Marian Street Theatre records, 1965-2002

MLMSS 9359

fonds

1965-2002

Textual Records, Objects, Ephemera, Clippings

936639

4.92 metres of textual material (30 boxes)

The building which houses the Marian Street Theatre, located at 2 Marian Street in the northern Sydney suburb of Killara, was erected in 1906 as a community hall. In 1965 it was leased by the Community Theatre Company Limited, under the direction of Alexander Archdale, after which Ku-ring-gai Council funded remodelling of the hall as a theatre. In 1974 the company began performing under the name Marian Street Theatre Limited. After John Krummel became artistic director in 1982, the company’s name was changed to Northside Theatre Company. In 1990 the name reverted to Marian Street Theatre and the company operated under a series of directors until Krummel’s return in 1995. The Marian Street Theatre ceased operations and went into voluntary liquidation in 2001, while the Marian Street Children’s Theatre, established in 1974, continued.

BOARD PAPERS

BOXES 1-4
Minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, with associated papers
Box 1: 1990-1991
Box 2: 1992
Box 3: 1993-1998
Box 4: 1999-2002

BOX 5
Annual General Meeting minutes, Annual Reports, financial reports, 1980-2002

ADMINISTRATIVE FILES AND FINANCIAL RECORDS

BOX 6
Correspondence, 1990-2001

BOX 7
Correspondence, 1998-2001
Interim period, 1994
Staff memoranda, 1992-1995
Artistic Council, 1993
John Noble, 1992
Contracts, 1989-1992

BOX 8
1995 productions: Gordon Frost tours of ’95; ‘The Chalk Garden’; ‘The Club’; ‘The Real Thing’; ‘Beecham’; ‘How the Other Half Loves’; ‘A Passionate Woman’
1996 productions: ‘Beecham’ (Footbridge Theatre); ‘Neville’s Island’; ‘Quartermaine’s Terms’; ‘Wait until Dark’

BOX 9
1996 productions: ‘Livingstone’; ‘Tru’; ‘No Names . . . No Pack Drill’; ‘Communicating Doors’; ‘Down an Alley Filled with Cats’
1997 productions: ‘Death Defying Acts’; ‘Death Defying Acts’ (Gosford); ‘Dracula’; ‘Gone to Bali’; ‘Dracula’ (Gosford); ‘Taking Sides’

BOX 10
1997 productions: ‘The Memory of Water’; ‘Tru’ (Gosford); ‘After Play’; ‘Here Comes Showtime!’
1998 productions: ‘Complicity’; ‘Present Laughter’; ‘Social Climbers’; ‘Tom & Clem’; ‘Painting Churches’; ‘Old Wicked Songs’

BOX 11
1998 productions: ‘Full Gallop’; ‘All Things Considered’; ‘Valentine’s Day’
1999 productions: ‘The Cocktail Hour’; ‘Things We Do for Love’ [includes original music CD]; Silhouette’

BOX 12
1999 productions: ‘The Last Night of Ballyhoo’; ‘Oh Coward!’; ‘Daylight Saving’; ‘A Letter of Resignation’; ‘Old Wicked Songs’ (remount, Orange, Canberra); ‘Separation’

BOX 13
2000 productions: ‘Split Down the Middle’; ‘Broadway Bound’; ‘Brief Lives’; ‘Collected Stories’; ‘Talking Heads’; ‘Collected Stories’ (STC)

BOX 14
2000 productions: ‘Later Than Spring’; ‘The Gospel According to St John’; ‘Collected Stories’ (tours); ‘Peggy For You’; ‘Labor Day’; ‘The Tree House’

BOX 15
2001 productions: ‘Dinner with Friends’; ‘Quartet’; ‘Collected Stories’ (Canberra, Perth); ‘Single Spies’; ‘God Only Knows’; ‘The Gin Game’; A Musical Tribute to Doris Day; ‘Crimes of the Heart’; ‘A Poor Student’ [includes draft of script]

BOX 16
Register of ordinary members, 1980-1994; lists of ordinary and life members with completed application forms, 1991-2001
Marian Street Theatre (MST) Foundation files: Establishment; 1993; Deeds and amendments; Annual reports and finances; Donor and Patron’s Program; Correspondence; Post closure, 1987-2004

BOX 17
MST School information, booking forms, 1974-1991
Marian Street Children’s Theatre correspondence, programmes, promotional material, financial records, 1988-2001
Scrapbooks (3) of newscuttings, flyers and other material relating to the Children’s Theatre, 1995-2000
MST Forum programmes, newscuttings, mailing lists, lists of speakers, 1985-2001

BOX 18
Papers relating to the Scheme of Arrangement for management of MST, 1982-1984
Working papers for audits, including financial statements and audit reports, 1995-2001

BOX 19
Grant applications and associated papers for Australia Council and NSW Ministry for the Arts funding, 1989-1999
Correspondence with sponsors, 1993-1994

BOX 20
Files concerning dealings with government bodies: Office of State Revenue, 1997; Australian Securities Commission, 1991, 1996-1998; ASIC, 1991-1993, 2001, 2003; Theatre and Public Halls Act, 1982-1991; Theatre licence, 1989-1991; Theatre regulations, 1979; Certificate of Incorporation, 1965; Corporate Affairs Commission, 1984-1989; Business Activity Statements, 2000-2004; Charity status, 1984-1992

BOX 21
Ku-ring-gai Council correspondence and lease documents, 1981-2002
Files concerning the MST building and improvements, 1988-2000

BOX 22
Files concerning the voluntary liquidation of MST, including lease arrangements, requests for sponsorship, letters of support and other correspondence, 2001-2002

FRONT OF HOUSE AND STAGE MANAGER’S REPORTS

BOXES 23-24
Box 23: Front of house and stage manager’s reports, 1998-2000
Box 24: Front of house and stage manager’s reports, 2000-2001

PRINTED MATERIAL AND OBJECTS

BOXES 25-29
Community Theatre Company, Northside Theatre Company and Marian Street Theatre programmes. Some programmes contain tickets and newspaper cuttings of reviews
Box 25: 1965-1976
Box 26: 1977-1984
Box 27: 1985-1993
Box 28: 1994-1998
Box 29: 1999-2001

BOX 30
2 cloth banners featuring HIH Insurance logo
1 polypropylene HIH Insurance sign

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Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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