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BONDI BALLET
Bondi Pavillion
Bruce Pollack Publicity was engaged to oversee the publicity for Sydney’s newest dance company, Bondi Ballet with the launch of Bondi Rocks at the Bondi Pavilion Theatre, on 23October, 2002.

CABARET
IMG and Barry & Fran Weissler
State Theatre Sydney and National Tour
Oscar Award winning Director, Sam Mendes’ stunning and seductive revival production of Cabaret opened in London in 1995 and immediately became the hottest ticket in town. Soon after this it transferred to New York winning a cavalcade of awards including four Tony awards, including ‘Best Revival of a Musical’, and three Drama Desk awards including ‘Outstanding Revival of a Musical’. This production starred Tina Arena as Sally Bowles in Sydney, Lisa McCune as Sally Bowles in Melbourne and Toby Allen from the pop band Human Nature as the Emcee.

FOOTLOOSE
SEL & GFO Prductions
Capitol Theatre
Musical production based on the 80’s cult classic movie about teenage rebellion in a small town.

LONG WAY TO THE TOP
Michael Chugg Entertainment, Jacobsen Entertainment & Jack Utsick in association with ABC TV
Long Way To The Top traced the evolution of Australian rock music from the 1950s to the present. Following the success of the TV series first screened in 2001, came a national concert tour in 2002. Long Way to the Top featured legendary acts including Little Pattie, Col Joye, Masters Apprentices and Stevie Wright to name just a few.

MOZART BY MOONLIGHT
David MacFarlane
Sydney Botanic Gardens
The artists who performed in this event included concert pianist Simon Tedischi, operatic baritone Jose Carbo and noted stage and television actor Steven Tandy.

OH! WHAT A NIGHT
Jon Nicholls and Michael Brereton
Capitol Theatre
Since it’s conception in 1997, ‘Oh! What A Night’ , theatrical musical sensation, has toured the UK breaking box office records at nearly every theatre, it is one of the ‘hottest tickets’ and most successful touring shows. The show featured 18 of the most talented singer/dancers, actors and the ‘funkiest band in the land’. 36 of the biggest 70’s classics were belted out including:- Shaft, Celebration, We Are Family, Play That Funky Music, Young Hearts Run Free, I Will Survive, Oh! What A Night and the show stopping YMCA.

THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER – ARENA SPECTACULAR
Jacobsen Entertainment
Sydney Entertainment Centre and National Tour
The two-hour show, based on the timeless Banjo Patterson poem and inspired by the Olympic opening Ceremony included some of the biggest names in Australia. The incomparable world-wide star Jack Thompson as the narrator Banjo Patterson, double Gold Logie winner Georgie Parker as Conroy’s daughter and the exceptional Lee Kernaghan as the Balladeer. “The Man From Snowy River – Arena Spectacular” thundered to life in a dramatic blend – in addition to a cast of over sixty singers, dancers and Australia’s best horse riders, there were wagons, cattle dogs, wood chopping, gigantic moving sets, sophisticated lighting systems, and an extras cast of over one hundred .

WIND IN THE WILLOWS
The Australian Shakespeare’s Company
Sydney Botanic Gardens and Mount Annan Botanic Gardens
This adaptation of The Wind in the Willows has been created specifically to be performed in an outdoor setting and performed by actors from the Australian Shakespeare Company. The cast included Christopher Truswell as Otter, Paul Bertram as Badger, Niall Mather as Toad, Ryan Gibson as Ratty and Sally Marett as Mole.

ALEXANDER GAVRILJUK – A SOL0 RECITAL
Australian Institute of Music
Alexander Gavriliuk performed this recital as a celebration of him being awarded the first prize in The Hamamatsu International Piano Competition. Alexander Gavriliuk was born in the Ukraine and began piano studies at age 7. He gave his first concert performance at age 9 and soon won first prize in nearly every competition that he entered. The 4 th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition was held in Japan in November 2000 with contestants from 24 countries. 79 finalists were selected from 346 applicants representing 42 countries and auditioned in New York, Paris, Vienna, Moscow and Japan.

The Australian Institute of Music is a national independent center of musical excellence. Founded in 1968 the Institute is a private non-profit tertiary and secondary educational college located in central Sydney

HAIR
Harry M Miller
Bruce Pollack Publicity devised and implemented the national launch, which resulted in national television exposure as well as extensive national and metropolitan press coverage.

LAUNCHPAD
Cabaret Performance
launchpad was a new initiative from The Producers with support from The Griffin Theatre Company - a showcase for new talent as well as for established performers heading in new directions. launchpad was presented as the exclusive cabaret season in the intimate environment of the Stables Theatre. Lisa Freshwater was the artistic director of launchpad and worked closely with producer A listair Thomson to curate the season.

LOOKING THROUGH A GLASS ONION
Created by John Waters and Stewart D’Arrietta,
Theatre Royal
Looking through a Glass Onion was an evocation of John Lennon. This production toured Australia in 1994 and returned for a national tour.

NAKED BOYS SINGING
Robert William Productions
Glebe Valhalla
This was a naked cabaret musical review, a smash-hit on Broadway for sixteen months and still playing nightly to sell-out houses, played in Sydney to bare all.

SHAKESPEARE’S R & J
Bell Shakespeare & Spirit Entertainment
The Studio, Sydney Opera House
Straight from Off-Broadway New York, this was a modern, innovative version of the most popular of Shakespeare’s plays, Romeo & Juliet.

SHOUT! THE LEGEND OF THE WILD ONE
Jacobsen Entertainment Group
Capitol Theatre
An explosive new musical based on the life and music of Australia’s own rock legend – Johnny O’Keefe. This new Australian musical played to sell out audiences in major theatres.

SING-A-LONG-A SOUND OF MUSIC
Sing A Long Productions, Tim Woods and Spirit Entertainment
State Theatre
This was not just another brand new print of the movie it was a major audience participation event with subtitles for the songs.  Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music played to audiences across Britain and the USA for some time before coming to Australia.

SYDNEY CABARET CONVENTION
City of Sydney
Sydney Town Hall
Produced and presented by the City of Sydney, and now in its fifth year the 2001 Sydney Cabaret Convention was hosted in the magnificent Sydney Town Hall, the venue is transformed into an intimate and stylish cabaret room. Geraldine Turner, one of cabaret’s best known performers, hosted this all Australian event which attracted a top line up including Paul Capsis, Leonie Page, Phil Scott, Margi De Ferranti, Jeannie Lewis, Trevor Ashleyand many more. .

THE BLUE ROOM
International Concert Attractions
The launch campaign consisted of a series of national interviews completed by Elle Macpherson via satellite from London and a two city tour for Paul Bishop.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)
Spirit Entertainment & Tim Woods
Playhouse, Sydney Opera House
Three irreverent actors condensed the entire works of William Shakespeare into one outrageous 97 minute evening. Receiving rave reviews wherever it goes, it is currently entering its fifth hilarious year and is now London’s longest running West End comedy hit. 

BUDDY - THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY
Jon Nicholls Entertainment and Michael Brereton & Co.
Showroom, Star City Casino
BUDDY was a high-energy and high-entertainment theatrical tribute to the man that began an era. With a cast of over 25, some of the most memorable songs ever penned and one of the greatest stories of rock and roll history, BUDDY - The Musical returned to Sydney after huge success in four continents overseas.

CHELSEA PLUMMEY DEBUT CONCERT
The Studio
Sydney Opera House
Described by many as one of Sydney’s hottest new talents on the Cabaret scene Chelsea Plumley made her debut with her fresh, exciting but mostly hilarious new show at The Studio of the Sydney Opera House. Chelsea moved to Sydney shortly after graduating from The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and since that time has performed constantly in established Sydney Cabaret venues and with established theatre companies such as the Sydney Theatre Company and the Gordon Frost Organisation. Directed by John Saunders, Chelsea’s premiere concert combines all of her talents - singing, dancing, acting and of course her divine sense of humour.

FAME - THE MUSICAL 
Jacobsen Entertainment Group
The Showroom – Star City Casino
"Fame" – a hit film, a best selling novel, six great years as a television series, now on stage "Fame – The Musical", opened at The Showroom, Star City Casino, Sydney on Thursday 29 July. "Fame – The Musical" brings together a dynamic Australian creative production team who have already notched up a string of musical theatre achievements. David Atkins (Hot Shoe Shuffle, Sweet Charity and Chicago) directed, Kelley Abbey (Sweet Charity, Dancin' Man, West Side Story, and Grease - The Arena Spectacular) choreographed, and Max Lambert (The Boy From Oz) completed this dynamic team as Musical Supervisor.

JOLSON THE MUSICAL
Jon Nicholls Entertainment and Michael Brereton & Co.
Her Majesty’s Theatre and National Tour
Starring Rob Guest, with an all-star cast of 30, this multi-million dollar magical production played to packed houses in London's West End for two years before it embarked on a record breaking US tour. Winner of the 1996 coveted Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical, the Al Jolson experience played a national Australian tour opening at Her Majesty's Theatre Sydney. Jolson The Musical is based on the intriguing life and times of showbiz’s most innovative performer, Al Jolson. A legend in his own lifetime, he stirred the hearts of a generation with songs such as Swanee, Mammy, April Showers, Dinah, Sonny Boy, Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye, California Here I Come, Give My Regards To Broadway, By The Light Of The Silvery Moon and Baby Face.

LAUNCHPAD
The Producers
Stables Theatre
Launchpad was a new initiative from The Producers with support from The Griffin Theatre Company - a showcase for new talent as well as for established performers heading in new directions. Launchpad will be presented as the exclusive cabaret season in the intimate environment of the Stables Theatre. Lisa Freshwater was the artistic director of Launchpad and worked closely with producer Alistair Thomson to curate the season.

PETER PAN
Capitol Theatre
Internationally Renowned Jim Henson's Creature Workshop and the masters of illusion The Flying Foys together with Four of Australia's Great Performing Stars.

A 21st century tale for the young, not so young and those who believe they are young. The cast was led by Philip Quast as Captain Hook/Mr Darling.

THE CARRIBEAN TEMPEST
Holders Season Barbados
Royal Botanic Gardens
Sydney came alive with Caribbean rhythms during The Caribbean Tempest's three month run at The Royal Botanic Gardens. The rhythms, exotic costumes, exuberance, and colour of a calypso carnival under the stars.

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVIZED
Zoltan Kotezky
Everest Theatre, Seymour Theatre Centre
The Revolution will not be televised was a collection of the most powerful songs from the turbulent ‘protest era’ of the ‘60’s right through to 2000 presenting them in an exciting ground breaking concert format that entertained, thrilled, challenged and stimulated audiences of all ages.

THE SEEKERS
Concert Hall
Sydney Opera House
The Seekers, legendary Australian singing icons, due to popular demand reunited for a series of limited concerts throughout Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The Seekers original line up featured lead singer Judith Durham, Athol Guy,Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley, on this very special tour, performing many of their great hits in a two hour concert.

ANDREW SIMMONS
Cabaret Act
La Bar Darlinghurst
Andrew Simmons, acclaimed for bringing the "big band sound" back to Cabaret, performed for four nights only, with the seven piece John Pickworth Orchestra, at La Bar, Oxford Street, Darlinghurst. Andrew Simmons remarkable high baritone voice was developed through his training with the legendary Aida Dickens, who also taught singing to Dame Joan Sutherland.

BLOOD LINKS
New work by William Yang
Performance Space
Created by one of Australia’s most respected artists and a world renowned photographer, William Yang, BLOOD LINKS was Yang’s next offering from his personal repertoire of life stories. Considered an eminent social and cultural commentator, Yang’s insightful monologue and slide projection performances have gained a loyal following throughout Australia and overseas.

DAME EDNA EVERAGE IN “REMEMBER YOU'RE OUT ‘
Duet Productions
State Theatre Sydney and National Tour
Bruce Pollack Publicity completed the national publicity and promotional campaign, including a launch at Sydney Airport with Dame Edna and created and implemented the national publicity campaign for Australia’s legendary housewife superstar Dame Edna Everage.

PLAY SCHOOL “The Big Show”
ABC with Chris John Management
Parramatta Riverside Theatres and Capitol Theatre
Publicity campaign for the stage version of Australia’s most loved children’s television programme starring Angela Moore and Simon Burke.

THE ANGELS
The Harbour Agency
LIVE99 tour
This tour coincided with the release of the group's digitally re-mastered LIVELINE double live CD and the long form video, LIVE AT NARARA. The Harbour Agency has represented the group in the live performance arena for more than 15 years.

THE MILL ON THE FLOSS
Babylon Productions
Wharf Theatre
Directed by acclaimed director, John O'Hare, renowned for his work with the Sydney Theatre Company in The Faith Healer, this play was a poignant and powerful adaptation on George Elliot's classic novel. On stage for the first time in Australia, The Mill on the Floss has played for the past five years to rave reviews throughout Britain and America. The production featured some of Sydney's most talented actors including Marta Dusseldorp, Sandra Eldridge, Kirstie Hutton, Daniel Mitchell, Matthew Newton, Susan Prior, and Nathan Spencer.

THE PITCHFORK DISNEY
an Original Stage Play by Philip Ridley
Orzya
Old Fitzroy Hotel
The Pitchfork Disney, a dark psychological drama, premiered at the Bush Theatre, London in 1991. Oryza is a dynamic company of young actors committed to bringing powerful theatre to life in a challenging way. The play was produced by Jessica Machin, Chrissy Ynfante and Damian Rice, directed by Tamblyn Lord, and the cast included Damian Rice and Tamblyn Lord.

BLOODY FUNNY
Lookout Theatre Darlinghurst
Publicity Campaign
A ninety minute collage of forty-seven plays, seven poets and lots of anonymous, Bloody Funny stitched together Shakespeare, Marlowe, Webster, Ford et al for Millennial rebirth in the thriller genre. The production was directed by acclaimed director Richard Cottrell. John Turnbull backed up on stage with the talents of Vanessa Downing and NIDA hot-shot graduates, Kathryn Hartman and Nathan Spencer.

FISH
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Enmore Theatre
Bruce Pollack Publicity devised and implemented the publicity campaign for this Sydney Season of Fish prior to Bangarra Dance Theatre setting off for a year of national and international touring.

FOLLIES
The Producers
Concert Hall
Sydney Opera House
Follies has become a landmark in musical theatre since it first stormed Broadway in 1971, receiving a phenomenal seven Tony Awards. Follies pays homage to the Broadway of old, of survival, of hoofing it, and of the inevitable fading of the footlights each night. This concert version of Follies was directed by Stephen Helper, and conducted by Maestro Tommy Tycho.

MOJO
Brink Productions
Belvoir St
Following on the heels of their successful production of Howard Barker's (Uncle) Vanya in 1997, and an award winning run at the 1998 Adelaide Fringe Festival, Brink Productions present MOJO at the Belvoir St. theatre. Brink's production of MOJO premiered at the 1998 Adelaide Fringe Festival to win the Advertiser Fringe Festival Award for Artistic Excellence.

MUM’S THE WORD
Artists Services
Footbridge Theatre
Mum’s the Word is a theatre production with a difference where six mothers took to the stage in a performance exposing the harsh realities and immeasurable joys of parenting.

COMEDY WALK WITH RODNEY MARKS
Various locations around Sydney
Bruce Pollack Publicity implemented the publicity and promotional campaign for internationally acclaimed local comedian Rodney Mark’s comedy walks around Sydney.

THE OLDEST PROFESSION
by Paula Vogel
The Lookout Theatre
Forget knitting and senior citizens clubs and set in New York’s Upper West side, five women in their seventies reminisce about their lives together and go about organising their current clientele - most of whom are men in a nearby retirement village.. The production showcased some of Australia’s most experienced actors including Shirley Cameron, Joyce Jacobs, Patricia O. Jones, Mitch Mathews, and Lyle O’Hara.

THE BOY FROM OZ 
Ben Gannon & Robert Fox
National Tour
The Boy From Oz, the most exciting musical ever to be created in Australia, commenced its season at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, with its World Premiere on Thursday 5 March, 1998. The Boy From Oz brings to life the remarkable story of Peter Allen, one of the greatest show business talents ever to emerge from this country. The Boy From Oz brings together an outstanding creative team. Co-producers are Australian-based film and television producer Ben Gannon and London and Broadway producer Robert Fox. Director was Gale Edwards, the first Australian woman to direct on the main stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Academy Award nominated Nick Enright was the writer and Roger Kirk, Tony Award winner for The King and I on Broadway, was the Costume Designer. The coveted role of Peter Allen was played by Todd McKenney.

THE EUROPEANS
Brink Productions
Belvoir Street
After the success of their 1996 production of Howard Barker's (Uncle) Vanya and their award winning 1998 Adelaide Fringe season and subsequent sell-out Sydney tour of MOJO and The Dumb Waiter, Brink Productions presented the Australian premiere of Howard Barker's epic masterpiece The Europeans. The Europeans is a play of disturbing power. It is 1683 and Europe has narrowly survived the onslaught of the Turkish empire. Barker's menagerie of fractured characters move through a demolished landscape bearing the scars of catastrophe and the insights of experience. Out of the damage and destruction new sensibilities emerge.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Edgley Ventures
Royal Shakespeare Company
Capitol Theatre
The production opened at the Perth Festival and Toured Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast and Wellington New Zealand.

AUSTRALIAN THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (ATYP)

BAD BOY JOHNNY AND THE PROPHET OF DOOM
Universal Attractions
Enmore Theatre
This unique rock musical, with music and lyrics by Daniel Abineri, and directed by Terry O'Connell, satirised the hypocrisy that exists in a society of greed and corruption. Johnny's rise to power through the manipulation of the media was orchestrated by his evil mentor Father Maclean played by Angels lead singer Doc Neeson, whilst ex Saints lead singer, Chris Bailey, played the high living Pope Liberty III. Johnny's mother, Mary, was played by Kim Deacon. Featured in the title role of Johnny was Guy Taylor.

BOLD GIRLS
Company 2A, Barbara Altoriai-Albury and Allan Walpole
Downstairs Theatre
Belvoir Street
Bold Girls, an award winning play, looked at the plight of contemporary women living in societies under siege, or countries at war. Bold Girls was the joint winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Award for the Best Play by a woman in the English-speaking world. Rona Munro's name was probably be best known to Sydney audiences as the screenwriter for Ken Loach's 1994 film Ladybird Ladybird which screened at the Dendy last year. Ken Boucher has directed for theatre companies including Playbox, Griffin, The State Theatre Company of South Australia, Marian Street and Nimrod. In the Downstairs Theatre he directed "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" by David Mamet in 1980, as well as a very successful six-week season of Terry Johnson's "Unsuitable for Adults" in 1988.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Kevin Jacobsen & Disney Theatrical Production Ltd
Her Majesty’s Theatre
Following a smash hit season at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne, the full length stage musical production of the classic fairytale officially opened in Sydney on Saturday 19 October, 1996. Disney's Beauty and the Beast features Alan Menken's Academy Award winning score, songs by the late Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (including the Academy Award-winning title song), an additional song by Ashman and Menken not heard in the film, plus five brand new songs by Alan Menken and Tim Rice. The worldwide direction was by Robert Jess Roth and choreographed by Matt West. The Sydney season of Disney's Beauty and the Beast featured the acclaimed performances of Michael Cormick as "The Beast", Sharon Millerchip as "Belle", Scott Irwin as "Gaston", Toni Lamond as "Madame de la Grande Bouche and Bert Newton as "Cogsworth the Clock".

CABARET AT 135 BAR & GRILL
The Glass House
135 King Street
The Glass House Experience Sydney's newest cabaret extravaganza, with a magnificent line up of entertainers in the acclaimed 135 Bar and Grill.

COMPLAINTS
Act Inc
Stables Theatre
Complaints was a smart new play by Sydney writer Larry Buttrose, starring Anne Grigg and Anthony Simcoe. Directed by Ken Boucher and designed by Peter Savage. Director Ken Boucher's credits include "Unsuitable for Adults" and "Bold Girls" at Belvoir Street and the current production of Ben Elton's "Silly Cow" at the Harold Park Hotel.

DALE BURRIDGE “Going it Alone”
The Stables Theatre
Dale Burridge star of Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera’s debut his sensational one-man show.

I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU
Starring Wendy Stapleton
Kinselas
I Only Want to Be With You was a valentine to Britain's greatest ever female pop singer and her over thirty year career in music, featuring Wendy Stapleton's acclaimed performance and aided by the ultimate girl group, The Stayawhiles. Continuing it's smash hit national tour, I Only Want to Be With You has finally found it's perfect home - the legendary Kinselas, returning to cabaret mode for this very special season.

MADE TO MOVE
On behalf of Playing Australia, the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, and the National Association of Dance, the Launch of this National subscription programme of touring contemporary dance companies. Made to Move, will be an annual, year long 'festival' of dance. For the first time the National Touring Circuit for Contemporary Dance launched its inaugural touring program. Made to Move will feature a cross section of Australia's premiere dance companies, including Bangarra Dance Theatre, Dance North, Expressions Dance Company and Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre. This wealth of dance will tour nationally presenting performances, workshops, residencies and forums.

MAREE JOHNSON
Stables Theatre
Maree Johnson’s one woman show at the Stables Theatre. Maree is one of Australia’s leading musical theatre and cabaret stars with stage credits including Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story and My fair Lady.

MY NIGHT WITH REG
Esoteric Entertainment
The Newtown Theatre
A smash hit on the West End in London, and enjoying recent success in New York, My Night With Reg first opened at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1994. It won the 1994 Writers Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Fringe Theatre Play. On the West End it went on to win the 1994 Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy and the 1995 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy. Kevin Elyot won the 1995 London Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Newcomer. His new play, "The Day I Stood Still", opened at the National Theatre of Great Britain in January. My Night With Reg is about love and betrayal amongst a group of old friends, united in facing the ever present spectre of AIDS. Extremely moving and deliciously bitchy, the play covers several years in the lives of these friends. By the end, with all the deceit and hurt, there is still the power of love which stands as a testament to the nature of true friendship. The production was directed by Tony Knight (Head of Acting at NIDA), the cast being Peter Flett, Sean Hall, Graham Harvey, Jonathan Mill, Anthony Phelan and Steven Tandy. This was the first Sydney production of this highly regarded play, and was a highlight of the 1998 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival, at the refurbished Newtown Theatre, located in the heart of Sydney's thriving inner west.

OPERA IN THE OUTBACK
starring Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Yalkarinha Gorge, near Beltana, The Flinders Ranges
International opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa reprised her brilliant 1988 Bicentennial Opera In The Outback performance on Saturday 20 September, 1997, under the stars in the remote Yalkarinha Gorge, near Beltana, The Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Dame Kiri once again was joined by members of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra to recreate the magic of the award-winning Bicentennial event which attracted more than 10,000 to the tiny Flinders Ranges township of Beltana. She described that performance as "the highlight of my career".

"ROZENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD"
Porkchop Productions & Brink Productions
Belvoir St Theatre
Porkchop Production & Brink Productions have combined to present this wonderful work by Tom Stoppard.

STAR CITY
Star City is Sydney’s premiere entertainment venue containing a casino, numerous fine dining and a la carte restaurants and bars, 3 major entertainment venues, a five star hotel & apartment complex, and a variety of banquets & conference centres.

Bruce Pollack Publicity managed the extraordinary opening night party for Star City and oversaw the management of major talent that evening – Michael Crawford, Diana Ross and Tom Jones.

THE HOUSE OF LEAR
Ghetto Theatre Producitions
Kinselas
A nineties revamp of the traditional work, The House of Lear constructed parallels between Lears world and the comfortable hedonistic world of the Sydney scene. Ghetoised and cannibalistic, insulated worlds that foster a complacency are often means to our end. These worlds also protect us, from gender conspiracies. In this regard the production broke particular fashion stereo types, freedom of sexual identity and femininity were thrown into the floodlights.

"(UNCLE) VANYA"
Brink Productions
Belvoir Street Theatre
Brink Productions present this wonderful work by Tom Stoppard.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Elston, Hocking & Woods
Royal Botanic Gardens

AIDT – DRUMS OF MER
Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre
Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre brought Drums of Mer, a Torres Strait Island legend, alive in the dance of death. The Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre enjoys a 21 year history in Australia and the international dance world. The current company was brought together six years ago by Raymond D. Blanco, Artistic Director. The dancers represent a unique combination of skills and techniques of contemporary dance styles shaped and moulded by the traditional dance and music of both the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island. The creative team included choreography by Raymond D. Blanco, traditional consultants Dujon Niue & Pinau Ghee, costume design by Jacques Tchong, lighting design by Pascal Baxter and set design by Fiona Reilly.

BOLD GIRLS
Barbara Altorjai-Albury & Allan Walpole
Belvoir Street Theatre
This award winning play, looked at the plight of contemporary women living in societies under siege, or countries at war. Rona Munro who wrote the play will probably be best known to Sydney audiences as the screenwriter for Ken Loach's 1994 film Ladybird Ladybird which screened at the Dendy last year. Ken Boucher has directed for theatre companies including Playbox, Griffin, The State Theatre Company of South Australia, Marian Street and Nimrod. In the Downstairs Theatre he directed "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" by David Mamet in 1980, as well as a very successful six-week season of Terry Johnson's "Unsuitable for Adults" in 1988.

CONTRATIEMPO
Diana Reyes Flamenco
Enmore Theatre
Contratiempo was a spectacular display of flamenco dancing featuring ten outstanding artists including three highly specialised artists from Spain – Mariano Cruceta, Jesus 'El Almendro' and Jose Luis Monton. Together these artists brought with them generations of sensational flamenco music, movement and traditions. Contratiempo explored the fascinating use of flamenco rhythms by dancers, musicians and singers. Flamenco artists are renowned for their incredible use of contratiempo rhythms, which are the offbeats in music, and play an integral part in flamenco music and dance. Diana Reyes Flamenco is now one of Sydney's leading dance companies. Reyes, the founder and director, dances in each production, having studied and performed extensively in Spain. She is the motivating and driving force behind this innovative Company, formed in 1991, which has annually staged a new production.

FURISO
Meryl Tankard
Australian Dance Theatre
BAM Next Wave Festival
Brooklyn Academy of Music, USA
Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre opened in New York performing their acclaimed work "Furioso" at the prestigious BAM, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Next Wave Festival, on 23 October. This tour by Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatrewas the first time an Australian dance company has been invited to this internationally renowned Festival. Meryl Tankard has established herself as Australia's most innovative choreographer; her visionary style of dance theatre has placed her at the forefront of dance and has resulted in worldwide accolades. The company won enormous critical acclaim at Europe's prestigious dance festival, Internationales Tanzfestival Nordrhein-Westfalen in 1994 and returned to Germany in 1995 with "Furioso".

HUNGRY
Deborah Leiser & Tanya Gerslte
The Performance Space

I ONLY WANT TO BE WITY YOU – DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
Mark Ford
Kinselas
starring Wendy Stapleton

Devised and Directed by Terry O'Connell with musical direction by Robert Gavin, choreography by Alana Scanlan, set design by Alastair Fleming and costume design William Roache. The show featured over thirty Dusty Springfield classics.

JABBERWOCKY
Elston, Hocking & Woods
Royal Botanic Gardens
Presented by Elston, Hocking and Wood, in association with ERTH (Environmentally Recycled Theatre)
This fanciful poem follows a boy's journey into adulthood. The tale begins with a boy's 16th birthday and his fateful decision to leave his village and travel to lands beyond, seeking, fun, excitement and adventure – but nobody has left the village for many years for fear of the Jabberwocky. Jabberwocky was directed by Greg Carroll and written by Scott Wright, Steve Howarth and Sharon Kerr who were also the puppet designers and puppeteers. Other performers included Katherine Olston, Pixi Vane Mason, Danielle Nuss and Morgan Lewis.

MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY

MIRACLE
Chin Kam Yoke
The Performance Space
Created by choreographer-dancer Chin Kham Yoke. Ms Yoke is one of the leading new breed of choreographer-dancers in Australia. From her mastery and deep understanding of the Chinese movement philosophy of Tai Chi, combined with the Japanese theatre traditions of Noh and Nihonbuyoh, Yoke has evolved a unique choreography of her own.

MOJO
Brink Productions
Bruce Pollack Publicity implemented a publicity campaign Mojo, a work by Brink, an electrifying theatre group from Adelaide. Brink included the talents of John Molloy and Victoria Hill.

ORACLE
Sidesipe Productions
The Great Hall, Marrickville
Fiercely topical and highly entertaining, the ORACLE, a new Australian musical, explored the future of our fragile planet and calls to all those who still do not heed the importance of caring for the environment. The ORACLE was Conceived and Music by Terry Burgan, Lyrics by Terry Burgan and Alex Broun, Book by Alex Broun, with Additional Music by Paul Evesden. The cast of seventeen included Pat Powell, Lisa Spence, Robert London, Matt Lunson and Lia Moss.

PIAF – The Songs and Story In Concert
The Playhouse
Sydney Opera House
Piaf - The Songs and Story in Concert was a tribute from one great musical personality to another with 22 of Piaf's greatest songs meshed with the tragic personal story of the legendary "Little Sparrow". The show played nationally to rave reviews in the 1980's and Jeannie Lewis’ superb interpretation of Piaf promises to again be a truly moving night of theatre and music. Jeannie Lewis is one of Australia's finest artists with a career spanning 25 years. The concert was directed by Ted Robinson.

PORK CHOP PRODUCTIONS

THE FOOD CHAIN
Pilgrim Theatre
The Food Chain is a sassy new comedy by New York writer Nicky Silver whose credits include Pterodactyls (1993), which saw him nominated for a Drama Desk Best Play award and Oppenheimer Prize Best First Play award, and Raised for Captivity (1995) pushed him into the spotlight by receiving a sold out extended run and rave reviews. This production starred Lisbeth Kennelly and multi Logie Award winner Bunney Brooke. The Food Chain was directed by Charlie Little for Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival.

THE LADY FROM DUBUQUE
Company 2a
Belvoir St Theatre
Company 2a presents
The Australian premiere of Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque opened Downstairs at Belvoir St. on Thursday 20 June. This acclaimed play by one of the century's great playwrights is a tough but funny insight into living, loving and finally letting go. Edward Albee has written over twenty plays including three Pulitzer Prize plays (A Delicate Balance, Seascape, Three Tall Women) and directed many, many more. He has received many international awards including a Tony for Best Play (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf) and an Obie for Sustained Achievement. Director Elaine Hudson, who plays the lady from Dubuque, was joined by a fine ensemble cast of James Bean, Sandra Eldridge, Edward Grant II, Ruth Hessey, Jim Kemp, Linda Newton and James Roden to present this stunning theatre piece, The Lady from Dubuque.

THE MACQUARIE TRIO
Macquarie Theatre Series Macquarie University , Epping Road, North Ryde
St James Series
Acclaimed as one of Australia's leading and most talented Chamber groups, the ensemble was made up of an extraordinary group of musicians of world class standing. Kathyrn Selby, known for her exceptional piano skills, has performed throughout the world with some of the world's finest orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra and National Symphony at the Kennedy Centre in Washington D.C. Charmian Gadd, violinist, has enjoyed an extensive world-wide career as a soloist, recording artist, academic and teacher. With his 1779 cello in tow, Michael Goldschlager has travelled the world performing in orchestras, ensembles and participating in many varied festivals.

WHAT THE BUTLER SAW

WRUNG OUT
Glynn Nicholas

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Elston, Hocking & Woods
Royal Botanic Gardens
The production starred Australian stage and television actor Nicholas Eadie.

ELTON JACK CONCERT
Concert Hall
Sydney Opera House
LANCE STRAUSS' alter ego, ELTON JACK presents a special tribute to the legendary Elton John. Billed as Elton John 25 years - A Celebration by Elton Jack and Friends. Having just returned to Australia following a sell-out season in Europe, Lance Strauss' new show was a celebration of Elton John's twenty-fifth year in the entertainment industry. The show took you on an unforgettable journey through the legendary music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin, featuring the hits that have influenced millions of people for more than two decades.

JEANNIE LEWIS
Viva Diva
a birthday celebration concert,
Harbourside Brasserie
Jeannie Lewis, with her new international ensemble of great musicians and some very special guests presented a diverse program of great songs from her past and present repertoire. Not a retrospective more a window onto her world music, and her life as a citizen of the global stage. Guests appearing at the celebrations included the great voices of Margret Roadknight, Mick Conway, Graham Lowndes, Nathan Waks, Frances Greening, Shayna Stewart, Lex Marinos, Su Wei (star of the Beijing Opera) – and flying in from Amsterdam for the event - expatriates – Fifi L'Amour and David De Most. This concert again saw Jeannie Lewis in artistic collaboration with Martin Sharp, Ted Robinson and Mark Gould.

LANO & WOODLEY
Elston, Hocking & Woods
The Playhouse
Sydney Opera House
Lano and Woodley, known in Great Britain as "The Wizards of Oz", returned home to play three performances only at the Sydney Opera House. The most prestigious international prize for live comedy, "The Perrier Award", was won by this dynamic duo at the 1994 Edinburgh Festival and the U.K. and Scottish press went crazy.

PIAF, THE SONGS AND THE STORY
Elston. Hocking & Woods
The Playhouse
Sydney Opera House
Jeannie Lewis returned in her triumphant role as Edith Piaf for a limited season at the Sydney Opera House Playhouse from Friday 9 June 1995. Piaf – The Songs and Story in Concert was a tribute from one great musical personality to another with 22 of Piaf's greatest songs meshed with the tragic personal story of the legendary "Little Sparrow". The show played nationally to rave reviews in the 1980's and Jeannie's superb interpretation of Piaf is a truly moving night of theatre and music.

POOR SUPER MAN
Sydney Theatre Company
The Wharf
The play which has blazed its way across Canada, Japan, the US, and the UK, Brad Fraser's POOR SUPER MAN is from the darkest edges of contemporary art. Very funny, very sexy, and "tough, unforgiving, but compassionate" (Sunday Times), this remarkable new work was given its Australian premiere by Sydney Theatre Company's New Stages. Starring Paul Bishop, Anni Finsterer, Claudia Karvan, Victoria Longley, Chad Tyler and directed by David Berthold. In his newest creation, Fraser writes with extraordinary wit and guile about love, sex, art, life and loneliness. The overlapping lives of POOR SUPER MAN's five inhabitants provide compelling insights into the nature of love and loss in the 90s.

SKIN
CURIOSO Productions
Club X, Adult Bookshop/Cinema
This play was written by Rhondda Johnson, directed by Briar Monro and performed by Rhondda Johnson, Ripley Hood and Deborah Piper. SKIN, says writer Rhondda Johnson, "is the creative path beyond the journalistic, feminist debates of Paglia, Garner, Wolfe and all the other young wolves weighing down life with an old politically correct brick that just keeps losing its mortar daily, while attempting to be new."

THEATRE OF THE DEAF
The Sign of The Phantom
Performance Space
Australia 's highly acclaimed Theatre of the Deaf premiered the world's first ever original Deaf musical. The Sign of the Phantom is an all singing, all dancing darkly funny fantasy. Directed by Mike Canfield, written by Melissa Reeves, original music by Matthew Fargher, and choreographed by William Forsythe, The Sign of the Phantom further enhanced the Theatre of the Deaf's prominence as a leading theatrical company. The Company reflects the multicultural nature of Australian society, and promotes Deafness as a cultural identity in its own right, not a disability. Theatre of the Deaf is a contemporary performance company with an outstanding national and international reputation. The Company has developed a unique visual style making productions accessible to all audiences The Company's aim is to produce quality theatre which gives an audience of all ages an entertaining insight into Deaf creative expression as well as increasing public awareness of Deafness.

TELECOM JAZZ FESTIVAL
Promotion for the free Telecom Sydney Jazz Festival produced by Sydney Festival and Carnivale

THE BOYS GOTTA BOND
Seymour Theatre Centre
The mirror image of the national cabaret comedy sell-out, The Girl's Gotta Eat, opened at the Seymour Theatre Centre on Tuesday 8 November. An up-beat million miles an hour spoof on the New Age awakening of three average blokes, THE BOYS GOTTA BOND! was written by and stars, Andrew Lewis, Brian Meegan and John Negroponte and David Warner and Daina Reid, who also created the show's acclaimed choreography. .

THE SNOW QUEEN
Her Majesty’s Theatre
The Australian Ballet School presented its original full-length ballet version of Hans Christian Andersen's immortal fairy tale The Snow Queen. Choreographed by Petal Miller-Ashmole, designed by Hugh Colman (same team who first collaborated on the hugely successful Australian Ballet production, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie) and set to the exhilarating music of Jules Massenet, this enchanting fairy tale ballet will delight audiences of all ages. With over 80 dazzling costumes, five full stage sets and 75 of Australia's finest young dancers, The Snow Queen is one ballet experience not to be missed.

THE 70's CELEBRATION CONCERT
International sensations were joined in this pop extravaganza by Australian stars of the 70's performing all their chart-topping hits and more. The stars included K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Thelma Houston, Sister Sledge, Frankie Rose Royce, Vicki Sue Robinson, John Paul Young, Marty Rhone, Ted Mulry Gang, William Shakespeare.

WOG-A-RAMA
Elston, Hocking & Woods
Enmore Theatre
One Australian critic described WOG-A-RAMA as a way of describing Australia. A hilarious new comedy for the 90's, Wog-A-Rama celebrates Australia's cultural melting pot with a multitude of Australian, Greek, Asian and Koori characters. This hilarious production starred Nick Giannopoulos and Mary Coustas with Vince Colosimo, Denice Kickett and Hung Le.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF SAM ZAVODNIK
Rose Seidler House
Publicity Campaign
Set in the sleek interiors of the Harry Seidler designed Rose Seidler House The Timely Tale Theatre performed A Day in the Life of Sam Zavodnik, a play by, and for, young people. If you thought living in the 1990's is hard, wait until you see these kids from the 1950's! They struggle with bobby sox, Pat Boone and Bandstand and very, very difficult parents.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Elston, Hocking & Woods
Royal Botanic Gardens
The production starred Australian stage and television actor Marcus Graham.

A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN
By Virginia Woolf
Melbourne Theatre Company
Belvoir Street Theatre
One of the most poignant and provocative literary texts of this century has been adapted into an award winning one person show starring Pamela Rabe, one of Australia's most respected actors who recreates the Patrick Garland stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, which has already won huge acclaim in London and New York.

BAD BOY JOHNNY AND THE PROPHET OF DOOM
Universal Attractions
Enmore Theatre
This unique rock musical, with music and lyrics by Daniel Abineri, and directed by Terry O'Connell, satirises the hypocrisy that exists in a society of greed and corruption. Johnny's rise to power through the manipulation of the media is orchestrated by his evil mentor Father Maclean played by Angels lead singer Doc Neeson, whilst ex Saints lead singer, Chris Bailey, plays the high living Pope Liberty III. Johnny's mother, Mary, is played by Kim Deacon. Featured in the title role of Johnny is Guy Taylor.

BUDDY - THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY
Everyday Productions
BUDDY - The BUDDY HOLLY Story was an exciting and enthralling journey through the life of the man that began an era. Filled with Buddy's hits and some of the hits of Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, BUDDY - The BUDDY HOLLY Story is a triumph of musical theatre. Audiences danced in the aisles as they re-lived all of the excitement and fun of the Fifties. BUDDY - The BUDDY HOLLY Story enjoyed sell-out and critically acclaimed seasons in London and New York and has garnered reviews such as "An unashamed, rabble rousing Fifties fiesta", "Sheer, unadulterated fun" and "A big hit that's got Broadway rockin".

CATS
The Really Useful Company
Bruce Pollack Publicity was engaged to supervise the National publicity and co-ordinate the state publicists, for the Brisbane and Newcastle seasons of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of Cats. Following triumphant seasons in Melbourne, Singapore, Hong Kong & Seoul CATS is the most successful musical of all time. CATS originally opened in London in 1981 and now has taken over $2.8 billion at the box office in 40 productions around the world. CATS has been seen by more than 50 million people and is taking bookings in New York and London until 1999.

FRIDA KHALO
Performing Lines
The Performance Space, Handspan Theatre's
Viva la Vida
Puppetry and actors combined to recreate the life and works of one of the most fascinating and dramatic painters the 20th century - Frida Kahlo. Viva la Vida: Frida Kahlo, not only captures the poetry and pain of Kahlo's extraordinary personality but also celebrates her courage and passionate lust for life. This production was written by Karen Corbett and directed by Angela Chaplin.

JEFFREY
By Paul Rudnick
Everest Theatre, Seymour Theatre Centre
The award winning play Jeffrey, by celebrated playwright Paul Rudnick, is a moving and hilarious story about victory, love and friendship. Hailed by the critics, this remarkable comedy is set to excite Australian audiences. Paul Rudnick has received the Obie Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and the John Gassner Award for Outstanding New American play for Jeffrey. His other plays have included I Hate Hamlet, Poor Little Lambs, Raving, and Cosmetic Surgery and he has written two novels as well as the script for the movie Addams Family Values. Jeffrey is soon to become a major film starring Olympia Dukakis, Sigourney Weaver and Steven Weber.

MANPOWER
St George Leagues Club
Publicity
Manpower has earned rave reviews touring Australia and internationally for their entertaining and visually spectacular shows. Formed in 1988 MANPOWER has gone from strength to strength, catapulting themselves onto the international touring circuit with their uniquely Australian style, and establishing themselves as one of the most sought after male reviews in the world.

the ORACLE
by Terry Burgan and Alex Broun
Sideswipe Productions
The Great Hall, Addison Road Community Centre
Fiercely topical and highly entertaining, the ORACLE, a new Australian musical, explored the future of our fragile planet and calls to all those who still do not heed the importance of caring for the environment. the ORACLE is Conceived and Music by Terry Burgan, Lyrics by Terry Burgan and Alex Broun, Book by Alex Broun, with Additional Music by Paul Evesden. The cast of seventeen included Pat Powell, Lisa Spence, Robert London, Matt Lunson and Lia Moss.

THE VILLAIN OF FLOWERS
Parade Theatre, NIDA

THE WEDDING SONG
Parade Theatre, NIDA

BUDDY - THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY
Everyday Productions
St James Theatre Wellington New Zealand (establishment publicity)
BUDDY - The BUDDY HOLLY Story was an exciting and enthralling journey through the life of the man that began an era. Filled with Buddy's hits and some of the hits of Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, BUDDY - The BUDDY HOLLY Story is a triumph of musical theatre. Audiences danced in the aisles as they re-lived all of the excitement and fun of the Fifties. BUDDY - The BUDDY HOLLY Story enjoyed sell-out and critically acclaimed seasons in London and New York and has garnered reviews such as "An unashamed, rabble rousing Fifties fiesta", "Sheer, unadulterated fun" and "A big hit that's got Broadway rockin".

CELEBRITY THEATRESPORTS
Enmore Theatre

HEAVEN
The Drill Hall, Sidetrack Theatre
Sidetrack Performance Group is celebrated for its unconventional approaches to theatre: for their dark humour, physical style and surprising subject matter. Recent works include IDOL, SWEET LAUGHTER, THE MEASURE and THE DRUNKEN BOAT. HEAVEN is Sidetrack's stylish new entertainment.

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
The Really Useful Company
State Theatre Melbourne
Lyric Theatre Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Her Majesty’s Theatre Sydney
Bruce Pollack Publicity was engaged to devise and implement the publicity campaign for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s four million dollar production of this mega production of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Under his direction as an impresario, JOSEPH has returned as a smash-hit, selling out for months at a time. It is Lloyd Webber's most performed and highest grossing musical to date. The creative team who have put together this spectacular new production in the West End will supervise in Australia: Director Steven Pimlott; Olivier Award-winning designer Mark Thompson; choreographer Anthony Van Laast; and Michael Reed, Production Musical Supervisor. DAVID DIXON, lead singer with the phenomenal Australian pop group INDECENT OBSESSION, auditioned in London for Lloyd Webber personally before securing the role.

BARRY HUMPHRIES – “LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU! “
Duet Productions
National tour publicity campaign
LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU! was Mr Humphries' fourteenth solo show and included, besides at least one wickedly new creation, his well-loved characters Dame Edna, Sandy Stone and Dr Sir Leslie Colin Patterson. Mr Humphries' offerings have been giving pleasure to theatre-goers across the world for over thirty years and thanks to his popularity on television, he is now reaching an increasingly youthful audience who, after a night in his company, invariably echo the sentiments of his old fans: "a thoroughly enjoyable evening!"

MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
NIDA Productions

MISS JULIE
NIDA Productions
Bruce Pollack Publicity devised and implemented the publicity for the Sydney season of this production by the graduating NIDA students.

A FLEA IN HER EAR
NIDA Productions
The National Institute of Dramatic Arts formed a Company to produce a season of work.

SEX DIARY OF AN INFIDEL
Performing Lines
Belvoir Street Theatre
Performing Lines and Playbox in association with Les Currie present
SEX DIARY OF AN INFIDEL was the recipient of five 1992 Green Room Awards; Best New Australian Play, Best Drama Production, Best Direction, Best Male Actor in a Leading Role and Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role and has been nominated for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. Directed by Bruce Myles and featuring the talented production team that made it such a hit in Melbourne – design by Judith Cobb, lighting design by Glenn Hughes and music by Stuart Greenbaum.

SYDNEY ASIAN THEATRE SEASON
Belvoir Street Theatre

THE GENTLEMAN'S NEW CLOTHES
Belvoir Street Theatre
THE GENTLEMAN'S NEW CLOTHES, a new translation of one of Moliere's finest works, LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME. This production of THE GENTLEMAN'S NEW CLOTHES introduced an entirely new translation by the director, Marion Potts in conjunction with Andrew Upton. Upton and Potts' translation breathes new life into this timeless piece.

THE SNOW QUEEN
Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney
Graduation Performance by the Australian Ballet School

WENDY HARMER - PLEASE SEND MORE MONEY
Kinselas Productions, Kinselas

ASPECTS OF LOVE
James Thane and The Really Useful Company
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
A departure from Mr Lloyd Webber's most renowned productions, ASPECTS OF LOVE, is an intimate chamber opera exploring love's many aspects with remarkable purity and innocence. "Love Changes Everything" is both the leitmotif of the production and a bon mot of Mr Lloyd Webber's approach to his latest musical. ASPECTS OF LOVE contained the same artistry and brilliance as his previous productions melded to an intimate study of the subtleties of love.

BUDDY - THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY
Buddy Holly Production Company
Festival Theatre Adelaide, Lyric Theatre Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Burswood Centre Perth, Her Majesty's Theatre Sydney,
BUDDY - The BUDDY HOLLY Story is an exciting and enthralling journey through the life of the man that began an era. Filled with Buddy's hits and some of the hits of Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, BUDDY - The BUDDY HOLLY Story is a triumph of musical theatre. Audiences danced in the aisles as they re-lived all of the excitement and fun of the Fifties. BUDDY - The BUDDY HOLLY Story enjoyed sell-out and critically acclaimed seasons in London and New York and has garnered reviews such as "An unashamed, rabble rousing Fifties fiesta", "Sheer, unadulterated fun" and "A big hit that's got Broadway rockin". Bruce

GREAT EXPECTATIONS
York Theatre
Seymour Theatre Centre
Launch Only
GREAT EXPECTATIONS - The Musical faithfully follows Dicken's tale adding only further delight with rousing tunes and heart felt song. The Musical garnered much critical acclaim in productions in Liverpool and The West End. The original production won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Musical in 1976. Sydney's next GREAT musical, GREAT EXPECTATIONS starred Phillip Gould, Vincent Ball, Zoe Bertram, John Hannan, Lester Morris, Bruce Venables, Megan Williams, and Dinah Shearing as Miss Havisham.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS is the premiere production of John Meillon Enterprises. John Meillon was renowned for his contribution to Australian entertainment and it will be through this and further productions that the Producers, Bunny Meillon and Paul Maybury, hope to realise the dreams and aspirations of one of Australia's true international stars.

GYPSY
Gypsy Production Company
Her Majesty’s Theatre
The Gypsy Partnership Pty. Ltd.
Launch publicity only.
Arguably the best musical in the last thirty years GYPSY was originally performed on Broadway in 1959. This glittering new Australian production was to star Geraldine Turner singing such favourites as EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES, SOME PEOPLE and TOGETHER. In addition the cast was to include Georgie Parker and Tony Barber.

HAIR
Hocking & Woods
Footbridge Theatre
After a sell out season in Melbourne, Hair is set to break all box office records at the Footbridge Theatre. You'll see the Greenwich Village "Tribe" of hippies singing the songs that summed up the spirit of the late sixties. Hair stars included Terry Serio playing Berger, Meredith as Sheila and David Argue as Woof. This production was directed by Graeme Blundell.

JAZZ IN THE GARDENS
Royal Botanic Gardens
Publicity
Part of the 1992 Spring in the Gardens Festival, some of Australia's finest jazz performers can be seen in a spectacular setting – in a free-standing marquee by the harbour at the historic Fleet Steps, Mrs Macquaries Point.

KISSING FROGS
Kinselas Productions, Kinselas

NIDA PRODUCTIONS
Don Juan In Hell, Uncle Vanya, A Flea In Her Ear, Images De Moliere

PLAYWORKS
Development readings at Stables Theatre

SISTERGIRL
Performing Lines
Seymour Theatre Centre

SYDNEY SHOW CLUB
On-going publicity

THE REALLY USEFUL COMPANY
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's Australian production company was launched in January 1992.

BUDDY - THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY
Buddy Holly Production Company
Her Majesty's Theatre Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre Melbourne,
BUDDY - The BUDDY HOLLY Story was an exciting and enthralling journey through the life of the man that began an era. Filled with Buddy's hits and some of the hits of Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, BUDDY - The BUDDY HOLLY Story is a triumph of musical theatre. Audiences danced in the aisles as they re-lived all of the excitement and fun of the Fifties. BUDDY - The BUDDY HOLLY Story enjoyed sell-out and critically acclaimed seasons in London and New York and has garnered reviews such as "An unashamed, rabble rousing Fifties fiesta", "Sheer, unadulterated fun" and "A big hit that's got Broadway rockin".

GO CAT GO
Kinselas Productions
Hills Centre

GLYNN NICHOLAS - JAZZ 'N' JOKES
Kinselas Productions
Kinselas

LES GIRLS
On-going publicity

PRELUDE TO JOYCE'S ARTIST
Crossroads Theatre

“VERY, VERY TOGETHER “ Bob Downe
Kinselas Productions & New World Productions
Kinselas
The stars collided as Bob Downe, host of Good Morning Murwillumbah and Lily Savage, Liverpool's Queen of Drag, took to the stage at Kinselas in VERY, VERY TOGETHER. Following the Sydney season, VERY, VERY TOGETHER toured interstate to The Adelaide Fringe Festival and The Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

WENDY HARMER – “LOVE GONE WRONG ”
Kinselas Productions
Kinselas

JUNGLE BOOKS
Regional tour

LOVE LETTERS
The Playhouse
Sydney Opera House

LOW
Belvoir Street Theatre

MISTRESS
Crossroads Theatre

RUMORS
Gary Penny Productions
Footbridge Theatre

THE DIVER
Toe Truck Theatre
Seymour Theatre Centre,

THE ODD COUPLE
Duet Productions
National tour to all capital cities, featuring Pamela Stephenson and Angela Punch McGregor

WITCHPLAY
Crossroads Theatre

BIG RIVER
Essington Entertainment
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Adelaide Festival Theatre, Essington Entertainment.

COCKTAIL HOUR
Gary Penny Productions
Sydney Opera House

COMEDY ASSAULT
Gary Penny Productions
Sydney Opera House

DANCE EXCHANGE
Performance Space

FAX OF LIFE
Gary Penny Productions
Sydney Opera House

OPERATION HOLY MOUNTAIN
Toe Truck Theatre
Seymour Theatre Centre,

SPEED THE PLOW
Gary Penny Productions
The Playhouse
Sydney Opera House

WHALE NATION
Seymour Centre

AFTER DINNER
Griffin Theatre Company
Stables Theatre

BROADWAY BOUND
Gary Penny Productions
Sydney Opera House

CIRCUS INTERNATIONAL
Westfield Corporation
Westfield Shoppingtown North Rocks

CIRCUS OZ
Festival of Sydney season
Moore Park

CRIMES OF THE HEART
Bay Street Theatre

DON'S PARTY
Gary Penny Productions
The Playhouse
Sydney Opera House

ONLY HEAVEN KNOWS
Griffin Theatre Company
Stables Theatre

PASSION PLAY
Gary Penny Productions
The Playhouse
Sydney Opera House

RENEE GEYER BACK HOME AGAIN
Kinselas Productions
Kinselas
National Tour

ROUGH CROSSING
Gary Penny Productions
The Playhouse
Sydney Opera House

SOOTY
National tour to major cities and regional venues

TIMEWARP
Sydney University

UNSUITABLE FOR ADULTS
Ken Boucher
Belvoir St. Theatre Downstairs

WHAT THE BUTLER SAW
Gary Penny Productions
The Playhouse
Sydney Opera House

WOGS OUT OF WORK
Hocking & Woods
Sydney Opera House and Enmore Theatre
Both seasons sold out before the opening night.

AFTER DINNER
Griffin Theatre Company
Stables Theatre

AN EVENING WITH NOEL COWARD
Bay Street Theatre

BOFFA
Hocking & Woods
Seymour Theatre Centre

BOOGIE FEVER
Kinselas Productions
Kinselas

BORN TO CLEAN
Belvoir Street Theatre

CIRCUS INTERNATIONAL
Westfield Corporation
Westfield Shoppingtown Hurstville,

CIRCUS OZ
Festival of Sydney season

DEEP BELLS RING
Building Workers Industrial Union
Seymour Theatre Centre

DON QUIXOTE
Theatre of the Deaf
Belvoir St Theatre

FACE TO FACE
Theatre of the Deaf
Seymour Theatre Centre

JEANNIE LEWIS & MARGRET ROADKNIGHT CONCERTS
Sydney Town Hall

LILLIAN
Gary Penny Productions
Sydney Opera House

LIVING IN THE SEVENTIES
Kevin Hanily Productions
Seymour Theatre Centre

MORNING MELODIES
Seymour Theatre Centre

ONE EXTRA DANCE COMPANY
Twelve month marketing report and consultancy

RASPUTIN
State Theatre

ANGELS TOMORROW
Performance Space
Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust

CIRCUS OZ
Festival of Sydney season and advance publicity for overseas tour

HATING ALISON ASHLEY
Seymour Theatre Centre, Toe Truck Theatre

LOS TRIOS RINGBARKUS
Hocking & Woods
Sydney Trade Union Club

SON OF ROMEO
Performance Space
Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust

WAITING FOR GODOT
Theatre of the Deaf
Seymour Theatre Centre

DAGS
Seymour Theatre Centre, Toe Truck Theatre

FOREIGNER
Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
Footbridge Theatre

TRACERS
Hocking & Woods
Seymour Theatre Centre

WORKING
Pre-publicity

AESOP'S FABLES
Sailors Home Theatre, Marionette Theatre of Australia

PIAF - THE SONGS & THE STORY
Hocking & Woods
Sydney Opera House

SIDETRACK THEATRE
Four productions

CARMEN
Melbourne Theatre Company
Russell St. Theatre

HITLER HAD A MUMMY TOO
Sailors Home Theatre
Playbox Theatre

PLAYING MOLIERE & SUZY LIVE AT LAST
Off Broadway Theatre