Festival Director: Stephen Hall
Perhaps the most memorable occurrence at the Festival of Sydney 1984 was the sinking of the ferry Karrabbee after the Australia Day Ferrython. Having completed the race in third place, with its hull dangerously low, it made it back to Circular Quay just in time. Moments after passengers had disembarked, the ferry sank into the Harbour. Recovery efforts lasted a whole week.
Away from the water, the Festival once more hosted the Festival of Playwrights in association with Ensemble Theatre, this time moving venues to the Sydney Opera House. They weren’t the only ones moving house, as the new Festival Club took form at Kinselas.
THEATRE
The Girl With The Odd-Coloured Eyes
The 1984 Festival of Playwrights
Ensemble Theatre
Fair And Tender Ladies
The 1984 Festival of Playwrights
Ensemble Theatre
An Act Of Settlement
The 1984 Festival of Playwrights
Ensemble Theatre
Snoopy - The Musical
The 1984 Festival of Playwrights
Ensemble Theatre
The Mystery Of Mulligan's Gold
The 1984 Festival of Playwrights
Ensemble Theatre
Female Parts
Evelyn Krape
I Can Give You A Good Time
By Gilly Fraser
Playbox Theatre
Twelfth Night
Directed by Neil Armfield
Lighthouse State Theatre Company of South Australia
Netherwood
By Patrick White
Directed by Jim Sharman
Lighthouse State Theatre Company of South Australia
84 Charing Cross Road
Marian Street Theatre
A Place For Us
Beyond The Walls
United Theatres/Australian-Turkish People's Playhouse
Colonial Experience
The Darlinghurst Players
Graeme King Lear
By Barry Dickens
Performed by Ray Baldwin
How The Other Half Loves
Genesian Theatre Company
Insignificance
Sydney Theatre Company
Radio 2 Fag Live On Stage
George Bogus, Gay Marvin, Non Event, The Mews.
Secrets
By Nigel Triffitt
Headspan Theatre
Servant Of Two Masters
Directed by John Bell
Translation by Nick Enright and Terence Clarke
The Buffoons
Red Weather
The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
The Sydney Theatre Company, The Australian Opera
The Mikado
The State-Wide High Schools Production
The Money Or The Box
New Theatre
Theatre Workshops
Theatre Of The Deaf
MUSIC
Lunch-Hour Recitals
Conservatorium of Music students
More Chopin by Roger Woodward
Roger Woodward
Mostly Mozart
Sydney String Quartet, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Mostly Mozart
Organist: Guy Bovet
St Phillip's Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Michael Dyer
Music Of The Spheres
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: David Measham
Female voices of the Sydney Philharmonia Choir
Music Under The Stars
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: David Measham
Soloist: John Williams
Organfest Closing Concert
Organist: Guy Bovet
St Phillip's Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Michael Dyer
Organfest: Lunch-Hour Organ Recital
Soloist: David Kinsella
Organfest: Lunch-Time Organ Recital
Guy Bovet
Organfest: Peep The Piper 1
Soloist: Guy Bovet
Organfest: Peep The Piper 2
Organfest: Wurlitzer Wonder
Organist: Alan Tranter
Singer: Jean Kelso Smith
David Kinsela
The Contemporary Virtuosi: Australian Wind Virtuosi
Australian Wind Virtuosi
The Contemporary Virtuosi: Dennis Hennig
The Contemporary Virtuosi: Flederman
The Witches Sabbath
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: David Measham
Guest soloist: Sonya Hanke
Twilight Piano Recital
Core McVicar, Scott Davie, Val Tomac
Young Composers' Concert
Australia Day Concert
Jazz 84 - The Benny Goodman Era
Don Burrows, John Sangster, George Golla, Len Barnard, Ed Gaston, Terry Wilkinson
Jazz 84 - The Great Trombonists
John Costelloe, James Morrison, Greg Foster & Julian Lee, Paul McNamara, Craig Scott, Len Barnard, Alan Turnbull
Jazz 84 - The Piano Innovators
Graeme Bell Trio, Roger Frampton Trio, Indra Lesmana Trio
Jazz 84 - The Super Saxes
Errol Buddle, Col Loughnan, Tom Baker & Julian Lee, Paul McNamara, Alan Turnbull, Len Barnard, Craig Scott
Jazz 84 - The Guitarists Summit
George Golla, Jim Kelly, Johnny Nicol & Col Nolan, Paul McNamara, Len Barnard, Alan Turnbull, Craig Scott
Jazz 84 - The Trumpet Giants
Bob Barnard, Keith Stirling, James Morrison, Paul McNamara, Chris Taperell, Len Barnard, Craig Scott, Alan Turnbull.
Music Antiquia Sydney
The Baroque Ensemble
Directed by David Kinsela (harpsichord)
Music On The Move
Steeleye Span
DANCE
Limbs
Artistic Director: Mary-Jane O'Reilly
Human Veins
Artistic Director: Don Asker
Dance Exchange
Artistic Director: Russell Dumas
Dance Works
Artistic Director: Nanette Hassall
Dance Workshops at the Footbridge
INSTALLATIONS & EXHIBITIONSAmateur Photos
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman
Art Express
Artists For Peace
Australian Plants
Bendigo
Celebrity Choice – Kenneth Myer
Creative Modern Embroidery
Fire Brigade Centenary
Grow Art exhibition
In And Around Sydney 1984
Model Railways
Pastures and Pastimes
Paul Janiszewski & Robert Edden
Photo Fest
Portrait Of A City
Portrait Photography
Pottery
Sir Sidney Nolan
Society of Arts & Crafts
Stamp Fair
Sydney Harbour
Sydney Theatre Company
Tabernacle
Tasmanian Craft
Town Hall Treasures
Vienna - 1858-1938
CABARET
Mark Murphy
Pot Luck
CELEBRATIONS
Australia Day
Australia Day In The Rocks
Festival Parade
Highland Gathering
The Combined Scottish Societies of NSW
Japan Week
Martin Place Lunchtime Concerts
New Year's Eve
Oratory Competition Rostrum Clubs of NSW
Wine And Dine at Park Picnic
FILM
Wagner
OPERA
A Toast To Vienna
The Festival of Sydney Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: David King
The Australian Opera: Robert Gard and Jennifer McGregor
Adriana Lecouvreur
The Australian Opera
Dame Joan Sutherland
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Opera In The Park - Lucia Di Lammermoor
Dame Joan Sutherland
Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Otello
The Australian Opera
Joan Carden, Alberto Remedios, Robert Allman
Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario
Rigoletto
The Australian Opera
Conductor: Peter Seymour
The Magic Flute
The Australian Opera
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
SPORT
18-Footer Festival Cup
Anniversary Regatta
Benson & Hedges Cricket
Benson & Hedges Festival Showjumping Championships
Boardsailing Marathon
Budgericar Show
Hood 23 Sailing Display
River Yacht Club
Schooner Race
Sun Surf Carnival
Sydney Harbour Ferrython
