Guide to the Skylark Theatre Company : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia
EPH PROMPT.Skylark Theatre Company
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2024
Collection Summary
- Title
- Skylark Theatre Company : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia
- Date Range
- 1992 -
- Collection Number
- EPH PROMPT.Skylark Theatre Company
- Extent
- 1 collection
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Printed Collections
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The Skylark Theatre Company was established in 1984 by Marie-Martine Ferrari and Shelley McDonald in Canberra. It gained national and international recognition for its innovative presentation of puppetry and visual-based theatre. Among the Company's productions were: The inside story, Yodi and the yabbi, Salty Seagull takes off, The winter tree, and Hip hip hippo. Two films were produced by the Company, of The inside story and Tiny Pod and the silverwings, in collaboration with Film Australia.
Scope and Contents
Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items for Australian performing arts organisations, Australian artists performing overseas, professional productions performed in Australia (including those featuring overseas performers) and overseas performances of Australian plays, music, etc.
Item Descriptions
Class. Skylark Theatre Company
Season commencing 1992 (File)
Season commencing 1993 (File)
Inside Dry Water, 28 - 30 October 1993 (Item 1993/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 programs
Performed at The Playhouse Theatre, Canberra Australia. Featuring Michael Butcher, John Hunt, Bob Parsons, Sally Richardson, Julie Ross, directed by Peter Wilson. Part of the National Festival of Australian Theatre.
Season commencing 1994 (File)
Season commencing 1995 (File)
Inside Dry Water, 16 March 1995 (Item 1995/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 programs, 2 flyers
Performed at The Playhouse Theatre, Canberra Australia. Featuring Michael Butcher, Veronika Hannon, John Hunt, Matthew McCoy, Neil Roach, Peter Wilson, directed by Peter Wilson. Includes opening night invitation.
Friends of Skylark, June - September 1995 (Item 1995/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
3 newsletters
Three issues of the 'Friends of Skylark' newsletter containing information on the company and its productions.
The National Festival of Australian Theatre, 6 - 21 October 1995 (Item 1995/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 programs
Contains information about the productions as part of the festival, including the Skylark production of 'Mum's the Word'.
Crossing Boundaries / Performance Program, 1995 (Item 1995/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 program, 2 flyers, 2 bookmarks
Advertising the season.
Happy Christmas and New Year, 13 December 1995 (Item 1995/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 folded card
Invitation to the company Christmas party at Ralph Wilson Theatre, Gorman House, Braddon.
Mum's the Word, 7 - 11 October 1995 (Item 1995/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 programs, 2 postcards
Performed at The Playhouse Theatre, Canberra Australia. Featuring Michael Butcher, Catherine Mann, Matthew McCoy, Julie Ross, Warrick Williams, directed by Peter Wilson.
Season commencing 1996 (File)
Charlotte's Web Wilbur Mask, 26 June - 24 August 1996 (Item 1996/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 flyers
Cut out Wilbur mask with cast list and tour dates. Featuring Mary Brown, Catherine Mann, Sean Masterson, Matthew McCoy, Neil Roach.
Company background and profile, 1996 (Item 1996/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 media kit
Media kit with company background, biography of Peter Wilson and press clipping photocopies.
Charlotte's Web, 16 - 20 July 1996 (Item 1996/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 flyers
Advertising the performances at Scott Theatre Adelaide.
Charlotte's Web, 1 - 3 August 1996 (Item 1996/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 flyers
Advertising the performances at the Canberra Theatre.
Friends of Skylark / In The Wings, July - November 1996 (Item 1996/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
3 newsletters
Two issues of the Skylark theatre newsletter including a draft copy and a copy of the last newsletter to be issued.
Wake Baby, 16 - 26 April 1996 (Item 1996/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 programs, 4 flyers, 2 leaflets, 2 bookmarks
Performed at The Street Theatre, Canberra. Featuring Peter Wilson, Sofia Gibson, Megan Cameron, Jeremy Davies, Paul O'Keeffe.
Biennale Theatre / Jeunes Publics, 9 - 16 June 1996 (Item 1996/7) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 program
Program from the Biennial Theatre for Young Audiences, Lyon France. Includes performance of 'Wake Baby' at Maison De La Danse theatre.
Pocket Size, 1996 (Item 1996/8) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 program
Featuring Jeremy Davies, Andrew Gray, John Hunt, Catherine Mann, Julie Ross, written and directed by Peter Wilson.
Company Skylark / Performance Program, 1996 (Item 1996/9) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 programs
Contains details on the productions for the 1996 season.
Company Skylark, 1996 (Item 1996/10) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 leaflet
Advertising the company, the appointment of Peter Wilson as artistic director, and the Friends of Skylark program.
Invitation / Season Launch, 1996 (Item 1996/11) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 flyer
Invite to the season launch at the Ralph Wilson Theatre, Gorman House Arts Centre.
Company Skylark, 1996 (Item 1996/12) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 folders, 8 cards
Information and history of the company and its productions.
Season commencing 1997 (File)
The Hobbit, 25 August - 18 October 1997 (Item 1997/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 program, 1 flyers
Premiere tour around Australia. Featuring Mike Bishop, David Collins, Catherine Mann, Malcom Martin, Matthew McCoy, Brian Parker, Rod Primrose, Simon T Rann, John Rogers, and Peter Seaborn.
The Hobbit, 3 December 1997 - 17 January 1998 (Item 1997/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 program, 2 flyers
Summer tour of Melbourne and Sydney. Featuring Mike Bishop, David Collins, Catherine Mann, Malcom Martin, Matthew McCoy, Brian Parker, Rod Primrose, Simon T Rann, John Rogers, and Peter Seaborn.
Love Suicides / by John Romeril, 25 October - 7 November 1997 (Item 1997/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 programs, 2 cards
Performed at the Street Theatre, Canberra. Featuring Simon Wilton, Asako Izawa, Miki Oikawa, John Hunt, Yumi Umiumare, and Peter Wilson.
Puppetry workshops, 28 - 30 January 1997 (Item 1997/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 flyer
Advertising children's workshops.
[Media kit], 1997 (Item 1997/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 folder, 4 sheets
Media releases on Charlotte's Web, Mum's the Word, Inside Dry Water, and The Hobbit.
[Wake Baby Media Kit], 1997 (Item 1997/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 media kit, 1 photograph
Media releases and press clippings photocopies on the performance at the Street Theatre. Includes photo of Orfe played by Sofia Gibson.
[Company Profile], 1997 (Item 1997/7) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 media kit
Advertising the company, along with a media release on the Skyworks Studio, and photocopies of news articles.
[Love Suicides], 1997 (Item 1997/8) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 media kits
Media kit on the production.
[Canberra Company becomes a international act], 1997 (Item 1997/9) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 media kit
Advertising the company and productions.
The 1997 Melbourne Moomba / International Children's Festival, 6 - 16 March 1997 (Item 1997/10) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 flyers
Advertising the festival, including the production of Wake Baby.
Playbox 97, 1997 (Item 1997/11) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 program
Advertising the season at the Playbox theatre, including Love Suicides.
Season at the Street, 1997 (Item 1997/12) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 program, 2 flyers
Advertising the season at the Street Theatre, including Love Suicides.
Season commencing 1998 (File)
Her Majesty's Theatre Season, 1998 (Item 1998/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 programs
Advertising the season at Her Majesty's Theatre Ballarat, including Wake Baby.
Company Skylark in Limbo, 17 March 1998 (Item 1998/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
1 media release
Media release about the company's liquidation.
Undated material (File)
Skylark pulls another one out of the box, n.d. (Item 19XX/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 leaflets, 2 flyers
Advertising the company and friends program.
[Untitled card], n.d. (Item 19XX/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note
2 cards
Card depicting the scene "the proposal" from inside dry water. The back has the new address details for the company.