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Venue	Nimrod Street Theatre
Other Names	The Stables Nimrod Theatre
Address	10 Nimrod Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010 Australia
First Date	2 December 1970
Last Date	1974
Related Venues	Also known as Loft Theatre 1974-1975 Also known as Stables Theatre 1975- Moved to Nimrod 1974
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Latitude \| Longitude	-33.876525 \| 151.222345
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	My Foot, My Tutor, 23 November 1974 Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 11 April 1974 Jesters, 22 February 1974 Well Hung, 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 5 October 1973 A Hard God, 17 August 1973 Tom, 6 July 1973 Hamlet, 23 March 1973 President Wilson in Paris, 7 February 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 Prison 73, 1973 The Tooth of Crime, 1973 The Chocolate Frog, 1973 Kaspar, 1973 The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 The Sweatproof Boy, 1 September 1972 Dazzle, 25 August 1972 Arthur, 19 August 1972 On Yer Marx, 7 July 1972 Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 Rooted, 12 May 1972 Shadows of Blood, 5 April 1972 Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 Alfred the Incredible Sheepboy, 1 February 1972 Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 After Magritte, 13 October 1971 The Removalists, 13 October 1971 Shadow Puppets, 28 August 1971 Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 Customs and Excise, 1 July 1971 The Roy Murphy Show, 1 July 1971 Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Endgame, 27 January 1971 Act Without Words, 27 January 1971 Biggles, 2 December 1970
	The Australian Council for the Arts Tom, 6 July 1973 Hamlet, 23 March 1973 President Wilson in Paris, 7 February 1973 Kaspar, 1973 The Chocolate Frog, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 The Sweatproof Boy, 1 September 1972 Arthur, 19 August 1972 Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 Rooted, 12 May 1972 Shadows of Blood, 5 April 1972 Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 The Removalists, 13 October 1971 After Magritte, 13 October 1971 Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 The Roy Murphy Show, 1 July 1971 Customs and Excise, 1 July 1971 Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Endgame, 27 January 1971 Act Without Words, 27 January 1971 Biggles, 2 December 1970 Nimrod Street Theatre Company Ltd Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 11 April 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 1974 Tom, 6 July 1973 Hamlet, 23 March 1973 Kaspar, 1973 The Chocolate Frog, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 The Sweatproof Boy, 1 September 1972 Arthur, 19 August 1972 Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 Rooted, 12 May 1972 Shadows of Blood, 5 April 1972 Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 The Removalists, 13 October 1971 After Magritte, 13 October 1971 Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 The Roy Murphy Show, 1 July 1971 Customs and Excise, 1 July 1971 Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 Act Without Words, 27 January 1971 Biggles, 2 December 1970 New South Wales Ministry of Cultural Activities My Foot, My Tutor, 23 November 1974 Jesters, 22 February 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 1974 Tom, 6 July 1973 Hamlet, 23 March 1973 President Wilson in Paris, 7 February 1973 Kaspar, 1973 The Chocolate Frog, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Basically Black, 27 October 1972 The Sweatproof Boy, 1 September 1972 Arthur, 19 August 1972 Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 Rooted, 12 May 1972 Shadows of Blood, 5 April 1972 Nimrod Theatre Company A Hard God, 17 August 1973 President Wilson in Paris, 7 February 1973 Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Endgame, 27 January 1971 Sydney City Council Jesters, 22 February 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 1974 Kaspar, 1973 The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Australia Council for the Arts My Foot, My Tutor, 23 November 1974 Jesters, 22 February 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 1974 Nimrod My Foot, My Tutor, 23 November 1974 Jesters, 22 February 1974 The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Stable Productions Pty Ltd The Chocolate Frog, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 New South Wales Government The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 The Old Tote Theatre Company Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 Biggles, 2 December 1970 Melbourne Theatre Company Tom, 6 July 1973 National Black Theatre Basically Black, 27 October 1972 The Arts Council of Australia Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 The Performance Syndicate The Marsh King's Daughter, 5 October 1973 The University of Melbourne, Student Theatre Alfred the Incredible Sheepboy, 1 February 1972
	Larry Eastwood - Designer, Director, Set Designer, Stage Director, Stage Manager Jesters, 22 February 1974 A Hard God, 17 August 1973 President Wilson in Paris, 7 February 1973 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 The Tooth of Crime, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Chocolate Frog, 1973 The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Basically Black, 27 October 1972 The Sweatproof Boy, 1 September 1972 Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 Rooted, 12 May 1972 After Magritte, 13 October 1971 The Removalists, 13 October 1971 Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 Macbeth, 12 March 1971 John Wood - Actor, Performer, Playwright The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 On Yer Marx, 7 July 1972 Shadows of Blood, 5 April 1972 Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 The Roy Murphy Show, 1 July 1971 Customs and Excise, 1 July 1971 Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 John Bell - Actor, Designer, Director A Hard God, 17 August 1973 Hamlet, 23 March 1973 President Wilson in Paris, 7 February 1973 The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 The Removalists, 13 October 1971 Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Biggles, 2 December 1970 Ken Horler - Actor, Designer, Director, Writer Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 11 April 1974 Well Hung, 1974 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Chocolate Frog, 1973 Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Rooted, 12 May 1972 Customs and Excise, 1 July 1971 Endgame, 27 January 1971 Biggles, 2 December 1970 Max Cullen - Actor Hamlet, 23 March 1973 President Wilson in Paris, 7 February 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Chocolate Frog, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 Richard Wherrett - Director My Foot, My Tutor, 23 November 1974 Jesters, 22 February 1974 Tom, 6 July 1973 Hamlet, 23 March 1973 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 Kaspar, 1973 The Sweatproof Boy, 1 September 1972 The Roy Murphy Show, 1 July 1971 Chris Haywood - Actor My Foot, My Tutor, 23 November 1974 Well Hung, 1974 The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Kaspar, 1973 Housey, 7 July 1972 The Removalists, 13 October 1971 After Magritte, 13 October 1971 Anna Volska - Actor Jesters, 22 February 1974 Tom, 6 July 1973 Hamlet, 23 March 1973 President Wilson in Paris, 7 February 1973 The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 Biggles, 2 December 1970 Ron Blair - Playwright, Writer President Wilson in Paris, 7 February 1973 Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 Biggles, 2 December 1970 Aarne Neeme - Director The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 Roger Newcombe - Actor Tom, 6 July 1973 Hamlet, 23 March 1973 The Tooth of Crime, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Chocolate Frog, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 Carole Skinner - Actor The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 The Removalists, 13 October 1971 After Magritte, 13 October 1971 Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 Terence Clarke - Actor, Composer, Performer Hamlet, 23 March 1973 The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 Jane Harders - Actor Shadows of Blood, 5 April 1972 Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 Endgame, 27 January 1971 Biggles, 2 December 1970 Lex Marinos - Actor The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Kaspar, 1973 Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 Jacki Weaver - Actor Tom, 6 July 1973 The Removalists, 13 October 1971 After Magritte, 13 October 1971 The Roy Murphy Show, 1 July 1971 Customs and Excise, 1 July 1971 Alexander Buzo - Playwright Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 11 April 1974 Tom, 6 July 1973 Rooted, 12 May 1972 The Roy Murphy Show, 1 July 1971 Kate Fitzpatrick - Actor Rooted, 12 May 1972 Shadows of Blood, 5 April 1972 Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 The Removalists, 13 October 1971 Martin Harris - Actor The Removalists, 13 October 1971 After Magritte, 13 October 1971 The Roy Murphy Show, 1 July 1971 Customs and Excise, 1 July 1971 Bob Hornery - Actor Shadows of Blood, 5 April 1972 Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 Andrew McLennan - Actor The Roy Murphy Show, 1 July 1971 Customs and Excise, 1 July 1971 Act Without Words, 27 January 1971 Endgame, 27 January 1971 Max Phipps - Actor Rooted, 12 May 1972 The Removalists, 13 October 1971 After Magritte, 13 October 1971 Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 Michael Boddy - Actor, Playwright, Writer The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 Biggles, 2 December 1970 Peter Carroll - Actor My Foot, My Tutor, 23 November 1974 Jesters, 22 February 1974 Well Hung, 1974 Marcus Cooney - Actor, Playwright Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 The Roy Murphy Show, 1 July 1971 Biggles, 2 December 1970 Rex Cramphorn - Adaptor, Designer, Director The Marsh King's Daughter, 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 5 October 1973 Shadows of Blood, 5 April 1972 Don Crosby - Actor The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Removalists, 13 October 1971 Gillian Jones - Actor, Performer The Marsh King's Daughter, 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 5 October 1973 Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Tony Llewellyn-Jones - Actor Jesters, 22 February 1974 Well Hung, 1974 The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Jim McNeil - Playwright The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 The Chocolate Frog, 1973 The Old Familiar Juice, 1973 William Shakespeare - Playwright Hamlet, 23 March 1973 Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Hans Christian Andersen - Writer The Marsh King's Daughter, 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 5 October 1973 Terry Bader - Actor Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 Samuel Beckett - Playwright Act Without Words, 27 January 1971 Endgame, 27 January 1971 Maggie Blinco - Actor Well Hung, 1974 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 Kevin Brooks - Designer, Programme Administrator/Researcher Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 11 April 1974 Basically Black, 27 October 1972 John Clayton - Actor The Roy Murphy Show, 1 July 1971 Customs and Excise, 1 July 1971 Charles Colman - Composer Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 Ralph Cotterill - Actor, Performer The Marsh King's Daughter, 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 5 October 1973 Michael Cove - Playwright Jesters, 22 February 1974 Dazzle, 25 August 1972 Diane Craig - Actor Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 Janet Dawson - Set Designer Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 Biggles, 2 December 1970 John Derum - Actor The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 Arthur Dignam - Actor Hamlet, 23 March 1973 Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Nick Enright - Actor, Publicist Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 Ian Farr - Musician The Marsh King's Daughter, 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 5 October 1973 Peter Handke - Playwright My Foot, My Tutor, 23 November 1974 Kaspar, 1973 Jonathan Hardy - Actor The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 Bill Hunter - Actor Well Hung, 1974 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 Hugh Keays-Byrne - Actor, Performer The Marsh King's Daughter, 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 5 October 1973 Barry Lovett - Actor Bigotry V.C., 7 July 1972 Housey, 7 July 1972 Berys Marsh - Actor Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 11 April 1974 Kaspar, 1973 Alynn Pratt - Stage Manager The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Michael Rolfe - Actor Act Without Words, 27 January 1971 Endgame, 27 January 1971 Andrew Sharp - Actor A Hard God, 17 August 1973 Kaspar, 1973 Andrew Simon - Musician The Marsh King's Daughter, 1974 The Marsh King's Daughter, 5 October 1973 David Williamson - Playwright Alfred the Incredible Sheepboy, 1 February 1972 The Removalists, 13 October 1971 Donna Akersten - Actor Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 11 April 1974 Peter Andrew - Actor Shadows of Blood, 5 April 1972 Keith Bain - Choreographer Biggles, 2 December 1970 Helmut Bakaitis - Playwright Shadows of Blood, 5 April 1972 Axel Bartz - Set Designer Rooted, 12 May 1972 Brian Blain - Actor Hamlet, 23 March 1973 Grahame Bond - Actor, Composer, Performer Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 Richard Bradshaw - Puppeteer Shadow Puppets, 28 August 1971 Margaret Cameron - Actor Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Shirley Cameron - Actor Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 Lloyd Casey - Actor Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 11 April 1974 Michael Caton - Actor The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Richard Cobden - Singer Kaspar, 1973 Richard Connelly - Composer Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Aileen Louisa Corpus III - Actor Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Stephen Costain - Actor Endgame, 27 January 1971 Jim Crawford - Writer Basically Black, 27 October 1972 David Cregan - Playwright Arthur, 19 August 1972 Jeanie Cullen - Actor Tom, 6 July 1973 Lynette Curran - Actor Customs and Excise, 1 July 1971 Gloria Dawn - Actor A Hard God, 17 August 1973 Alma De Groen - Playwright The Sweatproof Boy, 1 September 1972 Mervyn Drake - Actor, Composer, Musical Director Biggles, 2 December 1970 Gerry Duggan - Actor A Hard God, 17 August 1973 Laurence Eastwood - Director Shadow Puppets, 28 August 1971 Kay Eklund - Actor A Hard God, 17 August 1973 Bob Ellis - Playwright Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 Robert Ellis - Actor Biggles, 2 December 1970 Rosalie Fletcher - Actor Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 Patrick Flynn - Composer The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Gary Foley - Actor, Writer Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Drew Forsythe - Actor Biggles, 2 December 1970 John Gaden - Actor Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 Frank Gallacher - Actor A Hard God, 17 August 1973 Gordon Glenwright - Actor The Removalists, 13 October 1971 Reg Gorman - Actor Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 Dennis Grosvenor - Actor Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 Dick Hall - Playwright Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 John Hargreaves - Actor Biggles, 2 December 1970 Joseph Hasham - Actor The Sweatproof Boy, 1 September 1972 Jack Hibberd - Playwright Customs and Excise, 1 July 1971 Michael Hill - Stage Manager Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Kevin Howard - Actor Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 11 April 1974 Anne Howe - Wardrobe Master/Mistress The Marsh King's Daughter, 5 October 1973 John Huston - Writer Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Kevin Jackson - Actor Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 Melissa Jaffer - Actor Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 Marion Johns - Actor Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 Shirley-Anne Kear - Actor Jesters, 22 February 1974 Peter Kenna - Playwright A Hard God, 17 August 1973 Sheila Kennelly - Actor Flash Jim Vaux, 28 April 1971 John Krummel - Actor President Wilson in Paris, 7 February 1973 Jude Kuring - Actor Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 11 April 1974 Nico Lathouris - Actor Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Ray Lawler - Playwright Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 1973 Denny Lawrence - Actor Housey, 7 July 1972 Ken Lawrence - Actor Hamlet, 23 March 1973 David Lawton - Actor Rooted, 12 May 1972 Serge Lazareff - Actor Tom, 6 July 1973 Margo Lee - Actor Hamlet, 23 March 1973 Kevin Leslie - Actor The Chocolate Frog, 1973 Reg Livermore - Actor The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Michael Long - Actor Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 Robert Lord - Playwright Well Hung, 1974 Brendon Lunney - Actor Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 Martin Magee - Actor Shadows of Blood, 5 April 1972 Gerard Maguire - Actor Rooted, 12 May 1972 Victor Marsh - Actor Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 Zac Martin - Actor Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Bob Maza - Actor, Writer Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Garry McDonald - Actor Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 Sandra McGregor - Actor Tom, 6 July 1973 Sandy McGregor - Actor The Removalists, 13 October 1971 Sandra McKenzie - Musical Director The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Jane McLennan - Costume Designer Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Babs McMillan - Actor Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 Noel Mitchell - Actor Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 John Morris - Actor The Sweatproof Boy, 1 September 1972 Helen Morse - Actor Rooted, 12 May 1972 Helen Neeme - Costume Designer The Last Supper Show, 12 December 1972 Robyn Nevin - Actor Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Robert Newman - Actor Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 11 April 1974 Terry O'Brien - Actor Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Rory O'Donoghue - Composer, Performer Hamlet on Ice, 14 December 1971 Edward Ogden - Actor Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 John Orcsik - Actor Coralie Lansdowne Says No, 11 April 1974 John Paramor - Actor Macbeth, 12 March 1971 Bill Pearson - Actor Flash Jim Vaux, 2 October 1972 Wayne Phelan - Set Designer Tom, 6 July 1973 Bill Reed - Writer Basically Black, 27 October 1972 Roy Ritchie - Musician Hamlet, 23 March 1973 Graham Rouse - Actor A Hard God, 17 August 1973 Peter Rowley - Actor Biggles, 2 December 1970 Philip Sayer - Actor Kaspar, 1973 Leo Schofield - Designer Measure for Measure, 9 February 1972 Rilla Scott - Actor The Sweatproof Boy, 1 September 1972 Mary Ann Severne - Actor Well Hung, 1974 Martin Sharp - Set Designer Kaspar, 1973 Tony Sheldon - Actor A Hard God, 17 August 1973 Sam Shepard - Playwright The Tooth of Crime, 1973 Philip Stevenson - Stage Manager The Marsh King's Daughter, 5 October 1973 Tom Stoppard - Playwright After Magritte, 13 October 1971 Colin Taylor - Actor Jesters, 22 February 1974 Alan Tobin - Actor Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes, 25 August 1971 Jenee Welsh - Actor Customs and Excise, 1 July 1971 Katy Wild - Actor Rooted, 12 May 1972 Bindi Williams - Actor Basically Black, 27 October 1972
Resources	Article: Gay McAuley, The Sydney Trinity: Performance Space and the Creation of a 'Matrix of Sensibility', Australasian Drama Studies, 58, April 2011, 71-87 Article: Katharine Brisbane, Preserving the disreputable, Hemisphere, 15, 2, March 1971, 30-35 Article: Kevon Kemp, Nimrod Street a new path in our theatre, Elizabethan Trust News, The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Autumn, 1972, 2, 1972, 10-13 Article: Lenore Nicklin, New theatre a winner? It's from a good stable, Sydney Morning Herald, 25 November 1970, 6 Article: Nimrod: an old stable at the top of the Cross, Tharunka, 7 March 1972, 14 Ross Thorne, Stables Theatre, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 544 Theatre in Nimrod Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney. Opened 2 December 1970 as Nimrod Street Theatre, sealing 140, Renamed The Loft 1974, Stables Theatre 1975. Since 1970 this little theatre has seen the most innovative and exciting productions in Sydney, especially of Australian plays. It was founded by the actor John Bell and Ken Horler and his wife Lilian, who became business manager. Ken Horler, a lawyer, had been passionately interested in theatre since he and Bell were both in the Sydney University Players. The small, austere building, more than 100 years old, had been a stables for delivery and cab horses, a garage for taxis and a gymnasium. With some money from Horler, members of the proposed company worked unpaid to convert the building into a small, primitive theatre. Double coach-house doors opened into a brick-paved, barn-like foyer. A stair led to a triangular loft, two sides of which contained raked hard wooden benches. The remaining side, which formed the acting area, had a post dead-centre, supporting the low roof. Despite, or even because of these restrictions, the Nimrod mounted extraordinary productions in the theatre. It opened with Biggles, a satire on Returned Services League clubs by Ron Blair, Michael Boddy and Marcus Cooney, and it developed works by Blair, Alex Buzo and others in rough, larrikin style. Two high points were David Williamson's The Removalists, which left members of the audience as emotionally wrung out as if they had experienced police arrogance and brutality at first hand, and the memorable premiere of Peter Kenna's A Hard God. After only three years the company decided it needed double the audience capacity of 140, and in May 1974 moved to a new theatre, now called the Belvoir Street Theatre, in Surry Hills. The old theatre was renamed the Loft for a short period during which it was rented to alternative-theatre groups. The dramatist Bob Ellis bought the theatre in late 1975 and renamed it the Stables Theatre. The Griffin Theatre Company took up permanent residence in 1980. It was still there when Ellis put the theatre up for sale in 1985. The theatre was threatened with destruction. In 1987, however, a theatrical philanthropist, Dr Rodney Seaborn, established a family foundation, the Seaborn, Broughton and Walford Foundation, to buy and improve the building. In 1988 the roof was raised-enabling patrons in the back seats to stand up straight when the performance ended - and supported with trusses to eliminate the centre-stage post. Air-conditioning was installed and the seating was made more comfortable. The early works of Grant Fraser, Michael Gow, Gordon Graham and Hannie Rayson were performed at the Stables. Article: Ross Thorne, Stables Theatre, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 544
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Venue Identifier	1448

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