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Poster for “A Mad World, My Masters”, 1978

“A Mad World, My Masters”, a musical written by English playwright Barrie Keeffe in 1977, was staged by the Australian Performing Group from January to March 1978.

Director: Wilfred Last. Cast: David Kendall, Bruce Spence, Kerry Dwyer, Phil Motherwell, Bill Garner, Peter Green, Alison Richards, Tim Robertson and Fay Mokotow. Producers: John Timlin, Fay Mokotow. Designed: Peter Corrigan & cast.

Poster for The Radio Active Horror Show – July 1977

The Radio Active Horror Show was written by John Romeril and the group. Credits for cast, crew, writers, publicity and other persons (excluding office workers) are on the back of the poster.

Third post re The Dimboola Banner’s stories and pictures about the making of “Dimboola” the movie

The following images and articles are from The Dimboola Banner, TUESDAY, June 13, 1978

Most of the filming of “Dimboola” took place in and around the small Victoria township of Dimboola. For those few weeks the people of Dimboola took a great deal of interest in the filming, with some even taking part as extras in the movie. The local paper, The Dimboola Banner, published several articles about the event which were accompanied by photos taken by the film’s stills photographer, Ponch Hawkes.

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“Sisters” poster from the APG

“Sisters” was staged by the Australian Performing Group in the front theatre of its Pram Factory theatre in Carlton from May 20 to June 23, 1976. Written by Robin Thurston, it was a prison show written by a man but with an all-female cast. They are pictured below in a copy of the poster.

(A videotape of “Sisters” – with Bob Weiss in charge – was made at the Pram Factory on 5th and 6th June 1976.)

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