NEW THEATRE

New Theatre was set up in 1932 as the Sydney Workers Art Club, opening with the slogan "Art is a Weapon". The first full-scale production in 1933 was The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. The theatre helped galvanise opposition to Nazism in the 1930s and led the ultimately successful fight against stage censorship from the 40s to the late 60s, culminating in the now legendary staging of the banned America Hurrah in 1968. It has produced plays on important political and human rights issues through the struggles of anti-apartheid and black deaths in custody, to political satire on the Howard government. Since 1994 it has also regularly mounted Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras productions... New theatre has played a major role in educating young talent, providing a career springboard for new performers, directors, artists, technicians and playwrights. The large number of artists who have benefited by their association with New Theatre include Maggie Kirkpatrick, Nick Enright, Dinah Shearing,..

Registration numbers: 26 909 421 858 (W)

Primary location: Newtown Australia