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NEWS FEED
The New Years: 1932 -
The Plays, People and Events of 75 Years of Sydney's New Theatre
'The New has reflected the concerns of ordinary Australians for 75 years and the list of plays produced by New Theatre stands as a history of Australia's concerns. For the list alone, the book is invaluable.' - Aubrey Mellor, Director of NIDA
A concise 75 year history of New Theatre, including a full list of every production since 1932.
Only $22 at Bar or (+ $2 postage and handling for Orders over the phone on 9519 3403 or email newtheatre@bigpond.com)
Tickets & Booking
Mainstage Productions: Phone: 1300 306 776 or mca-tix (
credit cards only)
Kids' Club and Readings: 9519 3403
Tickets can be purchased at the New Theatre Box Office from one hour before
the scheduled starting time. Box Office sales are cash only. New Theatre
cannot guarantee that there will be tickets available for every performance.
New Theatre reserves the right to sell any unpaid-for tickets not collected
20 minutes prior to the scheduled starting time.
New Theatre offers concession tickets to most productions for the following:
unwaged, pensioners, school students under 18 and full-time tertiary
students, students at accredited drama schools, MEAA, AWG, NEPA. Current id
required.
Submission of
Scripts
The new theatre welcomes the submission of
new scripts.
Please address them to the administrator and
include a stamped
reply envelope (if the script is to be returned).
Scripts are assessed
by the playreaders and artistic director against the Theatre's
criteria.
If a script is considered to have merit, but the new theatre
is unable to stage it, other suitable venues may be recommended
Administration
- Post: new theatre (Sydney) 542 King St Newtown NSW 2042
- E-mail: newtheatre@bigpond.com
- Phone: (+612) 9519 3403
- Fax: (+612) 9519 8960
Getting to the new theatre
- 542 King St, Newtown, NSW, Australia.
- midway between Newtown & St Peters Railway Stations
- bus 422 from Railway Square Sydney
- bus 370 from Coogee or Leichhardt
- The new theatre is a member of the Newtown Entertainment Precinct Association.
Supporters and Donations
new theatre thanks
SUMMER HILL WINE SHOP
PASTIZZI CAFE, NEWTOWN
Teachers in the Loop
for their
generous support.
new theatre is able to receive donations through a
listing on the Register of Companies under section 78(1) of the Income
Tax Assessment Act of 1936.
- Donations of $2.00 or more are eligible tax
deductions.
- Donations should be made payable to "New Theatre Properties Ltd".
- Post to The Administrator, new theatre 542 King St, Newtown NSW 2042.
- Include name and address for receipt.
- Enquiries (+612)9519 3403.
Past Productions & Links
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new theatre
542 King St
Newtown (Sydney)
"New Theatre's ability to showcase as well as nurture both mainstream and fringe elements of theatre is a rare gift to be treasured by the Australian arts community." Drew Sheldrick, Inner West Courier
2008 Program
New Theatre is an intimate 154-seat venue that is home to one of Australia's oldest continuously producing community theatre companies. Founded in 1932, New Theatre has progressed from its beginnings as a left-wing political Workers' Theatre to become one of Sydney's leading independent theatre companies.
New Theatre produces a diverse range of quality Australian and international works, both classic and contemporary, across many genres including drama, comedy, 'gay' plays and musicals, whilst still retaining its humanist ethos and political edge.
New Directions 08
New Theatre's annual 'mini-season' will this year showcase the best of contemporary writing with four exciting plays from Australia and the UK.
23 July - 16 August 2008
Wednesday - Friday @ 8pm, Saturday @ 4pm and 8pm
Tickets: $22 4-Play Season Pass: $70
Tuesday previews: $10 (22 and 29 July; 5 and 12 August)
Bookings: 1300 306 776 / www.mca-tix.com
Catapult22 - 26 JULY 2008
By Lachlan Phillpot (Australia)
Directed by Travis Green
Nathan comes on stage - literally: into a specimen jar! He's made a deal with lesbian couple Kay and Beth to father their child. His mother Maggie is horrified; his partner Guy is worried about the added pressures on an already strained relationship; the lesbian couple is asking a lot of uncomfortable questions; and Nathan must face difficult truths about both his past and present.
An explosive look at what hinges the deepest and most intimate relationships and the way in which people construct identities for themselves.
"Theatrical, layered, dense ... Take the plunge and immerse yourself in something quite extraordinary" - Stage Left.
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Airsick29 JULY - 2 AUGUST
By Emma Frost (UK)
Directed by Augusta Supple
How do you escape the past? How do you find the balance between independence and commitment? And what can you do when people just make you sick? Thirty-something Lucy is having a hard enough time coping with a high maintenance father and a wild and crazy best friend; but add to that a new, seemingly perfect but boorish boyfriend, and her growing attraction to a charming and mysterious Kiwi, and suddenly Lucy finds her life spiralling out of control.
Check in for this sexy, sassy comedy/drama about feminine dilemmas, bad choices, bastard men and the emotional black holes inside us all.
"Very funny, rich and inventive" - Theatre Record
"A young playwright with a distinctive individual voice ...darkly comic ...constantly grips and delights" - Telegraph (UK)
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The Carnivores4 - 9 AUGUST 2008
By Ian Wilding (Australia)
Directed by Luke Rogers
Brothers Thom and Gramme are rivals in the ethical murkiness of global capitalism - both up-market and black-market. As they try to negotiate their way through a minefield of family loyalty, medical ethics, sexual fidelity and plain old crime, the outside world steps in to make its own decisions.
An urban political drama with a comic edge that peels back the surface of contemporary life and gives us pause to consider what humanity really means.
The Carnivores won the 2005 Griffin Award for New Australian Playwriting.
"Among the select few voices writing for the Australian stage who is politically minded, uncompromising and not averse to risk" - Sydney Morning Herald
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Colder Than Here12 - 16 AUGUST 2008
By Laura Wade (UK)
Directed by Sally Blackwood
Nobody can ignore the fact that Myra is dying but in the meantime life goes on. There is heating to be fixed, cats to be fed and the perfect funeral to be planned. While Myra researches burial spots and biodegradable coffins, her husband and two adult daughters are finally forced to communicate with her, and each other, in the face of a heart-wrenching certainty.
A tender, funny and unsentimental look at a family facing up to the imminent death of a loved one.
"Wade is clearly a playwright on the rise" - The Times
"Far from flinching in the face of death, explores how we might make peace with it" - The Guardian
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Celebrate the
Beauty of the World
Loosely Woven
2pm, Sat 6th September 2008
Tickets $16 ($12 conc) 95193403 or at the door
Saturday Kids' Club returns
Saturday Kids' Club returns for 2008, bigger and better than
ever! This popular variety show is full of music, magic, fun and games,
prizes and surprises, and there's lots of audience participation too! There
will be four concerts during the year, each one celebrating one of the
seasons: Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.
Saturday Kids' Club: Winter: Saturday 16 August 2008 @ 1pm
Summer: Saturday 29 November 2008 @ 1pm
All tickets $12
Bookings: 9519 3403
A Clockwork Orange
By Anthony Burgess
Directed by Freida Lee
Alex and his vicious teenage gang, The Droogs, revel in horrific violence, mugging and gang rape. Alex also revels in the music of Beethoven. The Droogs communicate in a language which is as complicated as their actions. When a drug-fuelled night of fun ends in murder, Alex is finally busted and banged up. He is given a choice - be brainwashed into good citizenship and set free, or face a lifetime inside.
New Theatre presents Anthony Burgess' play with music based on his own provocative 1962 novella, which was made into a film classic by Stanley Kubrick in 1971.
28th August 2008 - 27th September 2008
THURSDAY - SATURDAY @ 8.00pm, SUNDAY @ 5pm
$27 / $22 (conc)/$20 groups 10+ ($10 Preview Wednesday 27 August 2008)
Free Sunday: Sunday 31 August @ 5pm (Unwaged, Students, Pensioners, Seniors card holders only)
BOOKINGS: 1300 306 776 / www.mca-tix.com
THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller
Presented by the Seymour Centre and New Theatre
New Theatre's sell-out production of Arthur Miller's great epic drama will transfer to the Seymour Centre in August.
The Crucible depicts the hysteria, paranoia and fear that tore apart the puritanical town of Salem Massachusetts during the 1682 witch-hunts. Written in the 1950s at the height of the Cold War anti-communist panic, Miller's message remains as relevant today, reflecting the darkest corners of human nature and the terrifying consequences of a community's actions. Louise Fischer directs a formidable cast of 20 in this dynamic production of The Crucible.
Has you by the throat .. you could hear a pin drop. 7/10 - Sun Herald 2 April 2007
"Gripping production" - The Daily Telegraph 23 March 2007
Dates: 13 August - 6 September 2008
Information and Performance Times - go to www.bite.net.au
Bookings: Seymour Online Box Office Telephone: 9351 7940