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Stables Theatre, Sydney
The Stables Theatre is a 105-seat theatre in Darlinghurst, Sydney. The intimate theatre has a kite-shaped stage. The theatre was built in , converting an old stables. It was originally called the Nimrod Street Theatre, giving its name to the Nimrod Theatre Company which originally performed there. The name changed to the Stables Theatre in 1975. Griffin Theatre Company has been resident in the theatre since the early 1980s. It was purchased in 1986 by Rodney Seaborn Rodney Frederick Marsden Seaborn (1912 − 17 May 2008) was an Australian psychiatrist, businessman, and philanthropist in the performing arts sector. He was responsible for supporting many theatre companies and professionals in Sydney, and ... when it was up for sale and risked demolition. He established a trust called the Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation as owners, with his cousins Peter Broughton and Leslie Walford on the board. The theatre is being renovated from 2024 to expand the stage and incr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Darlinghurst is an inner-city suburb in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Darlinghurst is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and Hyde Park, within the local government area of the City of Sydney. It is often colloquially referred to as "Darlo". Darlinghurst is a densely populated suburb with the majority of residents living in apartments or terraced houses. Once a slum and red-light district, Darlinghurst has undergone urban renewal since the 1980s to become a cosmopolitan area made up of precincts. Places such as Victoria Street (which connects Darlinghurst to Potts Point in the north), Stanley Street (Little Italy) and Crown Street (Vintage and Retro Fashion) are known as culturally rich destinations. These high street areas are connected by a network of lane-ways and street corners with shops, cafes and bars. Demographically, Darlinghurst is home to the highest percentage of generation X and Y in Australia. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimrod Theatre Company
''Nimrod Theatre Company'' is an Australian theatre company. The Nimrod Theatre Company, commonly known as The Nimrod, was an Australian theatre company based in Sydney. It was founded in 1970 by Australian actors John Bell, Richard Wherrett and Ken Horler, and gained a reputation for producing more "good new Australian drama" from 1970 to 1985 than any other Australian theatre company. The company's original theatre located in Nimrod Street, Kings Cross is now home to Griffin Theatre Company. The company moved in 1974 to Belvoir Street, Surry Hills, but retained its original name. From 1981 to 1988 it also played in the Seymour Centre theatres. The company ceased operations in 1988. Subsequently, the Surry Hills venue became known as the Belvoir Street Theatre. Alumni Notable Nimrod alumni include: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Hugo Weaving, Barry Otto, Mel Gibson, Donal Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Baz Luhrman, Bill Hunter, Max Cullen, Angela Punch McGregor, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffin Theatre Company
Griffin Theatre Company is an Australian theatre specialising in new works, based in Sydney. Founded in 1979, it is the resident theatre company at the Stables Theatre in Kings Cross. the artistic director is Declan Greene. Artistic directors *Declan Greene (2020–present) * Lee Lewis (August 2012–2020) * Sam Strong (2010–2012) * Nick Marchand (2006–2010) * David Berthold (2003–2006) *Ros Horin (1992–2003) *Ian Watson *Peter Kingston (inaugural artistic director) History Founded in 1979 its original founders were Peter Carmody, Penny Cook, Eadie Kurzer, Jenny Laing-Peach, and Rosemarie Lenzo. The organisation held its first meetings in Laing-Peach's cottage in Griffin Street, Surry Hills. Their first project was to present the Irish play '' The Ginger Man'' by James Patrick Donleavy at the Kirk Gallery in Cleveland Street, Surry Hills on 6 April 1979. The first Artistic Director was Peter Kingston who served until the appointment of Ian B Watson in 1988. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Seaborn
Rodney Frederick Marsden Seaborn (1912 − 17 May 2008) was an Australian psychiatrist, businessman, and philanthropist in the performing arts sector. He was responsible for supporting many theatre companies and professionals in Sydney, and was an advocate of Australian theatre. He was the founding president of the Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation (SBW), and the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award was established in 2000 funded by him and continued by a dedicated trust fund. Early life and education Rodney Frederick Marsden Seaborn was born in 1912. His parents were Leslie, a solicitor and amateur actor, and Ethel Seaborn, a singer. His paternal great-grandfather, Hugh Seaborn, had migrated from England to Australia in 1850, becoming the first rector in Gundagai, New South Wales. His grandfather Frederick Seaborn, also a clergyman, married his grandmother Eliza Marsden, a relative of the Reverend Samuel Marsden. His mother Ethel's family was descended on one side from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatres In Sydney
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. It is the oldest form of drama, though live theatre has now been joined by modern recorded forms. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. Places, normally buildings, where performances regularly take place are also called "theatres" (or "theaters"), as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe"). Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows technical terminolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
