Nimrod Theatre Company

Nimrod Theatre Company is an Australian theatre company.

The Nimrod Theatre Company, commonly known as The Nimrod, was an Australian theatre company based in Sydney. It was founded in 1970 by Australian actors John Bell, Richard Wherrett and Ken Horler, and gained a reputation for producing more "good new Australian drama" from 1970 to 1985 than any other Australian theatre company.

The company's original theatre located in Nimrod Street, Kings Cross is now home to Griffin Theatre Company. The company moved in 1974 to Belvoir Street, Surry Hills, but retained its original name. From 1981 to 1988 it also played in the Seymour Centre theatres. The company ceased operations in 1988.

Subsequently, the Surry Hills venue became known as the Belvoir Street Theatre.

Alumni

Notable Nimrod alumni include: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Hugo Weaving, Barry Otto, Mel Gibson, Donal Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Baz Luhrman, Bill Hunter, Max Cullen, Angela Punch McGregor, 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, Sally McKenzie, 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

1970

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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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: Václav Havel Director: Aubrey Mellor Cast: Barry Otto, John Walton

| 1981

| Protest: Private View (triple bill with Audience & Protest)

| Writer: Václav Havel Director: Aubrey Mellor Cast: Cathy Downes, Barry Otto, John Walton

| 1981

| Protest: Protest (triple bill with Audience & Private View)

| Writer: Václav 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

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! 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

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! 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

{| class="wikitable sortable"

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! 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

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! 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

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! 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

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! 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

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