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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

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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, Robert Coleby, Wendy Hughes, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazelhurst, Jon Blake, Ruth Cracknell, Bob Maza, Michael Caton, Bruce Spence, Max Gillies, Warren Mitchell, Simon Burke, John Hargreaves, Ivar Kants, Gillian Jones, Kris McQuade, Ray Meagher, Chris Haywood, Mark Lee, Tina Bursill, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Max Phipps, John Wood, John Clayton, Peter Sumner, Peter Whitford, Cornelia Frances, Jean Kittson, Lynette Curran, Paul Chubb, Kate Fitzpatrick, Drew Forsythe, Nick Enright, Helen Morse, Diane Craig, Robert Grubb, Peter Carroll, Carole Skinner, Catherine Wilkin, Peg Christensen, Gary Day, James Elliott, Henri Szeps, Kerry Walker, Anna Volska, Robert Menzies, Julie McGregor, Judi Farr, Nancye Hayes, Margo Lee, Robin Ramsay, Melissa Jaffer, Reg Gorman, Jon Ewing, Heather Mitchell, Harold Hopkins, Cathy Downes, Michele Fawdon, Ron Haddrick, Deidre Rubenstein.

Productions

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1970

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Year Title Cast & crew
1970 Biggles Writers: Michael Boddy, Marcus Cooney, Ron Blair
Director: John Bell
Cast: John Hargreaves, Anna Volska, Michael Boddy, Drew Forsythe, Peter Rowley, Jane Harders, Ken Horler, Mervyn Drake, Robert Ellis

1971

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Year Title Cast & crew
1971 Act Without Words Writer: Samuel Beckett
Cast: Andrew McLennan, Michael Rolfe
1971 Endgame Writer: Samuel Beckett
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Stephen Costain, Jane Harders, Andrew McLennan, Michael Rolfe
1971 Macbeth Writer: Shakespeare
Director: John Bell
Cast: Gillian Jones, Arthur Dignam, Nico Lathouris, Robyn Nevin, Terry O'Brien, John Paramor, Margaret Cameron
1971 The Roy Murphy Show

(double bill with Customs and Excise)
Writer: Alex Buzo
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: John Clayton, Jacki Weaver, John Wood, Martin Harris, Andrew McLennan, Marcus Cooney
1971 Customs and Excise

(double bill with The Roy Murphy Show)
Writer: Jack Hibberd
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: John Clayton, Lynette Curran, Jacki Weaver, John Wood, Martin Harris, Andrew McLennan, Jenne Welsh
1971 Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes Writers: Bob Ellis & Dick Hall
Director: Aarne Neame
Cast: Bob Hornery, Max Phipps, Carole Skinner, John Wood, Victor Marsh, Alan Tobin
1971 Shadow Puppets Director: Larry Eastwood
Cast/Puppeteer: Richard Bradshaw
1971 After Magritte Writer: Tom Stoppard
Director: Larry Eastwood
Cast: Max Phipps, Carole Skinner, Jacki Weaver, Martin Harris
1971 The Removalists Writer: David Williamson
Director: John Bell
Cast: Don Crosby, Chris Haywood, Max Phipps, Carole Skinner, Jacki Weaver, Martin Harris
1971 Hamlet on Ice Writers: Michael Boddy, Ron Blair, Marcus Cooney
Director: Aarne Neeme
Cast: Rory O'Donoghue, Grahame Bond, John Derum, Kate Fitzpatrick, Bob Hornery, Lex Marinos, John Wood
1971-72 Flash Jim Vaux: A Ballad Opera Writer: Ron Blair
Director: John Bell
Cast: John Gaden, Jonathan Hardy, Bob Hornery, Sheila Kennelly, John Wood, Terence Clarke, Jane Harders

1972

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Year Title Cast & crew
1972 Alfred the Incredible Sheepboy Writer: David Williamson
1972 Measure for Measure Writer: Shakespeare
Director: John Bell
Cast: Garry McDonald, Anna Volska, John Wood, Jane Harders, Kevin Jackson, Michael Long, Brendon Lunney, Edward Ogden
1972 Shadows of Blood Writer: Helmut Bakaitis
Director: Rex Cramphorn
Cast: Kate Fitzpatrick, Bob Hornery, John Wood, Martin Magee, Jane Harders, Peter Andrew
1972 Rooted Writer: Alex Buzo
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Kate Fitzpatrick, Gerard Maguire, Helen Morse, Max Phipps, Katy Wild, David Lawton
1972 On Yer Marx: Bigotry V.C.

(double bill with Housey)
Writer: John Wood
Director: Aarne Neame
Cast: Diane Craig, Max Cullen, Nick Enright, John Wood, Chris Haywood, Denny Lawrence, Lex Marinos, Carole Skinner, Terry Bader, Barry Lovett
1972 On Yer Marx: Housey

(double bill with Bigotry V.C.)
Writer: John Wood
Director: Aarne Neame
Cast: Diane Craig, Max Cullen, Nick Enright, John Wood, Chris Haywood, Denny Lawrence, Lex Marinos, Carole Skinner, Terry Bader, Barry Lovett
1972 Arthur Writer: David Cregan
1972 Dazzle Writer: Michael Cove
1972 The Sweatproof Boy Writer: Alma De Groen
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: John Morris, Rilla Scott, Joseph Hasham
1972 Basically Black Writers: Bob Maza, Gary Foley, Ron Blair, Jim Crawford, Ken Horler, John Huston, Bill Reed
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Gary Foley, Bob Maza, Bindi Williams, Aileen Louisa Corpus III, Zac Martin
1972 The Last Supper Show Writer: Michael Boddy
Director: Aarne Neeme
Cast: Max Cullen, John Derum, Jonathan Hardy, Carole Skinner, John Wood, Terence Clarke

1973

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Year Title Cast & crew
1973 Kaspar Writer: Peter Handke
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Chris Haywood, Lex Marinos, Philip Sayer, Andrew Sharp, Berys Marsh
1973 The Tooth of Crime Writer: Sam Shepard
Director: John Bell
Cast: Reg Livermore, Chris Haywood, Michael Caton, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Anna Volska
1973 Prison 73: The Chocolate Frog

(double bill with The Old Familiar Juice)
Writer: Jim McNeil
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Max Cullen, Kevin Leslie, Roger Newcombe
1973 Prison 73: The Old Familiar Juice

(double bill with The Chocolate Frog)
Writer: Jim McNeil
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Don Crosby, Max Cullen, Roger Newcombe
1973 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Writer: Ray Lawler
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Bill Hunter, Reg Gorman, Melissa Jaffer, Marion Johns, Maggie Blinco, Rosalie Fletcher, Dennis Grosvenor
1973 President Wilson in Paris Writer: Ron Blair
Director: John Bell
Cast: Max Cullen, Anna Volska, John Krummel
1973 Hamlet Writer: Shakespeare
Director: John Bell, Richard Wherrett
Cast: John Bell, Brian Blain, Max Cullen, Arthur Dignam, Margo Lee, Anna Volska, Roger Newcombe, Ken Lawrence, Terence Clarke
1973 Kookaburra Writer: Michael Cove
Director: Simon Hopkinson
Cast: Peg Christensen, Lloyd Cunnington, Jenny Brown
1973 Tom Writer: Alex Buzo
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Serge Lazareff, Anna Volska, Jacki Weaver, Sandra McGregor, Roger Newcombe, Jeanie Cullen
1973 A Hard God Writer: Peter Kenna
Director: John Bell
Cast: Gloria Dawn, Gerry Duggan, Tony Sheldon, Frank Gallacher, Graham Rouse, Andrew Sharp, Kay Eklund
1973-74 The Marsh King's Daughter Writer: Hans Christian Andersen
Director: Rex Cramphorn
Cast: Gillian Jones, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Ralph Cotterill

1974

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Year Title Cast & crew
1974 Kookaburra Writer: Michael Cove
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Chris Haywood, Robyn Nevin, Peter Carroll, Maggie Dence, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Simon Burke, Martin Vaughan, Elizabeth Chance, Ron Hackett
1974 The Bacchoi Writers: Bryan Nason, Ralph Tyrrell
Director: John Bell
Cast: Jon English, Jeannie Lewis, Peter Carroll, Drew Forsythe, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Anna Volska, Peter Chambers, Roger Newcombe, Julia Lyndon, Sharon Murphy
1974 How Does Your Garden Grow? Writer: Jim McNeil
Cast: Robyn Nevin
1974 The Seagull Writer: Anton Chekhov
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Peter Carroll, John Bell, Peter Collingwood, Ruth Cracknell, Drew Forsythe, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Anna Volska, Jacki Weaver, Maggie Blinco, Lloyd Casey, Tom Farley
1974 Jesters Writer: Michael Cove
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Peter Carroll, Tony Llewellyn-Jones Anna Volska, Shirley-Anne Kear, Colin Taylor
1974 Coralie Lansdowne Says No Writer: Alex Buzo
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Jude Kuring, John Orcsik, Berys Marsh, Robert Newman, Donna Akerste, Lloyd Casey, Kevin Howard
1974 The Ride Across Lake Constance Writer: Peter Handke
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Peter Carroll, Christine Amor, Kate Fitzpatrick, John Hargreaves, Anna Volska, Elizabeth Chance, Maree D'Arcy, Larry Eastwood, Alexander Hay
1974 My Foot, My Tutor Writer: Peter Handke
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Chris Haywood, Peter Carroll
1974-75 Well Hung Writer: Robert Lord
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Peter Carroll, Chris Haywood, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Bill Hunter, Mary Ann Severne, Peter Corbett, Maggie Blinco

1975

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Year Title Cast & crew
1975 Jesters Writer: Michael Cove
Director: Brent McGregor
Cast: Peter Carroll
1975 Much Ado About Nothing Writer: Shakespeare
Director: John Bell
Cast: Ivar Kants, Peter Carroll, Drew Forsythe, Robert Alexander
1975 Richard III Writer: Shakespeare
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Ivar Kants, Peter Carroll, John Bell, Melissa Jaffer, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Robert Alexander, Deborah Kennedy
1975 Ginge’s Last Stand  Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Peter Carroll, Chris Haywood, Robyn Nevin, Kate Fitzpatrick, Bill Charlton
1975 No Man’s Land

(double bill with Crossfire)
Writer: Jennifer Compton
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Cornelia Frances, Barry Hill, Helen Boggis, Stuart Campbell, Elizabeth Chance, Elisabeth Crosby
1975 Crossfire

(double bill with No Man’s Land)
Writer: Jennifer Compton
Director: Ken Horler
1975 You Want it Don’t You Billy?  Writer: Bill Reed
Director: John Bell
Cast: John Gaden, Robyn Nevin, Christy Hak, Maurice Tarragano
1975 Perfectly All Right Writer: Alma De Groen
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Ben Gabriel, Melissa Jaffer, Serge Lazareff
1975 The Joss Adams Show  Writer: Alma De Groen
Director: David Allen
Cast: Andrea Barge, Keith Gallasch, John McFadyen, Mary-Jane Saunders
1975 They're Playing Our Song Writer: Jennifer Compton
Director: Richard Wherrett
1975 The Floating World Writers: John Romeril, Ken Horler
Cast: Michael Caton, Ray Meagher, Craig Collinge, Les Foxcroft, Laurence Hodge, Marion Johns, Francis Yin
1975 Who Do They Think They Are? Cast: Paul Daneman
1975 The Austral Muse Cast: Grahame Bond, Carmen Duncan, Lionel Long, Garry McDonald
1975 Singles Writer: Bill Reed
Director: John Bell
Cast: John Gaden, Robyn Nevin
1975 Kennedy's Children Writer: Robert Patrick
1975-76 Mates and Brothers: Mates

(double bill with The Christian Brothers)
Writers: Ron Blair, Peter Kenna
Director: John Bell
Cast: Don Crosby, Jon Ewing, Peter Fisher, Maggie Blinco
1975-76 Mates and Brothers: The Christian Brothers

(double bill with Mates)
Writer: Ron Blair
Director: John Bell
Cast: Peter Carroll

1976

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Year Title Cast & crew
1976 Sextet Writer: Jennifer Compton, Alma De Groen
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Peter Carroll, Ben Gabriel, Melissa Jaffer, Serge Lazareff, Kerrie Adams
1976 The Dark and Endless Sky Writer: Jennifer Compton
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Serge Lazareff, Arthur Adamov
1976 One of Those Girls Writer: Jennifer Compton
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Peter Carroll, Melissa Jaffer
1976 Poor Jenny Writer: Jennifer Compton
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Serge Lazareff, Kerrie Adams
1976 It Takes a While to Know One Writer: Jennifer Compton
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Peter Carroll, Melissa Jaffer
1976 All Over Writer: Edward Albee
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Ben Gabriel, Patricia Kennedy, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Margo Lee, Max Osbiston, Reginald Gillam, Dallas Lewis, Felicity Gordon, Bill Bentley
1976 Martello Towers Writer: Alex Buzo
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Lynette Curran, Belinda Giblin, Harold Hopkins, Robin Ramsay, Greg Saunders, Alex Ciobo, Jessica Noad, Jennifer Cluff
1976 Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know Writer: Ron Blair
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: John Bell
1976 The Recruiting Officer Writer: George Farquhar
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Carol Burns, Peter Carroll, Max Cullen, Lynette Curran, John Gaden, Ivar Kants, Barry Otto, Chris Haywood, Martin Phelan, Robert Davis, Ric Hutton, Sandra McGregor, Paul Bertram
1976 The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin Writer: Steve J. Spears
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Gordon Chater
1976 Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been? Writer: Eric Bentley
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Bob Maza, Pat Bishop, Drew Forsythe, Lex Marinos, Barry Otto, lan Becher, Martin Harris, Robert Davis
1976 The Speakers Writer: Heathcote Williams, Max Stafford-Clark, William Gaskill
Director: John Bell
Cast: Ronald Falk, Drew Forsythe, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Richard Moir, Steven Tandy, Jenny Austen, Martin Phelan, Tim Gooding
1976-77 A Handful of Friends Writer: David Williamson
Director: John Bell
Cast: Peter Carroll, Peter Sumner, Anna Volska, Russell McAlister, Judith Fisher, Wendy McAlister, Berys Marsh, Jill McAlister, Mark Marshall, Sally Marshall
1976-77 The Duchess of Malfi Writer: John Webster
Director: Rex Cramphorn
Cast: Barry Otto, Ivar Kants, Peter Carroll, John Gaden, Carol Burns, Kris McQuade, Stuart Campbell, Jennifer Claire, Bill Conn, John Krummel, Bjarne Ohlin
1976-77 Travesties Writer: Tom Stoppard
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Barry Otto, Lyndel Rowe, John Gaden, Ralph Cotterill, Maree D'Arcy, Robert Davis, Bernadette Hughson, Matthew O'Sullivan
1976-77 Dirty Linen Writer: Tom Stoppard
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: John Gaden, William Nagle, Johanna Pigott, Alan Tobin, Ralph Cotterill, Robert Davis, Elizabeth Mortison

1977

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Year Title Cast & crew
1977 A Tentshow Pagliacci Writer: Tim Gooding
Director: Richard Murphet
Cast: Peter Fisher, Lynda Gibson, Johanna Pigott, John Stone, Don Chapman, Julie Cox, Robert Davis, Tim Gooding, Melanie Kavanagh, Bruce Keller, Elizabeth Mortison, David Price
1977 Young Mo

(or The Resuscitation of the Little Prince Who Couldn’t Laugh as Performed by Young Mo at the Height of the Great Depression of 1929)
Writer: Steve J. Spears
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Gary Cosham, Marlene Dale, Gloria Dawn, Willie Fennell, John Gaden, Garry McDonald, John McTernan, Roy Ritchie, Sue Walker
1977 Going Home Writer: Alma De Groen
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Nancye Hayes, Chris Haywood, Gary Day, James Elliott, Catherine Wilkin
1977 Jack Writer: Jim McNeil
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: John Clayton, Barbara Dennis, Martin Harris, Malcolm Keith
1977 The Club Writer: David Williamson
Director: John Bell
Cast: Ivar Kants, Ron Graham, Ron Haddrick, Barry Lovett, Jeff Ashby
1977 Inner Voices Writer: Louis Nowra
Director: John Bell
Cast: Tony Sheldon, Greg Zuckerman, Robert Alexander, Bill Conn, Robert Faggetter, Jane Harders
1977 Going Bananas: Bananas

(triple bill with The Coroner’s Report & The Flaw)
Writer: Richard Bradshaw
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Judi Farr, Ralph Cotterill, Robert Davis, Stephen Thomas
1977 Going Bananas: The Coroner’s Report

(triple bill with Bananas & The Flaw) 
Writer: John Summons
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Judi Farr, Ralph Cotterill, Robert Davis, Stephen Thomas
1977 Going Bananas: The Flaw

(triple bill with Bananas & The Coroner’s Report)
Writer: Mel Perrin
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Judi Farr, Ralph Cotterill, Robert Davis, Stephen Thomas
1977 I’ll Be In On That   Anne Harvey
1977 A Stretch of the Imagination Writer: Jack Hibberd
Director: Paul Hampton
Cast: Max Gillies
1977 Alitji in Wonderland Writer: Lewis Carroll
Cast/Puppeteer: Richard Bradshaw
1977 Treasure Island Director: Ken Horler
1977 Twelfth Night Writer: Shakespeare
Director: John Bell
Cast: Barry Otto, Peter Carroll, Anna Volska, Drew Forsythe, Russell Kiefel, Berys Marsh, Gordon McDougall, Dennis Scott, Tony Sheldon, Graham Thorburn, Robert Alexander, Neil Fitzpatrick
1977 Much Ado About Nothing Writer: Shakespeare
Director: John Bell
Cast: Peter Carroll, Drew Forsythe, Ivar Kants, Deborah Kennedy, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Anna Volska, Gordon McDougall, Dennis Scott, Tony Sheldon, Alan Tobin, Robert Alexander, Maggie Blinco
1977 Ashes Writer: David Rudkin
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: John Gaden, Geraldine Turner, Alan Belcher, Suzanne Roylance
1977 Fanshen Writers: David Hare, William Hinton
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Nico Lathouris, John Ley, Suzanne Roylance, George Shevtsov, Bill Summers, Stephen Thomas, Alan Becher, Tim Burns, Margaret Cameron

1978

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Year Title Cast & crew
1978 Curse of the Starving Class Writer: Sam Shepard
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Hugh Keays-Byrne, Carole Skinner, George Shevtsov, Ray Anderson, Robert Davis, Benjamin Franklin, Malcolm Keith, Suzanne Roylance
1978 An Evening with Adolf Hitler Writers: Jennifer Compton, Matthew O'Sullivan
Director: Ken Horler
1978 Rock-Ola Writer: Tim Gooding
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Kris McQuade, Robin Ramsay, Jacki Weaver
1978 A Visit with the Family Writer: Greg Bunbury
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Robyn Nevin, Gillian Jones, Margo Lee, Helen Morse, Brian Young, Louis Brown, Brandon Burke, Tom Farley
1978 Marxisms 

(triple bill with Stubble & Everyman)
Writer: Moya Henderson
Director: John Bell
Cast: John McTernan, Pierre Emery
1978 Stubble

(triple bill with Marxisms & Everyman)
Writer: Moya Henderson
Director: David Bell
Cast: John McTernan
1978 Everyman: a Sentence Situation

(triple bill with Marxisms & Stubble)
Writer:Rudi Krausmann
Director: John Bell
Cast: Nick Enright, John McTernan, Anna Volska, Jennifer McGregor
1978 The Comedy of Errors Writer: Shakespeare
Director: John Bell
Cast: Drew Forsythe, John McTernan, Henri Szeps, Anna Volska, Maggie Dence, Tony Sheldon, Robert Hewett, Malcolm Keith, Elizabeth Lancaster, Robert Levis, Maggie Blinco, Robert Davis
1978 Kold Komfort Kaffee Writer: Robyn Archer
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: John Gaden, Robyn Archer
1978 Patrick’s Hat Trick Writer: Ross Skiffington
Cast: Don Bridges, Ross Skiffington
1978 There Were Giants in Those Days Writer: Steve J. Spears
Designer: Ken Horler
Cast: David Argue, John Clayton, Basia Bonkowski
1978 The Job Writer: Lloyd Suttor
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: David Argue, John Clayton
1978 Gone with Hardy Writer: David Allen
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: Drew Forsythe, Henri Szeps, Kerry Walker
1978 Perfect Strangers  Writer: Ron Blair
1978 Steve Hansen Cast/Puppeteer: Steve Hansen
1978 Metamorphosis Writer: Franz Kafka
Director: Steven Berkoff
Cast: George Shevtsov, Paul Bertram, Margaret Cameron, Richard Collins, Ralph Cotterill, Janice Finn
1978-79 Jumpers Writer: Tom Stoppard
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: John Gaden, Allan Chapple, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Mary Haire, Barry Lovett, Glenn Mason, Tom Nichols, Martin Phelan, Walter Pym, George Whaley, Shane Withington
1978 A Dollar for an Autograph Writer: George Dreyfus
1978 Stubble Writer: Moya Henderson
Director: David Bell
Cast: John McTernan, Jennifer McGregor

1979

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Year Title Cast & crew
1979 Life of Galileo Writer: Bertolt Brecht
Directors: Ken Horler, John Gaden
Cast: Gillian Jones, John Gaden, Arthur Dignam, Drew Forsythe, John Frawley, Julie Hamilton, John Stone, Martin Vaughan, Paul Wentford, Les Amussen, Alan Becher, Stuart Campbell, Ian Suddard, Nicholas Raschke, Chris Orchard, Sean Fonti
1979 The Christian Brothers Writer: Ron Blair
Director: John Bell
Cast: Peter Carroll
1979 Romeo and Juliet Writer: Shakespeare
Director: John Bell
Cast: Mel Gibson, Simon Burke, Angela Punch McGregor, Peter Collingwood, Gerry Duggan, Drew Forsythe, Peter Kowitz, John McTernan, Sonja Tallis, Anna Volska, Kerry Walker, Keith Lee, Matthew O'Sullivan, Michael Smith, Craig Ashley
1979 Makassar Reef Writer: Alex Buzo
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Jeanie Drynan, Bill Hunter, Sean Scully, George Shevtsov, Davy Frinces, Julie Hudspeth, Monroe Reimers
1979 Travelling North Writer: David Williamson
Director: John Bell
Cast: Jennifer Hagan, Julie Hamilton, Deborah Kennedy, Carol Raye, Henri Szeps, Frank Wilson, Graham Rouse, Tony Insergent
1979 The Bastard from the Bush Writers: Henry Lawson, Rodney Fisher, Robin Ramsay
Director: Rodney Fisher
Cast: Robin Ramsay
1979 Upside Down at the Bottom of the World Writer: David Allen
Director: Neil Armfield
Cast: Barry Otto, Kerry Walker, Paul Bertram, Sally Cahill
1979 Potiphar’s Wife + 2: Potiphar’s Wife

(triple bill with Vicki Madison Clocks Out & Not I)
Writer: FF Piano (pen name of Margot Hilton)
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Julie McGregor
1979 Potiphar’s Wife + 2: Vicki Madison Clocks Out 

(triple bill with Potiphar’s Wife & Not I)
Writer: Alex Buzo
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Helen Morse
1979 Potiphar’s Wife + 2: Not I

(triple bill with Potiphar’s Wife & Vicki Madison Clocks Out)
Writer: Samuel Beckett
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Julie McGregor, Helen Morse
1979 Sideshow in Burlesco Composer: Martin Raphael
Director: Michael Matou
Cast: Cigarette, Kevin English, Fifi L'Amour, Michael Matou, Martin Raphael, Simon Reptile
1979 On Our Selection Writer: Steele Rudd
Director: George Whaley
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Noni Hazelhurst, Barry Otto, John Clayton, Jon Blake, Don Crosby, Vivienne Garrett, Robert Menzies, Julieanne Newbould, Kerry Walker, John Smythe
1979 Henry IV, Part 1 & Henry IV, Part 2 Writer: Shakespeare
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: John Bell, Peter Carroll, Drew Forsythe, Norman Kaye, John McTernan, Tony Sheldon, George Shevtsov, Mary-Lou Stewart, Frank Wilson, Alexander Hay, Robert Hewett, Ron Hackett, Aileen Britton
1979 The Sea Writer: Edward Bond
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: John Sheerin
1979 Hancock’s Last Half Hour Writer: Heathcote Williams
Director: Graeme Blundell
Cast: Bruce Myles
1979 From Laughing about the World to Living with the World Writer: Bertolt Brecht
Cast: Ekkehard Schall
1979 Betrayal Writer: Harold Pinter
Director: John Sumner
Cast: Elizabeth Alexander, John Stanton, Neil Fitzpatrick, Edward Hepple
1979 The Venetian Twins Writer: Carlo Goldoni
Director: John Bell
Cast: Annie Byron, Jon Ewing, Drew Forsythe, John McTernan, Tony Sheldon, John Frawley, Barry Lovett, Jennifer McGregor, Tony Taylor, Valerie Bader
1979 Moving Being Cast: Elisabeth Burke, Pierre Thibaudeau
1979 American Buffalo Writer: David Mamet
Director: Peter Barclay
Cast: Brandon Burke, Graham Rouse, Stanley Walsh
1979 Family Man Writer: John Croyston
Director: Neil Armfield

1980

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Year Title Cast & crew
1980 Bullie’s House Writer: Thomas Keneally
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Bob Maza, Athol Compton, Justine Saunders, Kevin Smith, Bill Conn, Martin Harris, Don Reid
1980 Pirates at the Barn Writer: Eleanor Witcombe
Designer: Neil Armfield
Cast: Simon Burke, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Louise Le Nay, Peter Fisher, Brian Blain, Leo Bradney-George, Russell Newman, Tony Taylor, Paul Bertram, Stuart Campbell
1980 The House of the Deaf Man Writer: John King
Director: John Bell
Cast: Joseph Furst, Vivienne Garrett, Deborah Kennedy, Kerry Walker, Paul Bertram, Brian Fitzsimmons, Brian McDemott
1980 Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Writer: Tom Stoppard
Director: Ken Horler
Cast: Graeme Blundell, Ralph Cotterill
1980 Ubu

(double bill with L’os)
Writer: Alfred Jarry
Director: Peter Brook
Cast: Andreas Katsulas, Urs Bihler, Malick Bowens, Miriam Goldschmidt, Mireille Maalouf, Alain Maratrat, Bruce Myers, Jean-Claude Perrin
1980 L’os

(double bill with Ubu)
Writer: Birago Diop
Director: Peter Brook
Cast: Andreas Katsulas, Urs Bihler, Malick Bowens, Miriam Goldschmidt, Arnault Lecarpentier, Mireille Maalouf, Alain Maratrat, Bruce Myers, Yoshi Oida, Tapa Sudana
1980 The Ik Writer: Colin Higgins, Denis Cannan, Colin Turnbull
Director: Peter Brook
Cast: Andreas Katsulas, Natasha Parry, Asmund Bakka, Malick Bowens, Miriam Goldschmidt, Noel Kelly, Dean Martin, Bruce Myers, Yoshi Oida, Adrian Stanley
1980 A Dybbuk for Two People Cast: Miriam Goldschmidt, Bruce Myers
1989 The Conference of the Birds Director: Peter Brook
Cast: Andreas Katsulas, Alain Maratrat, Natasha Parry, Urs Bihler, Malick Bowens, Miriam Goldschmidt, Arnault Lecarpentier, Bob Lloyd, Mireille Maalouf, Bruce Myers, Yoshi Oida, Jean-Claude Perrin, Tapa Sudana
1980 Geraldine Turner Sings Musical Director: Max Lambert
Performer: Geraldine Turner
1980 Inside the Island Writer: Louis Nowra
Director: Neil Armfield
Cast: Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Paul Chubb, Annie Byron, Tyler Coppin, John McTernan, Dinah Shearing, Martin Vaughan, Katrina Foster, Martin Harris, Warren Coleman, Bill Conn, Tony Blackett
1980 The Beard Writer: Michael McClure
Director: Rrats Bander
Cast: Rrats Bander, Fifi L'Amour
1980 Celluloid Heroes Writer: David Williamson
Director: John Bell
Cast: Kate Fitzpatrick, John Gregg, Robin Ramsay, Kevin Smith, Peter Sumner, Henri Szeps, Alan Wilson, Barbara Stephens
1980 Traitors Writer: Stephen Sewell
Director: Neil Armfield
Cast: Colin Friels, Judi Farr
1980 Clowneroonies! Director: Geoffrey Rush
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Pat Thomson, Gillian Hyde, Russell Newman, Tony Taylor
1980 Backyard Writer: Jānis Balodis
Director: Terence Clarke
Cast: Bryan Brown, Michele Fawdon, Julie McGregor, Joan Sydney, David Atkins, David Slingsby
1980 You and the Night and the House Wine Writers/Directors/Cast: Deidre Rubenstein, Tony Sheldon, Tony Taylor, Robyn Moase
1980 Krazy for You: Jeannie Lewis in concert Director: Ted Robinson
Performer: Jeannie Lewis
1980 Oresteia Writer: Aeschylus
Director: John Bell
Cast: Colin Friels, Kris McQuade, Carol Burns, Arianthe Galani, John McTernan, Anna Volska, Bill Conn, Ralph Cotterill, Paul Bertram
1980 Clouds Writer: Michael Frayn
Director: Neil Armfield
Cast: Bob Maza, Max Gillies, Jennifer Hagan, John McTernan, Paul Bertram
1980 The Year of the Migrant
1980 A Little Brown Hairy Eye Writers: Henri Szeps, Chris Greenwood
Director: Rodney Fisher
Cast: Henri Szeps
1980 Sexual Perversity in Chicago / Reunion

(double bill)
Writer: David Mamet
Director: Ken Boucher
Cast: Michael Caton, Lynette Curran, Henri Szeps, Candy Raymond, Celia de Burgh
1980 Volpone Writer: Ben Jonson
Director: Neil Armfield, John Bell
Cast: Barry Otto, Colin Friels, John McTernan, Paul Chubb, John Bell, Peter Collingwood, Tyler Coppin, Linda Cropper, Tim Eliott, Pat McDonald, Paul Bertram, Bill Conn
1980 Sleep Never Rusts Cast: Lance Curtis, Geoff Kelso
1980 The Heartache and Sorrow Show Creators: Cathy Downes, Jenny Ludlam
Cast: Cathy Downes, Jenny Ludlam
1980 A Whip Round for Percy Grainger Writer: Thérèse Radic
1980 Dreamers of the Absolute Writer: Phil Motherwell
1980 Narrow Feint Writer: David Knight
1980 Snakes and Ladders Writer: Mil Perrin
1980 The Secret Life of Mr Gibney Writer: Kenneth G. Ross
1980 Wolf Disease Writer: Tony Page

1981

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Year Title Cast & crew
1981 Judgement Writer: Barry Collins
Director: William Gluth
Cast: Malcolm Robertson
1981 Concerning Poor B.B. Writer: Bertolt Brecht
Director: Michael Brindley
Cast: Beverley Blankenship
1981 The Choir Writer: Errol Bray
Director: Neil Armfield
Cast: Simon Burke, Tyler Coppin, Jim Holt, Tony Sheldon, Peter Kowitz, David Atkins, David Slingsby
1981 Anorexia Sometimes Writer: Gillian Jones
Director: Kerry Dwyer
Cast: Gillian Jones
1981 Brandy Mime and Soda Writer: Jean-Paul Bell
Cast: John Bear, Dave Gray, Jean-Paul Bell
1981 Accidental Death of an Anarchist Writer: Dario Fo
Director: Brent McGregor
Cast: George Whaley, Deborah Kennedy, Robert Giltinan, Martin Harris, Paul Mason, Tony Taylor
1981 Los Trios Ringbarkus Cast: Neil Gladwin, Stephen Kearney
1981 Busking with Brel Musical Director: Michael Tyack
Cast: Neil Melville, Robyn Arthur, Lance Strauss
1981 Ampira
1981 Physical Strength Creator: Faye Bendrups
Director: Garry Ginivan
Cast: Faye Bendrups
1981 Slice Writer: Tony Strachan
Director: Kim Carpenter
Cast: Su Cruickshank, Alexander Hay, Christine Mahoney, George Shevtsov
1981 The Pale Sergeant Creator: Alexander Hay
Cast: Alexander Hay
1981 Sitting on a Fortune Writer: Hilary Beaton
Director: Christine Koltai
Cast: Jenny Ludlam, Robynne Bourne, Maree D’Arcy, Gillian Hyde
1981 Corpuscle Chaos Creator: Aku Kadogo
Cast: Aku Kadogo, Caroline Thompson
1981 Worse than Perverse Creators: Jan Cornall, Elizabeth Drake
Director: Jenny Kemp
Cast: Jan Cornall, Elizabeth Drake
1981 Last Day in Woolloomooloo Writer: Ron Blair
Director: John Bell
Cast: Peter Collingwood, Leslie Dayman, Pat Evison, Ronald Falk, Stuart Campbell, Robert Alexander, Ralph Cotterill
1981 Roses in Due Season Writer: Doreen Clarke
Director: Fay Mokotow
Cast: Heather Mitchell, Carole Skinner, Sally Cooper, Martin Harris
1981 Slice Writer: Tony Strachan
Director: Kim Carpenter
Cast: Su Cruickshank, Alexander Hay, Christine Mahoney, George Shevtsov
1981 Pinball Writer: Alison Lyssa
Director: Chris Johnson
Cast: Jenny Ludlam, Cecily Polson, Kerry Walker, Natalie Bate, Paul Bertram, Roger Leach
1981 Eyes of the Whites Writer: Tony Strachan
Director: Neil Armfield
Cast: Kerry Walker, Peter Whitford, Ron Becks, Roslyn Bobom, Christine Mahoney, John Posikei Alex
1981 Desert Flambe Director: Chrissie Koltai
Cast: Deborah Kennedy, Jenny Ludlam, Jenny Hope, Gillian Hyde, Beverley Blankenship, Suzanne Dudley, Valerie Bader
1981 Cain’s Hand Allan Mackay & Helmut Bakaitis
1981 Teeth ‘n’ Smiles Writer: David Hare
Director: Neil Armfield, Gale Edwards, Chris Johnson
Cast: Michele Fawdon, Gillian Jones, Robert Menzies, Geoffrey Rush, Gary Waddell, Jack Weiner, Warren Coleman, Steve Coupe, Tony Strachan, Robert Davis, Ian Bowie, Tim Robertson
1981 Three Sisters Writer: Anton Chekhov
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Ivar Kants, Barry Otto, John Bell, Cathy Downes, Michele Fawdon, Drew Forsythe, Ron Haddrick, Deidre Rubenstein, Anna Volska, John Allen, James Belton, Basil Clarke, Tony Mack
1981 Tales from the Vienna Woods Writer: Ödön von Horváth
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Ivar Kants, Barry Otto, Cathy Downes, Jon Ewing, Ronald Falk, Michele Fawdon, Geneviève Picot, Deidre Rubenstein, Anna Volska, Aubrey Mellor, Ruth Thompson, Jonathan Ciddor, Michael Carlos, Rob Baxter, Brandon Burke, Roma Conway, Robert Alexander, Keith Bain, Victoria Feitscher
1981 Cloud 9 Writer: Caryl Churchill
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Colin Friels, Barry Otto, Anna Volska, Cathy Downes, Michele Fawdon, Deidre Rubenstein, John Walton
1981 Protest: Audience

(triple bill with Private View & Protest)
Writer: Vaclav Havel
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Barry Otto, John Walton
1981 Protest: Private View

(triple bill with Audience & Protest)
Writer: Vaclav Havel
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Cathy Downes, Barry Otto, John Walton
1981 Protest: Protest

(triple bill with Audience & Private View)
Writer: Vaclav Havel
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Barry Otto, John Walton
1981 I’ve Got a Name Writer: John Lonie
Director: Richard Tulloch
Cast: Jean Kittson, Ian White, Christine James, David Kerslake
1981 Nothing Matters Writer: Barbara Berlin
Director: Kate JasonSmith
1981 Passengers in Overcoats Writer: Gillian Jones
Director: Kerry Dwyer
1981 The Promise Writer: Gail Prince
Directors: Chris James, Jade Kuring
1981 The World and Some Peacocks Writer: Berwyn Lewis
Director: Ros Harin

1982

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Year Title Cast & crew
1982 Medea Cast: Lynette Curran
1982 A Woman Alone Cast: Lynette Curran
1982 Female Parts Writer: Dario Fo
Director: Fay Mokotow
Cast: Lynette Curran, Jude Kuring
1982 The Struggle of the Naga Tribe Writer: Willibrordus S. Rendra
Director: Chris Johnson
Cast: Annie Byron, Cathy Downes, Carole Skinner, Bob Hornery, Robert Alexander, Brandon Burke, Tom Considine, Suzanne Roylance
1982 New Sky Creator: Judith Anderson
Cast: Judith Anderson
1982 Woman: Glimpses into Her Story Cast: Robyn Alewood, Camilla Blunden
1982 Not Still Lives Writer: Suzanne Spunner
Director: Barbara Ciszewska
Cast: Andrea Lemon, Meredith Rogers
1982 When the Bough Breaks Creators: Elisabeth Burke, Pierre Thibaudeau
Cast: Elisabeth Burke, Pierre Thibaudeau, Mary Shanahan, Cristina Wells, Christopher Williams, Sharon Williams
1982 I Am Who You Infer Creator: Barbara Ciszewska, Meredith Rogers
Director: Barbara Ciszewska
Cast: Meredith Rogers
1982 Fair and Tender Ladies Writer: George Hutchinson
Director: Anne Harvey
1982 Welcome the Bright World Writer: Stephen Sewell
Director: Neil Armfield
Cast: Barry Otto, Max Gillies, Cathy Downes, Michele Fawdon, Katrina Foster, Martin Harris, Russell Newman, Craig Ashley, Brandon Burke
1982 Death of a Salesman Writer: Arthur Miller
Director: George Ogilvie
Cast: Mel Gibson, Warren Mitchell, Judi Farr, Leslie Dayman, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Peter Gwynne, Wayne Jarratt, Cecily Polson, John Stone, Rainee Skinner, Katy Brinson, Tim McKenzie
1982 Candide Writer: Francois Voltaire
Director: John Bell
Cast: Jon Ewing, Philip Quast, Deidre Rubenstein, Rick Burchall, Jacqui Hall, John Hannan, Barry Lovett, Christine Mahoney, Karyn O'Neill, Tony Sheldon, Michael Smith, Tony Taylor, Susan Van Cott
1982 Demolition Job Writer: Gordon Graham
Director: Anna Volska
Cast: Harold Hopkins, John Stone, Rob Steele
1982 A Hard God Writer: Peter Kenna
Director: Kevin Jackson
Cast: Mark Lee, Simon Burke, Ron Graham, Ron Hackett, Judith Fisher, Bevan Wilson, Fisne Chamberlain
1982 Double Take
1982 Aroma Billings - Exotic Artiste Ordinaire Creator: Jan Cornall
Cast: Jan Cornall
1982 The Balek Scales Writer: Heinrich Böll
Directors: Janice Burgess, Noel Maloney, Sue Sullivan, Ruth Thompson
Cast: Janice Burgess, Julie Bosch, Lindy Ferguson, Sally Mendes, Andrea O'Shea, Jo White
1982 Wild Violets and Honesty Writer: Frances Hodgkins
Director: Kate JasonSmith
Cast: Shaquelle Maybury
1982 Sweetcorn Writers: Cathy Downes, Jane Waddell
Cast: Cathy Downes, Jenny Ludlam
1982 The Dresses Creators: Margaret Fischer, Christine Shaw, Bronwyn Vaughn
Director: Claire Teisen
Cast: Margaret Fischer, Christine Shaw, Bronwyn Vaughn
1982 Annie's Coming Out Writers: Rosemary Crossley, Anne McDonald
Director: Ros Horin
Cast: David Hall, Josephine Lee, Nici Wood
1982 Hostages Creators: Faye Bendrups, Alison Richards
Cast: Faye Bendrups, Alison Richards
1982 The Two Oddments or The Long and Short Of It Director: Margaret Davis
Cast: Glenda Linscott, Wendy Strehlow, Rosalind Woolf
1982 Don't Thank Me Writer: Pam Nilan
Director: Kerry Dwyer, Pam Nilan
Cast: Stuart Matchett, Peta Rotler, Nicola Scott, Theresa Wilkinson
1982 Vaudevillains
1982 The Suicide Writer: Nikolai Erdman
Designer: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Peter Carroll, Angela Punch-McGregor, Ron Haddrick, Heather Mitchell, Carole Skinner, Annie Byron, Gordon McDougall, Leigh Rice, James Belton, Brandon Burke, Robert Alexander
1982 All the Boys Writer: Linda Atkins
Director: Noni Hazelhurst
1982 Angels Affect Writer: Lisa Jones
1982 Challengers for Supremacy Writer: Christine Hawke
1982 Stripped Writer: Stephanie McCarthy
Director: Dara Gunzberg
1982 The Tenth Hour Writers: Sue Banks, Julie Williams
1982 Black Chrysanthemums Writer: Angela Fewster
Director: Chris Johnson
1982 Easements Writer: Mil Perrin
Director: Mil Perrin
1982 He Loves Me, He Doesn’t Writer: Julie Finch-Scally
Director: Mil Perrin
1982 Invitation to Eternity Writer: Linda Aronson
Director: Linda Aronson
1982 Just Talk Writer: Laurel McGowan
Director: Alison Summers
1982 Kitsch Creators: Peter Flynn, Mike Mullins
Cast: Mike Mullins
1982 No Flies on Biggles Creators: Russell Cheek, Iaon Gunn, Ted Keijser, Claire Teisen
1982 Nothing That’s Nothing Director: Robin Board
Cast: Gwenda Helsham
1982 Quiet Beguile Writer: Craig Cronin
Director: Alan Belcher
1982 Sleep Never Rusts Twice Cast: Lance Curtis, Geoff Kelso

1983

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Year Title Cast & crew
1983 Ron Raygun in the Antipodes (The Oscar-Missing President) Writer: Peter Kemp
Director: Fay Mokotow
Cast: Michael Adam-Smith, Julie Bailue, Jon Concannon, Jenifa Dwyer, Elwyn Edwards, Colin France, Kim Knuckey, Andrew Lucre, Terry Meller, Paul Meverley, Susheela Millburn, Jan Oxenbould, Susan Rigg, Les Ross, Carmen Russo, Peter Talmacs
1983 Party Wall Writer: Ken Horler
Director: George Whaley
Cast: Robert Grubb, Sandy Gore, Jim Holt, Julie McGregor, Ray Keogh, Bill McCluskey, Robin Bowering, Robert Davis, Terry Bader, Alan Becher
1983 Tristram Shandy Writer: Laurence Sterne
Director: Simon Phillips
Cast: Linda Cropper, Nick Enright, Michele Fawdon, Tim Robertson, Anna Volska, Robert Alexander, Marilyn Allen, Terry Bader, Brandon Burke, Suzanne Roylance
1983 Flash Jim Vaux: A Ballad Opera Writer: Ron Blair
Director: Anna Volska
Cast: Phillip Scott, Robert Alexander, Valerie Bader, Maggie Blinco, John Hannan, Russell Newman
1983 Variations: Chamber Music for Nine Players and Six Instruments Writer: Nick Enright
Director: John Bell, Nick Enright, Terence Clarke
Cast: Nancye Hayes, Deidre Rubenstein, Vivienne Garrett, Brian James, Patricia Kennedy, Kim Krejus, George Spartels, Robert Alexander
1983 New Sky Creator: Dame Judith Anderson
Cast: Dame Judith Anderson
1983 Buffaloes Can’t Fly Writer: Simon Hopkinson
Director: Chris Johnson
1983 A Night with the Right Writer: Max Gillies, John Clarke, Geoff Atherdon, Patrick Cook, Paul Hampton, Alan John, Barry Oakley, John Romeril, Phillip Scott, Stephen Sewell, Peter Smalley, John Timlin, Don Watson, Heathcote Williams
Director: Paul Hampton
Cast: Max Gillies, John Clark
1983 Year 9 are Animals Writer: Richard Tulloch
Director: Nici Wood
1983 Cocky of Bungaree Writer: Richard Tulloch
Director: Chris Johnson
Cast: Carole Skinner, Tony Taylor, Martin Vaughan, Paul Bertram, Warren Coleman, Greg Dimmock, Christine Mahoney, Tony Sheldon
1983 Are You Lonesome Tonight? Writer: Pamela van Amstel
Director: Peter Kingston
Cast: Simon Burke, Julie Hamilton, Lorna Lesley, Baz Luhrmann, David Courcier
1983 There’s a Ghost on Clark Island Writer: Tony Taylor
Director: Chris Johnson
Cast: Tim Eliott, Genevieve Mooy, Barbara Stephens, Stephen Thomas, Valerie Bader, Maggie Blinco, Warren Coleman
1983 Burn Victim Writer: Stephen Sewell
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Michele Fawdon, Barry Otto, Deidre Rubenstein, Anna Volska
1983 Beyond Mozambique Writer: George F. Walker
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Tina Bursill, Kate Fitzpatrick, Neil Fitzpatrick, John Hannan, Terry Bader, Brandon Burke
1983 Uncle Vanya Writer: Anton Chekhov
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: John Bell, Michele Fawdon, David Nettheim, Barry Otto, Anna Volska, Eve Wynne, Myra Noblett
1983 The Marginal Farm Writer: Alex Buzo
Director: Aubrey Mellor
1983 Miss Julie (double bill with The Bear) Writer: August Strindberg
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Colin Friels, Judy Davis, Annie Byron
1983 The Bear (double bill with Miss Julie) Writer: Anton Chekhov
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Colin Friels, Judy Davis, Annie Byron
1983 The Kid Writer: Michael Gow
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Don Crosby, Jo Kennedy, John Polson, Carole Skinner, Nique Needles, Michael Horrocks, Gabrielle Mason
1983 Buck Privates
1983 The Harlequin Shuffle Writer: Tony Strachan
1983 Top Girls Writer: Caryl Churchill
Director: Chris Johnson
Cast: Carmen Duncan, Vivienne Garrett, Jennifer Hagan, Sally McKenzie, Deidre Rubenstein, Odile Le Clezio, Isabelle Anderson
1983 As You Like It Writer: Shakespeare
Directors: John Bell, Anna Volska
Cast: Leslie Dayman, Julie McGregor, Deidre Rubenstein, Rob Steele, Anna Volska, John Walton, Tony Taylor, Philip Dodd, Michael Johnson, Robert Alexander, Paul Bertram, Peter Carmody
1983 The Case of Katherine Mansfield Writer: Katherine Mansfield
Cast: Stuart Devenie, Cathy Downes
1983 The Pack of Women Creator: Robyn Archer
Cast: Jane Clifton, Judi Connelli
1983 Beyond Mozambique Writer: George F. Walker
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Tina Bursill, Kate Fitzpatrick, Neil Fitzpatrick, John Hannan, Terry Bader, Brandon Burke
1983 Animal Farm Adaptor: Malcolm Keith
Directors: Mark Ferguson, Jane Westbrook
1983 Animal Act of the Year Writer: Ben Zion Weis
1983 Australia-Go-Round Writer: Sandy Braun
Director: Jane Westbrook
1983 Bid Me To Love Writer: Katharine Susannah Prichard
Director: John Smythe
1983 Brumby Innes Writer: Katharine Susannah Prichard
Director: John Smythe
1983 The Burglar Writer: Katharine Susannah Prichard
Director: John Smythe
1983 Halloran’s Little Boat Writer: Thomas Keneally
1983 Cross Sections Writer: John Sandford
Director: Peter Kingston
1983 Firebird Writer: Rob Hood
1983 G for Game

(double bill with Scenario X)
1983 Scenario X

(double bill with G for Game)
1983 Gladbags Writer: Patricia Johnson
Director: Jon Ewing
1983 Hess Writer: Michael Burrell
Director: Edgar Metcalfe, Leslie Wright
1983 Marmalade File Writer: Margaret Hilton
1983 Open Spaces Writer: Harry Tighe
1983 Sky Without Birds Writer: Oriel Gray
1983 Squeaking Pips Writer: Margaret Hilton
1983 The Chelsea Pad Writer: Mona Brand
1983 The Parker Pen Writer: Dorothy Parker
1983 Virtue Writer: David Allen
1983 Wet Dream Writer: David Foster
Director: Andrew MacLellan

1984

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Year Title Cast & crew
1984 King Lear Writer: Shakespeare
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Colin Friels, Judy Davis, Gillian Jones, Kris McQuade, John Bell, Michael Carman, Peter Dahlsen, Jon Ewing, Michael Gow, John Howard, Peter Kowitz, Robert Menzies, Mark Minchinton, Bevan Wilson
1984 A Toast to Melba Writer: Jack Hibberd
Director: Phillip Scott
Cast: Sally McKenzie, Phillip Scott, Martin Sharman, Duncan Wass, Bevan Wilson, Gaye MacFarlane, Meg Chilcott, Barry Lovett
1984 The Women of March the First Writer: Lissa Benyon
Director: Carol Woodrow
Cast: Anna Volska, Suzette Williams, Melita Jurisic
1984 The Christian Brothers Writer: Ron Blair
Director: Kevin Jackson
Cast: Rhys McConnochie
1984 Graeme King Lear Writer: Barry Dickins
Director: Wilfred Last
Cast: Ray Baldwin
1984 Il Magnifico Writer: Robyn Archer
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast:
Colin Friels, Bob Hornery, Arky Michael, Dina Panozzo, John Walton, Carmen Warrington, Lee James, Jacqueline Kott, Geoffrey Williams, Brandon Burke, John Hannan
1984 The Golden Oldies Writer: Dorothy Hewett
Director: Peter Kingston
Cast: Carole Skinner, Helen McDonald
1984 Performing Seals Writer: Barbara Pepworth
Director: Chris Johnson
1984 Mystery of Mulligan’s Gold Writer: Richard Tulloch
Director: Chris Johnson
Cast: Ron Graham, Pat Thomson, Richard Tulloch, Valerie Bader, Philip Dodd, Christine Anketell, Michael Johnson, Stephen Thomas
1984 The Servant of Two Masters Writer: Carlo Goldoni
Director: John Bell
Cast: Drew Forsythe, Vivienne Garrett, Bob Hornery, Rosey Jones, Genevieve Mooy, John Stone, Jean-Paul Bell, James Belton, Jennifer Hope, Barry Lovett
1984 Salonika Writer: Louise Page
Director: Aubrey Mellor
Cast: Judi Farr, Simon Burke, Gordon Glenwright, Gwen Plumb, Jo Lawrence Woodward
1984 The Boiling Frog Writer: Alison Lyssa
Director: John Bell
Cast: Peter Collingwood, Susannah Fowle, Madeleine Blackwell, Robert Morgan, Tom Considine

1985

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Year Title Cast & crew
1985 Cheapside Writer: David Allen
Director: John Bell
Cast: Vivienne Garrett, Jim Holt, Denis Moore, Brandon Burke
1985 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Writer: Bertolt Brecht
Director: Richard Wherrett
Cast: John Gaden, John Bell, Peter Collingwood, Lynette Curran, Maggie Dence, John Gaden, Donal Gibson, Graham Harvey, Wayne Pygram, Henri Szeps, Jack Webster, Robert Alexander, Terry Bader, Danny Caretti, Garry Scale, Michael Harrs, Neil Fitzpatrick, Marian Dworakowski, Stuart Campbell
1985 Max Gillies Summit Writer: Max Gillies
Cast: Max Gillies
1985 A Stretch of the Imagination Writer: Jack Hibberd
Director: Jack Hibberd
Cast: Bruce Spence
1985 Woza Albert! Writers: Mbongeni Ngema, Percy Mtwa
Director: Barney Simon
Cast: Mbongeni Ngema, Percy Mtwa
1985 Zastrozzi Writer: George F. Walker
Director: George F. Walker
Cast: Colin Friels, Tina Bursill, Brandon Burke, Neil Fitzpatrick, James Laurie, Anna Lee
1985 Arms and the Man Writer: George Bernard Shaw
Director: Richard Cottrell
Cast: Robert Coleby, Zoe Bertram, Maggie Dence, Ron Graham, Jane Harders, Barry Lovett, Stuart McCreery, Keith Spurr

1986

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Year Title Cast & crew
1986 She Stoops to Conquer Writer: Oliver Goldsmith
Director: Michael Rodger
Cast: Ivar Kants, Simon Burke, Deidre Rubenstein, Ron Graham, Elizabeth Alexander, Walter Brown, Rupert Burns, Celia de Burgh, Diana Denley, Barry Lovett, Kerry McKay, John Turnbull
1986 Wild Honey Writer: Anton Chekhov
Director: Richard Cottrell
Cast: Ivar Kants, Ron Graham, Deidre Rubenstein, John Bell, Elizabeth Alexander, Walter Brown, Celia de Burgh, Diana Denley, Barry Lovett, Kerry McKay, John Turnbull
1986 The Merchant of Venice Writer: William Shakespeare
Director: Richard Cottrell
Cast: Ivar Kants, Simon Burke, Ron Graham, Deidre Rubenstein, Elizabeth Alexander, Barry Lovett, John Turnbull
1986 All's Well That Ends Well Writer: George Bernard Shaw, David Williamson
Director: Richard Cottrell
Cast: Ruth Cracknell, Simon Burke, Ron Graham, Edwin Hodgeman, Deidre Rubenstein, Wayne Pygram, Walter Brown, Elizabeth Alexander, Rupert Burns, Celia de Burgh, Diana Denley, Barry Lovett, Kerry McKay, William Neskovski, John Turnbull

1987

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Year Title Cast & crew
1987 As Is Writer: William M. Hoffman
Director: John Tasker
Cast: Nick Enright, Kathleen Allen, Marilyn Allen, Gary Down, Joss McWilliam, Lloyd Morris, Tony Poli
1987 Tartuffe Writer: Molière
Director: John Bell
Cast: Robert Coleby, Elizabeth Alexander, Nicholas Opolski, Edwin Hodgeman, David Nettheim, Fiona Press, Scott McGregor, Valerie Bader, Daphne Grey, Barry Lovett, Mark Pegler
1987 The Winter’s Tale Writer: Shakespeare
Director: Richard Cottrell
Cast: Colin Friels, Sonia Todd, Robert Coleby, Ron Graham, Graham Harvey, Edwin Hodgeman, Scott McGregor, David Nettheim, Fiona Press, Nicholas Opolski, Elizabeth Alexander, Daphne Grey. Valerie Bader, Andrew Menezel, Barry Lovett, Benjamin Brennan, Mark Peglet
1987 The Golden Age Writer: Louis Nowra
Director: Egil Kipste
Cast: Sonia Todd, Ron Graham, Nicholas Opolski, Edwin Hodgeman, Scott McGregor, Graham Harvey, Melita Jurisic, Mark Pegler, Valerie Bader, Daphne Grey
1987 Les Liaisons dangereuses Writer: Christopher Hampton
Director: Richard Cottrell
Cast: Hugo Weaving, Sonia Todd, Angela Punch McGregor, Melissa Jaffer, Deidre Rubenstein, Graham Harvey, Betty Lucas, Scott McGregor, Glynn Nicholas, Melita Jurisic
1987 Kiss of the Spider Woman Writer: Manuel Puig
Director: Egil Kipste
Cast: Barry Otto, Russell Kiefel

References

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  • Julian Meyrick (2002). See How It Runs: Nimrod and the New Wave. Currency Press. ISBN 0-86819-651-7.
  • Richard Wherrett (2000). The floor of heaven : my life in theatre. Hodder Headline. ISBN 0-7336-1049-8.
  • Philip Parsons, Victoria Chance (Ed.) (1995). Companion to theatre in Australia. Currency Press in association with Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-86819-357-7.