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Notable
Productions

Notable Productions provides an indepth look at shows that were performed in Australia, from Broadway musicals to comedies and revues. As well as including details of the creators, the players and the theatres, it brings together material that has been digitised by Theatre Heritage Australia, such as programmes, photographs and film clips, and items from major Australian and international institutions.

The Ballets Russes
June 15, 2022

The Ballets Russes in Australia

Author: Judy Leech
The Ballets Russes is an immense subject celebrated in literally hundreds of books, theses and articles over the years since its birth in 1909, when the Premiere of Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes was held at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. But here is neither the time nor place to do more than… Read more

 

Let’s Face It! for Australia

Cole Porter’s 1941 musical Let’s Face It! had the distinction of being the only new musical to be staged in Australia by J.C. Williamson’s during the war years of 1940–45. Although JCW continued to stage new American and British plays,…