AusStage > Data Scope

AusStage continues to be developed in terms of database technology, breadth of data, user interface and server technology.

To date we have attempted to create a comprehensive listing of live events with a dramatic content from January 2001, covering all of Australia (excluding music in the form of concerts, rock bands, etc., but including music theatre). However, we are aware of gaps in this data. In particular, not all regions have been covered, while other regions, including some capital cities, have not yet been brought fully up to date. These gaps are due to the fact that we are still developing and perfecting methods to gather and enter information efficiently.

Data from before January 2001 has been garnered from the following sources:

Event Data and details of associated reviews and articles taken from the Australia and New Zealand Theatre Record 1986 - July 1996.

The PROMPT Collection at the National Library of Australia:

• Whitehall Theatrical Productions: a professional dramatic theatre company in Sydney 1940 -1950 . 113 entries
  
• Garnet H. Carroll: presented commercial plays and musicals in Sydney and Melbourne 1955-1966. 152 entries
  
• Ensemble Theatre Company : a professional dramatic theatre company founded by Hayes Gordon in Sydney 1958 (including workshop and studio productions). 308 entries
  
• Ray Lawler : productions of his plays overseas (mainly Summer of the Seventeenth Doll) . 24 entries
  
• David Williamson : productions of his plays overseas. 22 entries

The Wolanski Collection UNSW Library Records as follows:

• Australian Drama Company 1955 - 1956
• Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust 1973 - 1984
• Australian Performing Group 1973 - 1981
• Australian Nouveau Theatre 1982 - 1983
• ANU Review 1964
• Australian Repertory Company 1980 - 1981
• Australian Theatre 1972 - 1979
• Australian Theatre for Young People 1963 - 1978
• Australian Theatre Workshop 1973 - 1980
• Australian Light Opera 1958
• Australian Universities Drama Festival 1967
• Australian Youth Performing Arts Assoc. 1977
• Her Majesty's Theatre (Sydney) 1969 - 1987
• Independent Theatre 1930 - 1973
• Marian Street Theatre 1974 - 1984 (including children's theatre)
• Melbourne Theatre Company 1971 - 1974
• National Theatre Company (Perth) 1958 - 1984
• New South Wales (Miscellaneous):
    Doncaster Theatre 1952
    NSW Drama Festival 1966
    NSW Primary Plays Festival 1966
    NSW Uni. of Technology 1958
    NSW Conservatorium of Music 1947 - 1961
    NSW Theatre of the Deaf 1978 - 1981
    NSW Theatrical Society 1948 - 1953
    New Theatre (Melbourne) 1947 - 1950
    New Theatre League (Sydney) 1922 - 1923
    New Theatre Royal (Sydney) 1922 - 1923
• Nimrod Theatre Company 1970 - 1987
• Old Tote Theatre Company 1963 - 1978
• Palace Theatre (Sydney) 1959 - 1964
• Princess Theatre (Melbourne) 1898 - 1970
• Proscenia Theatre (Sydney) 1968 - 1975
• Prospect Theatre Company (Aust. Tours) 1971 - 1979
• Pymble Players (Sydney) 1960 - 1970
• Q Theatre Company (Sydney) 1960 - 1970
• Theatre Royal (Haymarket, Sydney) 1960
• Theatre Royal (Castlereagh Street, Sydney) 1924 - 1990
• Theatre Royal (Adelaide) 1892 - 1969

Whilst all care has been taken to ensure that details entered into AusStage are correct, no responsibility will be taken for errors or omissions in data.