Ballet and Theatre Club Opening Celebrations

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Event Ballet and Theatre Club Opening Celebrations
Venue Theatre and Ballet Club Clubrooms, Sydney, NSW
First Date 14 August 1947
Last Date 14 August 1947
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description MRS. VERA LACEY, president of the Ballet and Theatre Club, with a Balinese mask which is among the decorations for the new clubroom, at 305 Pitt Street, which will be officially opened
by Sir Benjamin Fuller at a luncheon to-day. Since its foundation by Mrs. Lacey three years ago, the club has had no clubroom.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Spoken Word
Ceremony
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Vera Lacey Administrator
Benjamin Fuller Speaker
Aubrey Halloran Speaker
Further Information AUBREY HALLORANS REMARK that in the South Seas the natives mix up some concoction which, after drinking, sends you to sleep, and that here in Australia people have a habit of making speeches which have the same effect. He then proceeded to talk for thirteen minutes at the opening of the Ballet and Theatre Club. . . .
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Theatre Club Opening To-day (1947, August 14). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 15. Retrieved July 18, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18045268
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 151636