Festival Director: Stephen Hall
The 10th anniversary of the Festival of Sydney saw the expansion of already successful program elements. An exciting array of activities took over Hyde Park, including exhibitions, food stalls, craft workshops, music, street theatre, clowns and buskers. The Martin Place Amphitheatre hosted live music, dance, mime and magic throughout the Festival period, and the Domain was again home to free jazz, opera and classical music concerts.
Local audiences got a taste of British theatre with the Footsbarn Theatre, and Gertrude Stein And A Companion performed by Miriam Margolyes and Natasha Morgan. One-man shows abounded with American performer Spalding Gray in Swimming To Cambodia and Malcolm Robertson in his bold interpretation of St Mark’s Gospel.
Celebrating the Festival’s 10th anniversary, a series of recitals were performed at the Pitt Street Congregational Church, a new and exciting music venue for Sydney.
THEATRE
Chinese Puzzle
Footsbarn Theatre
King Lear
Footsbarn Theatre
Gertrude Stein And A Companion
By Win Wells
Miriam Margolyes & Natasha Morgan
Swimming to Cambodia
Spalding Gray
Fascinating Aïda
St Mark's Gospel
Performed by Malcolm Robertson
Tom Foolery
The words, music and lyrics of Tom Lehrer
Multiple Choice
Australian Theatre For Young People
MUSIC
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Janacek's Intimate Voice
Leos Janacek
John Bingham & The Medici String Quartet
Operation Young Composers
The Verdi Requiem
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Philharmonia Choir
Director: Peter Seymour OBE
Conductor: Vladimir Kamirski
Soprano: Rita Hunter
Mezzo: Margreta Elkins
Tenor: Kenneth Collins
Bass: Noel Mangin
Toast To Vienna
The Festival of Sydney Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: William Reid
Soprano: Christo Lehmann
Tenor: Robert Gard
Wood Magic
Associate Artists of the Royal Shakespeare Company
Barbara Leigh-Hunt and Peter Barkworth
Music by the Quartet and John Bingham
Battlefield Band
Budapest Trio
Fairport Convention
Midsummer Jazz
Margaret Roadknight, Tom Bakers OSF Jazz Band, Espirito, Supermarket, Morrison Bros Big Band, Geoff Bull's New Orleans Band.
Compered by Ricky May and Su Cruikshank.
Music On The Move
Opera In The Park - Rigoletto
The Australian Opera, Dame Joan Sutherland
Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra and the Australian Opera Chorus
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
P.O.S.H.
Rhondda Gillespie & Robert Weatherburn In Concert
Rhondda Gillespie In Recital
Associate Artist Robert Weatherburn
State Of The Arts '86
Dewey Redman, the Bernie McGann Trio, Sketches, the Sandy Evans Trio, Odwala, Colin Offord's Theatre Of Sound, Mike Bukovsky Ensemble, Paul McNamara/Eddie Bronson Quartet, The Benders, Roger Frampton and The Relative Band
Symphony In The Park
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Vladimir Kamirski
Piano: Rhondda Gillespie
The Boys Of The Lough
ART
Footsteps II
Sir Robert Cotton
CELEBRATIONS
Australia Day
New Year's Eve
Wine And Diners Club Picnic
Writers’ Week
SPORT
150th Royal Sydney Anniversary Regatta
2DayFM Festival Of Sydney Triathlon
Caltex Schooner Race
Canon Ocean Marathon
Motorfest
Sydney Harbour Ferrython
The Canon Festival Showjumping Championships
The Nile-Daily Telegraph Raft Race
