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unusual facts about Street theatre


Street theatre

They did not seek to trick in a Candid Camera way, but rather invited the audience to pretend along with them.



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1814 in Ireland

27 May - Harriet Smithson makes her stage debut at the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, as Albina Mandeville in Frederick Reynolds's The Will.

Box the Pony

It has played at Sydney's Belvoir Street Theatre, the Sydney Opera House, the 1999 Edinburgh Festival and in 2000 at the Barbican in London.

Chris Doty

During Doors Open London, 2005, Doty played a key role in writing the scripts for the Lost Soul Stroll street theatre in downtown London whose theme was London's past, ghosts and hauntings.

Factory 449: a theatre collective

The Saint Plays by Erik Ehn (including World Premiere of The Monkey Seller), Church Street Theatre

François Delarozière

In 1987 he met Jean-Luc Courcoult, the artistic director of the French street theatre company Royal de Luxe and over a period of years, from 1991–2008, Delarozière, Courcoult and their engineers designed and created a host of huge performing creatures, which toured various European cities.

John William Weidemeyer

In 1841 he wrote a play entitled The Vagabonds, which was produced at the Franklin Theatre in New York City and the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia, and at one point he was preparing Cæsar and Cleopatra, an acting drama.

Keating!

Also in 2006, renowned director Neil Armfield offered to direct a production of Keating! at Sydney's Belvoir Street Theatre with Company B.

Primavera Productions

In 2009, Primavera Productions produced the first revival of Stephen Sondheim's first musical Saturday Night at the Jermyn Street Theatre.

Tamanend

The opera premiered at the John Street Theatre, New York, on 3 March 1794 and featured the English actress and 'grande dame' of American theatre, Charlotte Melmoth.

William Wheatley

On March 24, 1843, Wheatley took a farewell benefit at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and temporarily retired from the Stage.