7 September 1984 Scapin, 13 June 1984 Lucy Guerin - Dancer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Shaun Gurton - Consultant, Designer Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Sue Healey - Choreographer, Dancer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Yvonne Hockey - Production Manager Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Away, 10 November 1986 Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Alan Knoepfler - Actor This Antigone, 14 February 1986 Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Scapin, 13 June 1984 Robert Morgan - Actor Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 David Murray - Lighting Designer Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 This Antigone, 14 February 1986 A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Bryan Smith - Dancer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Richard Vella - Composer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Away, 10 November 1986 Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Ross Williams - Actor Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 The Hope, 25 April 1987 Away, 10 November 1986 Neil Armfield - Director Hate, 31 December 1988 Away, 10 November 1986 Mary-Lou Bailey - Assistant Designer Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 The Hope, 25 April 1987 Roy Baldwin - Actor A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Unsuitable for Adults, 7 September 1984 Simon Barley - Assistant Designer, Designer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Away, 10 November 1986 Maggie Blinco - Actor A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Sam Bonifacio - Musician A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Scapin, 13 June 1984 Donna Broadbridge - Assistant Stage Manager, Lighting Designer Away, 10 November 1986 The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Ron Challinor - Choreographer Royboys, 13 March 1987 Away, 10 November 1986 Barry Conyngham - Composer The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Stephen Curtis - Costume Designer, Designer, Set Designer Hate, 31 December 1988 Away, 10 November 1986 Gail Davidson - Lighting Designer, Stage Manager Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Lois Ellis - Assistant Director, Director This Antigone, 14 February 1986 A Stretch of the Imagination, 3 May 1984 Helen Gifford - Composer Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Les Gilbert - Composer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Jasmine Gulash - Dancer Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Carolyn Hammer - Dancer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Michael Havir - Composer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Geoff Hooke - Designer, Director Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Sue Hunt - Stage Manager Away, 10 November 1986 The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Christine Hutchins - Stage Manager Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Mark Twain Down Under, 9 November 1988 Amanda Johnson - Costume Designer, Designer, Set Designer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Melita Jurisic - Actor A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Ervin Kos - Lighting Operator/Technician Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Stan Kouros - Actor Unsuitable for Adults, 7 September 1984 Scapin, 13 June 1984 James McCaughey - Assistant to the Director, Director Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 This Antigone, 14 February 1986 Mark Minchinton - Actor Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Denis Moore - Actor Hate, 31 December 1988 The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Jillian Murray - Actor The Hope, 25 April 1987 Away, 10 November 1986 Gerry Nixon - Costume Designer, Set Designer Royboys, 13 March 1987 The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Terry O'Brien - Actor The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Scapin, 13 June 1984 Merfyn Owen - Actor, Performer Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 This Antigone, 14 February 1986 Chris Paterson - Lighting Designer Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Chris Patterson - Lighting Designer Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Michael Pearce - Designer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 This Antigone, 14 February 1986 Michael Pope - Actor Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 No Worries, May 1984 Pamela Rabe - Actor Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Brian Reynolds - Mechanist Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Malcolm Robertson - Actor, Designer, Director Mark Twain Down Under, 9 November 1988 Benny Wallis Meets His Maker, 15 July 1988 Andrew Sharp - Actor, Performer Travelling Light, 22 September 1987 The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Greg Sneddon - Composer, Musical Arranger, Musician Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 Royboys, 13 March 1987 Peter Sperlich - Choreographer, Dancer Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Michele Spooner - Puppet Designer, Puppet Maker Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Claire Stonier - Dancer Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Kasia Zygmuntowitz - Assistant Designer Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 The Hope, 25 April 1987 Kirk Alexander - Actor The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Kym Ambrose - Musician: Percussionist Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Michael Anderson - Designer The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Alan Andrews - Actor Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Christine Anketell - Director Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 Claire Armour - Assistant Stage Manager A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Lisa Armytage - Actor Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Linda Aronson - Playwright Reginka's Lesson, 27 June 1989 Stephen Axelsen - Writer The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Dalmazio Babare - Composer Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Terry Bader - Actor Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Paula Baird - Ballet Master/Mistress In the Upper Room, 29 May 1997 Ross Bandt - Composer Making a Song and Dance Programme Two, 15 April 1988 Rosemary Barr - Actor Away, 10 November 1986 Wade Beed - Actor The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Kylie Belling - Actor Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 Mark Benson - Sound Designer Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Mathew Bergan - Dancer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Jonathan Biggins - Actor, Writer Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Mike Bishop - Actor Unsuitable for Adults, 7 September 1984 Pat Bishop - Actor Hate, 31 December 1988 Nancy Black - Director The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Christopher Bogg - Singer The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Anna Borghesi - Assistant to the Designer The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Humphrey Bower - Actor My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Beverley Boyd - Costume Assistant This Antigone, 14 February 1986 David Bradshaw - Actor Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 Syd Brisbane - Actor Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 Adam Briscomb - Actor Scapin, 13 June 1984 Juliet Brown - Assistant Designer Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 John Brumpton - Actor Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Helen Buday - Actor The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Rupert Burns - Actor A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Warren Burt - Composer Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Jon Burtt - Dancer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Alexander Buzo - Playwright Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 David Cameron - Actor Scapin, 13 June 1984 Margaret Cameron - Actor Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Joanne Canning - Actor My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Alan Cassell - Actor Away, 10 November 1986 Sarah Cathcart - Actor, Playwright Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 David Chesworth - Sound Designer Benny Wallis Meets His Maker, 15 July 1988 Alan Clarke - Performer Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Faith Clayton - Actor The Hope, 25 April 1987 Tim Coldwell - Rigger Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Christopher Cole - Choreographer Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 John Collins - Playwright Benny Wallis Meets His Maker, 15 July 1988 Miranda Coney - Ballet Master/Mistress In the Upper Room, 29 May 1997 Boris Conley - Composer Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Sally Cooper - Actor Away, 10 November 1986 Murray Copland - Adaptor, Director The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Tyler Coppin - Performer Travelling Light, 22 September 1987 Patricia Cornelius - Actor, Playwright Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 Wendy Couch - Musician Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Ian Cousins - Singer The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Raymond Cousse - Playwright The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Peter Cox - Actor The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Ellen Cressey - Actor The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Louise Cullinan - Assistant Stage Manager My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Robin Cuming - Actor The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Sean Curham - Dancer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Eamon D'Arcy - Designer A Stretch of the Imagination, 3 May 1984 Leo Dale - Musician Scapin, 13 June 1984 Robert Dallas - Lighting Designer Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 Stuart Davies-Slate - Composer The Hope, 25 April 1987 Margaret Davis - Director Reginka's Lesson, 27 June 1989 Sue Davis - Puppet Designer The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Matt Day - Actor Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 Joe De Abreu - Lighting Designer Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Claire de Bruin - Stage Manager Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 Sarah de Jong - Composer The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Susie Dee - Actor Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 Simon Dennis - Sound Operator/Engineer, Stage Manager The Hope, 25 April 1987 Barry Dickins - Playwright Royboys, 13 March 1987 Phillip Dodd - Actor Scapin, 13 June 1984 Barbara Doherty - Actor No Worries, May 1984 Joe Dolce - Musician Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 Lee-Anne Donnelly - Assistant Lighting Designer Hate, 31 December 1988 Terence Donovan - Actor Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Christine Douglas - Actor Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Robert Draffin - Director Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Ken Dray - Lighting Designer Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Alex Duncan - Stage Manager The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Christopher Durang - Playwright The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Barbara Durward - Assistant Stage Manager Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Edward Elgar - Composer Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Helen English - Musical Director The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Reg Evans - Actor This Antigone, 14 February 1986 Ian Ferguson - Dancer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Christine Ferraro - Singer The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Russell Field - Tour Manager Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Nicholas Flanagan - Actor A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Roger Ford - Set Designer Travelling Light, 22 September 1987 Deborah Fordham - Actor No Worries, May 1984 Mem Fox - Adaptor, Writer Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 John Francis - Actor Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Susie Fraser - Actor This Antigone, 14 February 1986 Jan Friedl - Actor The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Carrillo Gantner - Director Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Helen Garner - Writer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Kurt Geyer - Actor Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Lynda Gibson - Actor Royboys, 13 March 1987 Caroline Gillmer - Actor Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Rinske Ginsberg - Performer Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Paul Goddard - Actor Away, 10 November 1986 David Gordon - Choreographer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Michael Gow - Playwright Away, 10 November 1986 David Gray - Actor Benny Wallis Meets His Maker, 15 July 1988 Tim Gruchy - Slide Creator Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Billie Hammerberg - Actor Royboys, 13 March 1987 Paul Hampton - Director Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Marilynne Hanigan - Actor The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Alex Harding - Book and Lyrics Librettist, Composer Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Tony Hargreaves - Composer, Musician Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 James Harkness - Actor The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Douglas Hedge - Actor Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 Jane Henderson - Actor Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Kerry Henderson - Singer The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Edward Hepple - Actor Royboys, 13 March 1987 Jack Hibberd - Playwright A Stretch of the Imagination, 3 May 1984 Jennifer Hill - Playwright Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Mini Hogan - Designer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 David Holman - Playwright No Worries, May 1984 Mark Howett - Lighting Designer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Glenn Hughes - Production Manager Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 John Hunt - Performer Travelling Light, 22 September 1987 Karen Inwood - Actor Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 Silvia Jahnsons - Designer Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Silvia Jansons - Designer Scapin, 13 June 1984 Veronica Jeffrey - Performer Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Richard Jeziorny - Costume Designer, Set Designer Reginka's Lesson, 27 June 1989 Alan John - Composer Hate, 31 December 1988 Christine Johnson - Director No Worries, May 1984 Terry Johnson - Playwright Unsuitable for Adults, 7 September 1984 Gillian Jones - Actor Hate, 31 December 1988 Lyndal Jones - Devisor Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Robert Juniper - Designer The Hope, 25 April 1987 Mauricio Kagel - Composer Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Barry Kay - Actor Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Stephen Kearney - Actor A Stretch of the Imagination, 3 May 1984 Daniel Keene - Playwright Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Bruce Keller - Actor The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Desmond Kelly - Actor Hate, 31 December 1988 Margaret Kinnon - Actor Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Andrew Knight - Consultant Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Jacek Koman - Actor The Hope, 25 April 1987 Barrie Kosky - Director The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Nadja Kostich - Actor Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Sofie Laguna - Actor Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Tyrone Landau - Musical Director Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Nina Landis - Actor Scapin, 13 June 1984 David Latham - Dancer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Lindy Lee - Designer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Roger Lemke - Singer The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Andrea Lemon - Director, Playwright Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 Michael Leunig - Designer Lilly and May, 14 August 1987 Nigel Levings - Lighting Designer No Worries, May 1984 Valentina Levkowicz - Actor The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Jo Litson - Assistant Stage Manager The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Cathrine Lynch - Actor This Antigone, 14 February 1986 Doug MacLeod - Playwright My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Sam Mallet - Composer The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Lex Marinos - Director Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Jeannie Marsh - Singer The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Sarah Masters - Assistant Stage Manager Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Ray Mathew - Playwright A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 John McCaughey - Conductor Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Felicity McDonald - Dancer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Ian McDonald - Production Manager Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 Irene McGinnigle - Singer: Soprano Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Stuart McKenzie - Stage Manager Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Stephen Measday - Playwright Mark Twain Down Under, 9 November 1988 Robert Meldrum - Director Only Heaven Knows, 3 February 1989 Robert Menzies - Actor Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Richard Meyman - Lighting Designer, Stage Manager Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 Jean-Pierre Mignon - Director The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Jean-Baptiste Moliere - Playwright Scapin, 13 June 1984 Claudio Monteverdi - Composer Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Ray Mooney - Playwright Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 Natasha Moszenin - Composer Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 Phil Motherwell - Playwright Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 Jane Mullett - Performer Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Richard Murphet - Dancer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Peta Murray - Playwright Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 Linda Nagle - Actor, Writer Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Danny Nash - Actor Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Sue Nattrass - Lighting Designer Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Peter Neville - Musician: Percussionist Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Brian Nickless - Designer Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Heather Nimmo - Playwright The Hope, 25 April 1987 Dean Nottle - Actor Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Louis Nowra - Playwright The Golden Age, 8 February 1985 Julianne O'Brien - Translator This Antigone, 14 February 1986 Diana O'Connor - Actor My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 John O'Halloran - Actor Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 David O'Keeffe - Actor The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Simon O'Loughlin - Actor The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Duncan Ord - Lighting Designer The Hope, 25 April 1987 Liz Pain - Lighting Designer The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Geoff Paine - Actor The Hope, 25 April 1987 Trina Parker - Designer Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 Frederick Parslow - Actor Mark Twain Down Under, 9 November 1988 Judy Pascoe - Performer Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Barbara Peirson - Actor No Worries, May 1984 Robert Perrier - Actor Royboys, 13 March 1987 Anne Phelan - Actor Away, 10 November 1986 Ailsa Piper - Actor Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 13 July 1989 Merlyn Quaife - Singer The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Therese Radic - Playwright Madame Mao, 20 June 1986 Linton Roe - Actor The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 John Romeril - Consultant Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Andrew Ross - Director The Hope, 25 April 1987 Geof Rumney - Production Manager Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Emma Salter - Actor Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 Gary Samolin - Actor My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Linda Sastradipradya - Dancer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Dalibor Satalic - Actor The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Dieter Schnebel - Composer Making a Song and Dance Programme One, 13 April 1988 Ruth Schoenheimer - Assistant Director Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Ken Schroder - Musician: Saxophonist Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Peter Seaborn - Actor Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 Teatro Settimo - Devisor Bitter Rice, 12 September 1987 Stephen Sewell - Playwright Hate, 31 December 1988 William Shakespeare - Playwright Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Beth Shelton - Assistant Choreographer Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Mark Shelton - Lighting Designer Hate, 31 December 1988 Danny Simpson - Musician: Percussionist Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 David Slingsby - Actor Hate, 31 December 1988 Garry Snowdon - Technical Director The Hope, 25 April 1987 Sophocles - Playwright This Antigone, 14 February 1986 Peter Sperlich - Dancer Fancy Dancing: Retort III / The Seasons / Gond-Wana-Dance, 11 August 1988 Brian Stacey - Conductor The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Howard Stanley - Actor The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Naomi Stevenson - Stage Manager The Oath of Bad Brown Bill, 6 January 1986 Greg Stone - Actor Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Judith Stratford - Dancer Pipe Dreaming, 12 April 1989 Angus Strathie - Designer Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 David Stratton - Musical Director Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Katharine Sturak - Translator The Wolf's Banquet, 18 September 1986 Greg Sully - Musician: Percussionist Hamlet / Measure for Measure, 15 April 1985 Phil Sumner - Actor Royboys, 13 March 1987 Meryl Tankard - Choreographer, Director, Performer Travelling Light, 22 September 1987 Jennie Tate - Designer A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Lisa Taylor - Stage Manager Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 Twyla Tharp - Choreographer In the Upper Room, 29 May 1997 Robert Thompson - Performer Travelling Light, 22 September 1987 Ross Thompson - Actor Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, 9 February 1988 Pat Thomson - Actor Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 Michael Tippett - Playwright The Knot Garden, 14 September 1989 Helen Trenos - Actor The Hope, 25 April 1987 Nigel Triffitt - Devisor, Director The Gift of Vagrancy, July 1984 Helen Tripp - Actor The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 7 April 1986 Karen Trott - Scenic Artist Mark Twain Down Under, 9 November 1988 Chris Tugwell - Actor No Worries, May 1984 Mark Turner - Musician: Guitarist Living in the Seventies, 10 May 1989 Robert Vincs - Sound Designer Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Julie Vivas - Writer Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 11 January 1988 Terrie Waddell - Actor This Antigone, 14 February 1986 Gnarnayarrahe Inmurry Waitairie - Actor, Musical Arranger Black Rabbit, 8 March 1988 Caroline Walker - Designer Concepts Inc, 16 May 1988 Gwen Wallace - Choreographer Wallflowering, 14 September 1989 Hugh Wayland - Actor Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Jacki Weaver - Actor Scapin, 13 June 1984 David Webb - Actor, Composer No Worries, May 1984 Ken Wilby - Designer No Worries, May 1984 Suzette Williams - Actor A Spring Song, 18 November 1985 Frank Wilson - Actor My Son the Lawyer is Drowning, 6 November 1987 Peter J Wilson - Puppet Maker, Puppeteer Cho Cho San, 9 February 1987 Dan Witton - Musician Hate, 31 December 1988 Carol Woodrow - Director Wallflowering, 14 September 1989
Resources	Article: Anthony Clarke, Our new theatre complex stretches the imagination, The Age, 8 May 1984, 14 Ross Thorne, Victorian Arts Centre, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 624 Performing-arts centre in St Kilda Road, Melbourne. Architect: Roy Grounds. Melbourne Concert Hall, opened 6 November 1982. Theatres complex includes State Theatre opened 12 May 1984, seating 2000; Playhouse opened 8 May 1984, seating 809; and George Fairfax Studio opened 4 May 1984, seating 250-400. The largest and most comprehensive arts centre in Australia, the Victorian Arts Centre stands on a site that has been a centre of entertainment since circuses began to perform there in tents in 1870. From 1901 to 1953 circuses performed in permanent buildings, including the Olympia, which was leased as Melbourne's largest cinema in 1911. A dance hall, an ice rink and the Melbourne Theatre Company’s Playhouse Theatre were also on this 4.5 hectare site and its surroundings, across the Yarra River from the Flinders Street railway station. In 1943 a committee of architects appointed by the Victorian government proposed that the site be reserved for a new art gallery, including an auditorium to hold 1000 persons, to be built after the Second World War. In 1945 the government passed an act to reserve the site but political turbulence in Victoria delayed its proclamation until 1955. The two-stage building project began in 1959 with the appointment of Roy Grounds, a notable Victorian architect. He was then much admired in architectural circles for designing houses within simple plan forms such as a triangle or a circle, within which he skilfully manipulated all the functional requirements. His preoccupation with wrapping simple external form around complex internal function also manifested itself in his overall design for the arts centre. His scheme was for two buildings - a strong rectangular form for the National Gallery of Victoria and an elongated teepee-shaped copper-sheathed spire above the theatres and concert hall, which would be underground. The gallery, built on a foundation of basalt rock, opened in 1968. After it was built it was discovered that the foundation material on the adjacent site was not basalt as expected but silt from Port Phillip Bay and fill dumped there during the 19th century. On such a site, so close to the bay and the Yarra, it would have been enormously difficult and prohibitively expensive to construct a building more below the water table than above it. It was decided to raise the theatre complex partially out of the ground and build the concert hall on a different site. The Melbourne City Council assigned the small triangular Snowden Gardens to the government for the concert hall. It was separated from the remainder of the complex by a busy road but the foundation was basalt, which allowed two-fifths of the building's height to be below ground. The concert hall was finished two years before the theatres building, which had to be completely redesigned. This fills every corner of its awkwardly shaped site with accommodation below ground, but above two hemicylinders linked by parallel straight sides are to be seen, surmounted by a mast of lacy steelwork. The concert hall appears above ground as a simple cylindrical form but below ground it is a pear shape. Thus, Roy Grounds in his final major work repeated his strong predilection for simple external forms irrespective of the internal function. This approach is more successful visually in the Sydney Opera House. When the interior finishes and furnishings of the concert hall and theatre buildings were being decided, the current architectural style was off-form, pre-cast or bush-hammered concrete and natural timbers of various types with fabrics and carpets of muted colours. There were already bush-hammered columns in the foyers and prismatic concrete diffusers all over the interior of the concert hall as part of the architect's concept for the interior. Late in the project, the Victorian Arts Centre building committee decided to employ the designer John Truscott to obtain a more traditional quality in a contemporary manner. He was forced to decorate rather than influence the architectural form. He covered walls and ceilings and foyers with leather, mirrors, brass and glossy surfaces to reflect sparkle from carefully placed electric lighting and make subterranean spaces with rather low ceilings seem spacious. The major revision of the interiors in the theatres building occurred in the principal public spaces as timber panelling had been determined for the State Theatre auditorium at the acoustic design stage. The State Theatre is in traditional opera-house form, with a large proscenium stage and a three-level auditorium with side boxes. The acoustics are good and a mellow orchestral sound emanates from the pit. The stage is the best in Australia, with 1067 square metres of space, a fly tower incorporating 111 lines and facilities for trucking in complete settings from each side and the rear. It opened with the Australian Opera's production of Fiddler on the Roof. The Playhouse is the major performing space for the Melbourne Theatre Company, which opened it with a production of Euripides's Medea. It has a modified thrust in front of a proscenium stage of 321 square metres, with fly tower. The seating, on two levels, fans out close to the stage, giving an impression of intimacy, but behind this the auditorium is more narrowly rectilinear. The George Fairfax Studio opened with the Playbox Theatre Company's production of Jack Hibberd's A Stretch of the Imagination. It is fairly typical of the flat-floored, box-type spaces that have become popular as experimental theatres, or studio theatres for professionals, amateurs and students. Comfortable pull-out 'bleachers' seat 250-400, depending on which of the six staging modes is chosen - theatre-in-the-round, corner stage, thrust stage, centre stage, end stage or proscenium stage. There is an access walkway halfway up and all round the walls. The theatres building also houses restaurants and gallery space, and the concert hall building houses the temporary exhibitions of the Performing Arts Museum. Article: Ross Thorne, Victorian Arts Centre, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 624
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