Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "History of Queensland Theatre of the Deaf"
  History of Queensland Theatre of The Deaf. Queensland Deaf Society Superintendent Leslie Abnett’s proposal for a Queensland Theatre of the Deaf in 1974, initiated via arrangement with the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust to have the National Theatre Trust perform in Brisbane and for a workshop at La Boite Theatre in 1974. Formation Founding Committee (Kerry Prior, Mary Gibbs, John O’Donnell, Leslie Abnett as Office Bearers, Lloyd Nickson as Artistic Director, Keith Puddlefoot as Technical Director, and N. Bricknell, R. Hilsdon, K. Donnell, M. Bergman, P. Arnold, A. Lynch, D. Villis as Committee Members). Company Aims, Workshops at the Queensland School for the Deaf, rehearsals for a core adult group and a junior group at the new D.M. Chadwick Hall at the Queensland Deaf Society at Newmarket in Brisbane – production history including changes in Artistic Director (from Llyod Nickson in 1975, to Nickky Bricknell in 1977, to Ken Donnell in 1979). Company technique, stated as “Our Technique is a combination of Visual Language, Sign-Mime (visual vernacular), Mime and the Spoken Word – a blending of hearing actors and conventional acting ideals with imaginative mime, expression and manual language of the Deaf.”
• "Queensland Theatre of the Deaf - Actors Since 1975 - Reported 1990s"
• "Queensland Theatre of the Deaf - Productions and Open Drama Competitions Since 1975 - Reported 1998"
  Queensland Theatre of the Deaf productions and open drama competitions, 1975 to 1997
• "Queensland Theatre of the Deaf - Productions Since 1975 - Reported 1990"
  Queensland Theatre of the Deaf productions 1975-1990
• "Queensland Theatre of the Deaf - Productions Since 1975 - Reported 1998"
  Queensland Theatre of the Deaf productions 1975-2001
• "Rawcus - Song for a Weary Throat - Program"
  Program for Rawcus work, presented at Melbourne International Arts Festival, 'Song for a weary throat' reads, in part, “To say that Song for a Weary Throat is set in the aftermath of some terrible event isn't quite right. The work instead offers up the state of aftermath itself as an existential condition, conveying the emotional logic and bodily experience of being in such a turbulent moment that is defined by what has gone before.”
• "Second Echo Ensemble - Chair's, Creative Producer's and Financial Reports 2020"
  Second Echo Ensemble Chair’s, Creative Producer’s and Financial Reports for 2020, including reports on work during the year (Let Me Dry Your Eyes, The CHAIN, What Makes You Beautiful), and reflections on the impact of Covid 19 Pandemic
• "Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre Annual Report 2023"
  Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre Annual Report 2023 - President's, Artistic Director’s and CEO’s Reports, Ensemble Overview, News, Project – French Café Dinner, Community Program, Holiday Programs (River Stories, Sensory Lab, Shift Shape Initiate, Pop Icons, Dis-Co Ball)
• "Studio A website - captured 2015"
  Studio A website, captured 2015
• "Studio A website - captured 2025"
  Studio A website, captured 2025
• Banjobe Hunt
• Carol Young
• Dorothy O'Brien
• Frances Buring Pichler
• Jacqy Phillips
• Jacquy Phillips
• Jacqui Phillips
• Keith Twartz
• Lisa Havilah
• Natalie Papandera
• Natalie Papandrea
• Rosalie Garland
• “The Deaf Film Society creates the documentary ‘Our World’.”
  In 1970, the Deaf Film Society created a documentary called ‘Our World’ on the lived experience of people who were d/Deaf. The Adult Deaf Society assisted with the project.
• “Les Murray's poetry is influenced by his autism”
  In 1974, Les Murray wrote a poem about autism, ‘Portrait of the Autist as a New World Driver’. Over the decades since, autism has continued to be a theme, as recognised by Amanda Tink.
• “Fusion Theatre established in 1997”
  Fusion Theatre (Victoria) was established in 1997. "Since its beginnings as a drama group, Fusion has expanded into two main performance ensembles that make up the company. The ensemble members collaborate with professional theatre makers, guest performing artists and designers, to devise theatre performances based on the stories, imagination and ideas of all participants." Fusion Theatre’s ongoing association with Deakin University's Faculty of Arts and Education means that each year, Deakin’s theatre and drama students work with Fusion as artists, performers, assistants, and theatre technicians. Some alumni continue to be involved with the company.