1999 The first theatre in Melbourne p1. Exeunt: Kenn Brodziak p3; Queenie Ashton p4; Hayes Gordon p5. Bendigo Arts Precinct p6. Early Ballarat theatres p7. National Theatre, St. Kilda turns 25 p8. Harold Domenic [Kyrle] Bellew [Curly and Mrs Gown-Trotter] p8. Capitol Theatre, Melbourne p11.

AUTUMN 2000: Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne p1. Jill Perryman p7. Shades [poem by Henry Lawson]: annotation of its references to the theatre: biographies of Jennie Lee 1852-1930, Gustavus Vaughan Brooke 1818-66, Maggie Knight 1860-1917, Olly Deering 1843-1906, Philip Beck 1854-89, G.S. Titheradge 1848-1916 p8. Performing Arts Museum p10. New Helpmann awards p11. Clocktower Centre, Moonee Ponds p11. The rise and demise of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust p12.

WINTER 2000: Ethel Haydon p1. Sue Nattrass p3. Bland Holt p8. Exeunt p13- 15: Edna Edgley, Rex Reid, Alwyn Kurts, Megan Williams, Bunney Brooke, Bob Maza. Arabella Goddard p16. La Mama Theatre p18.

SPRING 2000: Melbourne's Cinderella Theatre [National Amphitheatre, Palace Theatre, Apollo, St. James, Melbourne Metro Nightclub] p1. Botanica [building] p7. May Beatty 1881- 1945 p8. Valantyne Napier and theatre during World War Two p10. The Tivoli Lovelies [poem by Lauren Williams] p12. Exeunt p15-16: Max Phipps, Ormonde Douglas, Leslie Rees. Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat p17. Princess Theatre, Bendigo p18. Audio p23: Franquin [Frank Quin], Strella Wilson.

SUMMER 2001: Gilbert and Sullivan in Australia p1. Ballarat arts p5. Olga Varona p11. Bendigo theatre p13. Olaf Venskevic p13. Sybil Arundale p14. Exeunt p17: Richard Bradshaw, Rhonda Bruce, Paul Riomfalvy. John Truscott p19. Louis Kahan p21.

AUTUMN 2001: The New Opera House [Tivoli] p1. Liz Jones p5. Little Tich [Harry Relph] p11. Maud Hobson p15. Playbox Theatre Company p18. Beleura p21.

WINTER 2001: Louise Homfrey p2. Nellie Stewart p9. Malcolm Robertson p11. Julius Knight p15. Exeunt p17-18: Rita Hunter. Myrtle Woods. Giorgio Mangiamele. Leila Dabscheck p20. Theatre Royal, Castlemaine p23.

SPRING 2001: Bendigo theatres p1. Joseph Roff, Ballarat theatre p8. Capitol Theatre, Melbourne p9. Myrtle Woods [letter] p10. Athenaeum Building [letter] p10. St. Martin's Youth Arts Centre, South Yarra p14. Julius Knight cont. p17. Exeunt p19-21: Pauline Garrick, Rita Patterson (Wallace), Joan Rutley, June Salter, Walter Stringer, Fenella Maguire. New performing arts facilities for Scotch College p24. Ellen Terry p25.

SUMMER 2002: Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne p1. Julius Knight cont. p5. Capitol Theatre p6. Pitt Street School of Arts, Sydney p10. Daryl Jackson interview p12. Exeunt p19-20: David Branson, Stafford Bullen, Louise Homfrey, Richard Wherrett. Eleanor Goddard, tragedienne p21. Confessions of a chorus boy: Robert Foster p25.

AUTUMN 2002: Rethink on Southbank includes recital hall and MTC Theatre p1. Jonathan Dewhurst biography p2. Russell Street Theatre cont. p3. Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat p7. Julius Knight cont. p8. Victorian Tapestry Workshop p10. Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne p14. Exeunt p16-18: Nigel Lovell, Bobby Mack, Howard Palmer, Viola Tait. Confessions of a chorus boy cont. p19. Besen Centre, Burwood p25.

WINTER 2002: Julius Knight cont. p3. Confessions of a chorus boy cont. p9. Exeunt p12-14: John Cameron, Ruth Cracknell, Trevor McKay, Gwen Plumb, Dorothy 'Dot' Thompson. Myer Music Bowl p15. Beleura p18. Florence Redfern p19. Bendigo arts p24.

SPRING 2002: Ballarat's new Arts Academy opens p1. Wild West shows and E.I. 'Bohemian' Cole p3. Julius Knight cont. p7. Exeunt p9-11: Dorothy Hewett, Louis Kahan, Leo McKern, Russell Page, Peggy Sager. Stuart Purves interview p12. Confessions of a chorus boy cont. p19. Museum of Lillydale upgrade p23. Overseas imports p24.

SUMMER 2003: Entertainments at the Exhibition Building p3. Contemporary Australian musical theatre p8. Julius Knight cont. p20. Confessions of a chorus boy cont. p27. Exeunt p29- 34: Sarah Ellen 'Sadie' Armstrong (nee Olle), Maurice Gibb, Kevin Hanily, Clive Hearne, Eric Jupp, Bernard King, Gale Law, Bessie Lindsay, Kevin Miller, Geoffrey Page, Desmond Tester, Owen Weingott, Tony Williams, Rose Woods. War Memorial Hall, Melbourne Grammar School, South Yarra p36.

AUTUMN 2003: Dame Judith Anderson p2. Julius Knight cont. p8. Gerard Vaughan interview p14. Exeunt 19-23: Abu, William Bates, Paul Chubb, Alan Edwards, John Lanchbery, Laura Morris, Tony Tripp, Malcolm Williamson. Whatever happened to Jack Collins? p24. The Pavilion [Royal Pavilion Saloon, Theatre Royal, Amateur Theatre, Royal Victoria Theatre, Victoria Theatre, Canterbury Hall], 299 Burke Street p26..

WINTER 2003: Early days at the Union Theatre Repertory Company [now Melbourne Theatre Company] p1. Union Theatre, University of Melbourne p5. Performing Arts Museum p6. Joanna Leahy p6. School of Drama p7. Julius Knight cont. p10. Carolynne Bourne interview p12. Viola Tait [letter] p20. The Queen's Theatre Royal [Queen's Theatre, Coleman's Lyceum, Royal Lyceum Theatre 189-91 Queen Street, Melbourne, site of today's Medina Grand Melbourne] p24. Exeunt p28-30: Geoff Brooke, John G.H. Carroll, June Collis, Nick Enright, John Germain, Mervyn King, Frank Lasslett, Paul Maclay, Glenda Raymond, William Reid, Patrick Veitch. BMW Edge p31.

SPRING 2003: Early days at UTRC cont. p1. Princess Theatre, Melbourne p7. Julius Knight cont. p10. Steve Harris interview p14. The Total Theatre [Temperance Hall, New Temperance Hall, The Imperial Theatre, The Imperial Cinema, The Savoy Theatre, The Lido, El Toro Espana, The Red Garter Music Hall: 170 Russell Street, Melbourne - site now occupied by Dex nightclub] p21. Exeunt p30-31: Agnes Fulton, Oriel Gray, Geoffrey Ingram, Noel Mitchell, Valantyne Napier, Lenton Parr, Noel Pelly. Chapel off Chapel, Prahran p32.

SUMMER 2004: $230 m project to unify Arts Centre p1. Princess Theatre, Melbourne cont. p4. Oriel Gray [letter] p8. Olga Nethersole cont. p10. The Athenaeum Theatre [Melbourne Mechanics' Institute, Melbourne Mechanics' Institute and School of Arts, Melbourne Athenaeum, Athenaeum Hall, Hoyts Athenaeum, Athenaeum I, Athenaeum II - 188 Collins Street Melbourne] p14. Dandenong Town Hall p19. Performing Arts Museum: Melba's cloak p21. Exeunt p22-25: Walter Bourke, Edna Chandler, Ed Devereaux, Slim Dusty, Denis Gibbons, Lynda Gibson, Vic Gordon, Tommy Hanlon Jnr, Helen Montagu, Ray Powell, Peggy Toppano (nee Mortimer), Jeff Warren.

AUTUMN 2004: Olga Nethersole p4. Princess Theatre, Melbourne cont. p12. Pam Creed interview [National Institute of Circus Arts, NICA] p16. Athenaeum Theatre cont. p22. Exeunt p28-30: Ron Cadee, John Dommett, Michael Easton, William Gill, Irene Hewitt, Laurie Landray, Robert Peach, Jason Raize, Jill Sinclair, Joy [Lady] Snedden, Reginald Stock, Olga Varona, Helen Montagu.

WINTER 2004: Olga Nethersole cont. p6. Cruise ship theatres p8. Findlay Hall, Mornington to be converted to theatre p10. Swan Hill Town Hall p10. Theatre Royal, Castlemaine p16. Grave of Miss Gertrude Johnson, St. Kilda Cemetery p19. Metro Nightclub p20. Salle de Valentino [Olympic Circus, Noble's Circus, Ellis's Casino, Cirque Nationale, Victoria Promenade, 4 Bourke Street, Melbourne - site of the Imperial Hotel] p22. Exeunt p26-27: Tim Burstall, Rory Dempster, Sally Gilmour, Barbara James, Sir Rupert Hamer, Eddie Mendoza, Charles Skase.

SPRING 2004: History of the Australian musical p1. Olga Nethersole cont. p6. Red Stitch Theatre p8. Charles Dickens at the music hall p10. Royal Exhibition Building, world heritage listing p15. Philip Moors interview [Royal Botanic Gardens] p16. Ice skating history p24. Comedy Theatre cont. p25. Exeunt p28-30: Joan Clarke, Lloyd Evans, Les Foxcroft, Johnny Ladd, George Mallaby, Doug McKenzie, Margo McLennan, Mary Dechaineaux Purbrick, Leone 'Billie' Stredwick.

SUMMER 2005: Kenneth Rowell p7. Olga Nethersole p10. Hippodrome 1909 p12. Central Hall, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy p16. Gertrude Johnson p19,40. His Majesty's Theatre, Perth p23. Gasworks, South Melbourne p26. Exeunt: Noelle Aitken p29. Jimmy Allan p29. Graham Bennett p29. Ernest (Ernie) Wincey Fish p30. Sybil Graham p30. Ken Hannam p30. Gordon Hutchings p31. Ralphine Sprague p31. Tone (Lady) Travers p31. Elizabeth Wing Hill p31. Barkly Theatre, Footscray p32. Beleura, Mornington p33. Phee Broadway Theatre, Castlemaine p33. Lyric Theatre, Bendigo p33.

AUTUMN 2005: Intimate revue, Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney p1. Olga Nethersole p6. Comedy Theatre, Melbourne p8. Filming of 'On the beach' p14. Gertrude Johnson p22. Rivoli Theatre, Camberwell p26. Plaza Theatre, Northcote p27. Exeunt: June Bronhill p31. Leigh Chambers p32. Grantley Dee (De Zoete) p32. Keith Devenport p33. Dolly Dyer (Mack) p33. Clifford Guest p33. Hugh Hastings p34. Miriam Hyde p34. Campbell McComas p34. Helmut Newton p35. Tony McShanag (Kitten Caboodle) . Dot Rankin p35. Rosie Sturgess p36.

WINTER 2005: Melbourne Recital Hall and MTC Theatre Project p1. Intimate revue continued p5. Kylie (Minogue): an exhibition p8. Regent Theatre, Melbourne p9. Olga Nethersole p10. Canberra Theatre Centre p12. The Palms at Crown p13. Comedy Theatre p14. Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat p16. Silvie Paladino p19. Sidney Burchall p20. Playbills p26. Exeunt: Cordula Albrecht p32. Norman 'Eddie' Balmer p32. Frank Barnes p32. Andrew Bisset p33. Basil Clarke p33. Lorrie Gardner p33. Alice Grant p33. Paul Hester p34. Graham Kennedy p34. David Measham p34. Joan Mercer p34. Peter Sarah p35. Ross Stretton p35. Gordon Timmins p35.

SPRING 2005: Summer of the seventeenth doll p1. Printing J.C. Williamson's theatre programs p4. Olga Nethersole cont. p7. Phillip Theatre: intimate review cont. p9. Comedy Theatre cont. p13. Frank Hosking, human frog p16. Robert Nicholson, singer p20. Giant backcloth for St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral p23. Tivoli lovelies p23. Dandenong Town Hall: The Drum p24. National Theatre, St. Kilda p24. William Saurin Lyster [letter] p33. William Mower Akhurst [letter] p33. Exeunt p34-38: Allan Ashbolt, Geoff Bielefeld, Niall Brennan, Michael Burkett, Alastair Duncan, Neil Fitzpatrick, Margery Irving, Kathryn Lowe, Lloyd Martin, Robert 'Bob' Mathews, Colin McEwan, Ron Randell, Jocelyn Rickards, John Roper, Kirk Robson.

SUMMER 2006: Olga Nethersole cont. p6. Melbourne Recital Centre p8. Summer of the seventeenth doll in London p14. Marsh's Royal Lyceum Theatre [Black's (Tattersalls) Repository, American Hippodrome, Prince of Wales Theatre, Lyceum Hall, 225-231 Lonsdale Street (site of Golden Square Car Park)] p16. Robert Nicholson cont. p22. On the beach: my involvement: Nevil Thurgood p25. Exeunt p30-4: Patrick Alexander, Len Barnard, Betty Bryant, Douglas Calder, Gordon Currie, Keith Davis, Anne Fraser, Kristian Fredrikson, Lynette Gray, Lennie Holmes, Denzil Howson, Arthur Hudson, Phyllis Kennedy, Lee Neilsen, Trina Parker, Kevin Smith, Dr Eric Westbrook, Frank Wilson.

AUTUMN 2006: Melbourne's new Convention Centre p1. The myths about Melba p3. Olga Nethersole cont. p6. Intimate revue p9. Cremorne Gardens and the Pantheon Theatre p17. Arrow Theatre, Armstrong Street, Middle Park p22. Annie Get Your Gun p27. Exeunt: Nancy Brown Arlen 1909-2005 p33. Danny Davey 1928-2006 p33. Jacqui Everitt 1961-2006 p34. Keith Glover 1922-2006 p34. Sophie Heathcote 1972-2006 p34. Edward Hepple 1914-2005 p34. John (Jack) Kennedy 1916-2006 p35. John Kovac 1955-2005 p35. Dawn Lake 1927-2006 p35. Henry McGee 1929-2006 p35. Alistair McHarg 1925-2005 p35. John McKenna 1929-2005 p35. Harry Seidler 1925-2006 p36. Ruth Tindale 1918-2006 p36. Shakespeare stained glass window, State Library of Victoria p37.

WINTER 2006: Recital Centre and MTC Theatre, Southbank p3. Unveiling of restored grave of Gladys Moncrieff p7. Olga Nethersole cont. p8. National Theatre, St Kilda p13. Intimate review p15. Roy Rene p18. Anna Tregloan p20. Melbourne theatres on the web p21. Googie Withers, John McCallum (photo) p26. First live stage broadcast in Australia 1924 p28. Victorian Music Library p30. Castles family p33. The Princess Theatre, Spring St p36. Kyneton Town Hall and Bluestone Theatre refurbishment complete p40. NICA new building p41. Exeunt: Neville Amadio 1913-2006 p43. Rodney Bell 1965-2005 p43. Betty Crosby 1926?-2006 p44. Leonard Dommett 1928-2006 p44. Larry Dalhunty 1922-2006 p44. Elizabeth (Betty) Fretwell 1920-2006 p44. Paul Grinwis 1920- 2006 p45. Clifford Hocking 1932-2006 p45. Hiroyuki Iwaki 1932- 2006 p45. Guillermo Keys-Arenas 1928-2006 p45. Mick Lane 1916- 2005 p46. Stephen MacLean 1950-2006 p46. Joy Noonan 1923-2006 p46. Maria Prerauer 1922-2006 p46. Jimmy Sharman 1912-2006 p47. Ken Stone 1926-2006 p47. Tony Ward 1924-2006 p47. Calvin Winetroube 1946-2006 p47.

SPRING 2006: Red Hill Hotel and Hall, Chewton p1. Olga Nethersole p7. Music theatre, Ballarat p10. Victorian Actors' Benevolent Trust p12. Princess Theatre, Melbourne p17. Intimate review p24. Early Australian musicals and Kenneth Duffield p26. Dolly Castles p30. Rosina Raisbeck p32. Early Australian television p34. Kevin McBeath p36. NICA p38. Anne Ziegler (Eastwood) and Leslie Webster Booth p41. Exeunt p44-7: Lisa Bellear 1961-2006. Reg Bolton 1945-2006. Alex Buzo 1944-2006. Richard Curtin 1945-2006. John Dingle 1965-2006. Dorothy Dodd 1918-2006. Madame Melba or merely Miss Mitchell? p30. Lola Montez p31. 'Bumtown' by Sisters Grimm: review / Cameron Woodhead p37. William Hoskins: a colonial entrepreneur / Adrienne Simpson p38. Central Hall, Fitzroy p42. Beleura house p42. Kew Court House p42. Letter: re: David Spurling p46. Her Majesty's renovations p46. Obituaries p47-52: Valda Aveling, Cleo Bullen, Carlo Felice Cillario, Murray Copland, Sir Charles Court, Janina Cunova, Heath Ledger, Don Munro, Raymond Stanley, Helene Jacoby Swieca, Rene Kathriner, Eve King, Professor Harold Love, Steve J. Spears, Andrea Stretton, Brian Tait, Jennie Tate.

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AUTUMN 2008: Melbourne Theatre Company, new theatre complex p1. Is the Sydney Opera House overhaul really necessary asks Greg Lenthen p5. Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat, access controversy p6. Eastern Arcade facade to stay p7. Intimate revue in the 50s and 60s cont. p8. Mathinna p10. William Hoskins: a colonial entrepreneur / Adrienne Simpson p11. The design genius of Orry-Kelly p15. Frank Matcham: alive on the ocean wave / Frank van Straten p16. Letters p19: 'Lola Montez' musical, Peter O'Shaughnessy. Charles Zwar and the musical 'Blue Mountain melody' / Peter Pinne p20. Her Majesty's Theatre renovations p24. Green Room awards p25. Snub and Daphne: Pollards in name only [Harold Fraser and Daphne Trott] / Steve Rattle p27. Princess Theatre (final installment) / Ralph Marsden p28. Magic nights at the Princess: veteran magician Gerald Taylor conjures up memories of some remarkable illusionists p32. Palace nightclub, St Kilda / Metro nightclub, Bourke St / Palace Theatre p34. Grainger Museum p34. Arts Centre spire p34. Regent Theatre, Queen St, Brisbane p34. Alex Buzo Company p35. Adelaide Festival Centre Trust p35. Noeline Brown p35. Anna Leonowens p35. Anchorage Estate, Nepean Rd, Sorrento, once owned by George Coppin p36. Glasshouse Arts Centre, Port Macquarie p36. A.W. Pinero in Australian cont. / Elisabeth Kumm p39. South San Francisco Opera House / Frank Van Straten p44. Obituaries p46-51. Robert Bruning 1928-2008. John Cargher 1919-2008. Smoky Dawson 1913-2008. Nola Day 1936-2008. Lynne Golding-Kirk 1920-2008. Denis Irving 1933-2008. Jessica Jacobs 1990-2008. Letty Katts 1919-2007. Lloyd Lamble 1914-2008. Pattie Hanna Landau 1914-2008. Richard Lane 1918-2008. Frank Millane 1931-2008. Barry Morse 1918-2008. David Nettheim 1925-2008. Emily Perry 1907-2008. Dr Rodney Seaborn 1913-2008. Barry Seeber 1943-2008. Adam Smith 1964-2008. Cecily Lindsay Viles 1912-2008. Damian Wilson 1958-2008. La Mama needs a hand p52.

Vol.9 no.3 WINTER 2008: Phew! La Mama seems safe p1. Heritage register’s loss of face: the quirky quasi-Mogul Eastern Arcade is now just a memory p3. Reedy River [musical] / Peter Pinne p4. Stitches in time: news from the Performing Arts Collection [Seamless: where costume meets dance – free exhibition] p7. Winging it: in part 4 of her account of Pinero in Australia, Elisabeth Kumm chronicles ‘Imprudence’, A.W. Pinero’s second full-length play p8. Art deco dreamtime [Australian designed theatre program covers from the early 1930s to 1940] p10. Melbourne stage-by-stage: The Theatre Royal, 232 Bourke Street, Melbourne (the site of Target store) part 1 / Ralph Marsden p12. Lola Montez (portrait) p12. George Selth Coppin (portrait) p13. Gustavus Vaughan Brooke (portrait) p13. Interior of first Theatre Royal (ill.) p14. George Coppin with friends in the Royal’s bar (photo) p15. Her Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat p17. When the circus came to town: a previously unknown lithograph has thrown new light on Melbourne’s early performing arts history p18. Have talent, will travel [textile designer Carole Francis; Ben Cobham, Bluebottle 3] p19. Intimate revue in the 1950s and 1960s: Adelaide / Peter Pinne p20. Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne p22. Palais Theatre, St Kilda: 1920s Spanish-styled brass chandelier p22. Capitol Theatre, Sydney p23. Sydney-based Playbill company 50th anniversary p23. Festival Theatre, Adelaide: new state-of-the-art acoustic reflector p23. New theatre in Northbridge, Perth may be named after Heath Ledger p23. Dame Nellie Melba Opera Trust p25. Paradise lost: Frank Van Straten relives the art deco dream of David N. Martin p26. Noted actor, writer and director Peter O’Shaughnessy reflects on his life in Melbourne theatre in the 1950s p30. Barry Humphries as the bunyip in ‘The bunyip and the satellite’ 1957 (photo) p31. Richard Pratt as Marcus Antoninus and Noel Ferrier as Julius Caesar in Peter O’Shaughnessy’s Tin Alley Players production of ‘Julius Caesar’ at the Union Theatre 1956 (photo) p31. Peter Burgis turns the pages of a Melbourne theatre journal of long ago [‘The Thespian’] p33. The Theatre Royal, Christchurch [review of new book] / Frank Van Straten p34. The fabulous Friedmans: Peter Burgis discovers two entertainers with the same surname who influenced our musical culture [Polish-born concert pianist Ignaz Friedman 1882-1948; Australian Jake Friedman, important vaudevillian and Tyrolean yodeller] p36. ‘An Aboriginal Moomba: out of the dark’ presentation, discovery of photographs p38. Theatre Royal, Castlemaine celebrates its sesqui-centenary p40. Mystery of 3D viewer found at Her Majesty’s Theatre [Melbourne] p40. Letters to the editor p41 [Lola Montez show. Snub and Daphne Pollard. Pollard family]. Prahran Mechanics’ Institute catalogue p42. An encore for Frederici: little did the audience at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, on that Saturday night in 1888, know they were to witness the birth of a supernatural legend [Frederick Baker] p43. Is it curtains for the Dallas Brooks Hall? p43. Hopscotch Entertainment p44. Rippon Lea Renaissance Dancers 30th birthday / Jennifer Shennan p45. Exeunt [obituaries] p46-52 [Irina Baranova 1919-2008?. Roger Bell 1919-2008. Mona Brand 1915-2007. Bruce Clarke 1925-2008. Sydney Conabere 1918-2008. Lorraine Cowcher 1928-2008. Catherine Duncan 1915-2006. Reg Lindsay OAM 1930-2008. Rocky McKenzie 1961-2008. Hana Pravda 1916-2008. Harold Smith 1913-2008. John Thomson 1945-2008. George Tibbits 1933-2008. Valrene Tweedie OAM 1925-2008. Jack Varney 1918-2008. Helen Violaris 1935-2008. Jan Wawrzynczak 1955-2008. John West AM 1924-2008. Eli Westlake 1986-2008. N. Yunupingu 1982-2008. Raymond Gorton. Ron Falson. Jesse Younan].

SPRING 2008: Assembly Hall, Collins Street / Frank Van Straten p1. Adelaide Repertory Theatre: 100th anniversary p5. When Melba's sugar shack turned sour [Melba House, Marian, Qld] / Tony Cane p6. It didn't always close on Saturday night: intimate review in Australia in the 1950s and 1960s: the scene in Perth (conclusion) / Peter Pinne p8. Letters to the editor: Peter O'Shaughnessy, Reedy River, Victory Theatre, St Kilda: marquee sign, cardboard 3D viewer discovered during renovations of the Princess Theatre, Mr Battling Butler, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Grahame Bond photograph, Candy Stripe Balloon, Eric Thornton p12-13. Voices of the past: Kathleen Lafla / Peter Burgis p14. All the world's a stage: GTV-9 Studios, Bendigo St, Richmond; Star Theatre at Star City Casino closing; Regent Cinema, Brisbane; Harvest Rain Theatre Company, Brisbane; Cirque de Soleil; Arena at Verona Opera House bankrupt; Andrew Lloyd Webber; Juan Pablo di Pace; Royal Opera, London; Peter Millican, Kings Place, Hall One; Gazillion Bubble Show; Metropolitan Opera; The Beacon movie house, 2124 Broadway p15-18. 'I saw miracles happen!': acceptance speech of Sue Nattrass on winning the James Cassius Williamson award 2008 p19. Winging it: part 5 of Arthur Wing Pinero in Australia / Elisabeth Kumm [includes play 'The Rocket'] p20. Gus goss: closure of the Australian National Academy of Music p22. All Philistines together: memories of Melbourne in the 1850s p23. New Yorkers rally to save Tin Pan Alley: the birthplace of popular music is threatened p25. Reedy River: Peter Pinne concludes the story of Dick Diamond and 'Reedy River': the musical which kick-started the Australian folk music movement p27. Gus goss: mini-musical 'Altar Boyz' p29. Brisbane landmark faces huge repair bill [City Hall] p32. Peter Allen exhibition at PAM [Performing Arts Collection] / Margaret Marshall p33. Victoria's regional deco delights: art deco theatres in Yarram and Rosebud [Regent Theatre, Yarram; Broadway Theatre, Rosebud] / Janice Haynes p34. Peter O'Shaugnessy reflects on his experiences in British theatre in the 1950s p37. Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne: renovations p39. Glorious entertainment: Charles Norman recalls his adventures in musical comedy: he remembers 'Rio Rita' p40. Melbourne stage by stage: Theatre Royal, Melbourne part 2 / Ralph Marsden p42. New Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta p45. Exeunt (obituaries): Christie Allen 1954-2008, Charles 'Charlie' Barry 1956-2008, Ken Bayly OAM 1936-2008, Alan Becher 1947-2008, John Cann 1950-2008, Paul Dalton 1912-2008, Rob Guest OBE 1950-2008, Tanya Halesworth 1935-2008, Monica Halliday OAM, FRAD 1918-2008, Hazel Howson 1922-2008, Levi Kereama 1981-2008, Michael McCaffrey 1953-2008, Dorry Nelson 1913-2008, Michael Pate 1920-2008, Mark Priestley 1976-2008, Bruce Puckeridge 1955-2007, Leo Rosner 1918-2008, Stanley Walsh 1937-2008, Ray Wilson 1936-2008 p46-51.