Blackfriars Theatre

Home
Venues
Blackfriars Theatre

Export | Feedback | Print

Venue	Blackfriars Theatre
Address	At the Wharf Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
First Date	1991
Last Date	1992
Notes	Metropolitan .Constructed especially to simulate Elizabethan era theatre conditions
Related Venues	Also known as The Wharf Sea Level Space Is part of The Wharf
Map
Latitude \| Longitude	-33.868710 \| 151.220258
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	Away, 9 June 1992 Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991
	Sydney Theatre Company Away, 9 June 1992 Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Dramaturgical Services Inc Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991
	Marcus Graham - Actor Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Wayne Harrison - Director, Producer Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Judith Hoddinott - Designer Away, 9 June 1992 Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Philip Parsons - Director, Producer Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 John Senczuk - Designer, Producer Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 William Shakespeare - Playwright Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Duncan Wass - Actor Away, 9 June 1992 Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Simon Arlidge - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Robyn Arthur - Actor Away, 9 June 1992 Richard Baker - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Rachael Beck - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Toni Collette - Actor Away, 9 June 1992 Peter Corbett - Actor Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Angelo D'Angelo - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 John Derum - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Patrick Dickson - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Nicholas Eadie - Actor Away, 9 June 1992 Sandy Gore - Actor Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Michael Gow - Director, Playwright Away, 9 June 1992 Jamie Jackson - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Laura Keneally - Actor Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Odile Le Clezio - Actor Away, 9 June 1992 Luciano Martucci - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 David McCubbin - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Andrew McFarlane - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Fiona Press - Actor Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Vic Rooney - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 Diane Smith - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 John Stanton - Actor Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Steven Vidler - Actor Henry IV: Part One, 8 May 1991 John Walton - Actor Antony and Cleopatra, 5 May 1992 Tom Weaver - Actor Away, 9 June 1992 Robert Willox - Actor Away, 9 June 1992
Resources	Ross Thorne, Wharf Theatre, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 635-636 Theatre in Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, Sydney, opened 13 December 1984, seating 319. Architect: Vivian Fraser. When maritime freight went to containers many wharves became redundant, including Pier 4/5 at Walsh Bay, a double-decked finger wharf projecting 222 metres into Sydney Harbour. The NSW government gave the upper deck of this fine timber warehouse, built in 1920-22, to the Sydney Theatre Company with $3.7 million to convert it into a home. The resulting complex contains the thrust-stage Wharf Theatre; a versatile studio space, renamed Wharf Theatre 2 in 1994; rehearsal rooms; scenery and costume workshops; administrative offices and a restaurant. The company schedules the Wharf Theatre year round for smaller-scale productions in its subscription seasons and conducts experimental work in Wharf Theatre 2 and occasionally in its rehearsal rooms. Since 1991 it has also sometimes converted warehouse space on the lower deck into a rough open-stage auditorium, named the Blackfriars Theatre because of Shakespeare performances given there. At the Wharf the company also assembles and rehearses productions for performance in the Drama Theatre at the Sydney Opera House. On the lower deck, Arts Council of NSW has its offices, the Australian Youth Theatre has premises and the Sydney Dance Company has rehearsal and administrative space. Vivian Fraser’s conversion retained the material and structural qualities of the wharf. It is built of ironbark, a hard timber which is so fire-resistant that fire regulations required only sprinklers and an internal emergency exit tunnel to the street from the restaurant at the farthest end. The Wharf won the Sir John Sulman Award for architecture in 1985 and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects' President's Medal for the best recycled building in Australia in 1984-85. Article: Ross Thorne, Wharf Theatre, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 635-636
Venue Identifier	2950
Dataset	AusStage