Events 1986
Arrange in order of: Ascending | Descending
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Pitjiri - The Snake That Will Not Sink, Film
Official, Presented by Directed by Karen Hughes at Greater Union Cinema - Hindley St, Adelaide as part of the 1986 Fringe
Ruth Heathcock journeys back to Arnhem Land and the Ruined City where, as a young woman, she had treated leprosy patients. The tribal elders had believed her to be a reincarnati... -
Play for Peace, Performance art
Official, Presented by Em Kay Kay Ay at Parks Theatre 1 - Cnr Cowan and Trafford St, Angle Park as part of the 1986 Fringe
A unique, exciting theatre experience. A gripping masculine parable. Discover the roles out men really played in the Dome of Androgyny. Contemporary scenes of archetypal men exp... -
PlayReadings, Poetry & Readings
Official, Presented by South Australian Writers' Theatre at Fringe Club Bar - Living Arts Centre. Cnr Morphett St & Nth Tce, City as part of the 1986 Fringe
Readings of new plays which have been worked on in 1985. -
Preoccupied, Film
Official, Presented by Directed by Solrun Hosas at Greater Union Cinema - Hindley St, Adelaide as part of the 1986 Fringe
A documentary filmmaker is confronted with the ethics of exploitation. Her doco on motherhood coincides with her unexpected pregnancy. -
Promises, Promises, Cabaret/ Revue
Official, Presented by Pasteis Caf, Sydney at Little Sisters - Living Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & Nth tce, City as part of the 1986 Fringe
The performers risk public derision and critical contempt to revive the unfashionable and idealogically suspect songs of the sixties and seventies. -
Pumping Gloves/ Greatest Hits, Cabaret/ Revue
Official, Presented by Funny Stories at Tou-Can-Tou - 181 Hindley St, Adelaide City as part of the 1986 Fringe
Neo-Dada slapstick. A conflation of comedy and idiocy that with garbled speech and absurd choreography, mimics the great obsessions. Funny stories can cripple an unsuspecting sp... -
Pygmalion, Theatre
Official, Presented by Stirling Players at Stirling Community Theatre - Avenue Rd, Stirling as part of the 1986 Fringe
The story of Eliza, the flower girl who wants to "talk more genteel". -
Rare Book Talks, Miscellaneous
Official, Presented by State Library of South Australia at Sir Josiah Symon Library - State Library of South Australia, North Tce, City as part of the 1986 Fringe
A series of talks at which people will be able to see forms of the book dating from the twenty-third century BC, given by Vatmal Hankel, Fine Books Librarian. -
Re-Entr, Cabaret/ Revue
Official, Presented by The Comets at Venue to be confirmed - NULL as part of the 1986 Fringe
Following the success of "Habits" (The Opera-in-Gray) at Edinburgh, Adelaide and in NZ, the Comets return to earth to bring to you…the ins and out of it all re-entry - re-entrée. -
Red Matildas, Film
Official, Presented by Directed by Sharon Conolly and Trevor Graham at Greater Union Cinema - Hindley St, Adelaide as part of the 1986 Fringe
Three Australian women talk about their membership of the Communist Party during the 1930's and their political activities during the rise of fascism. -
Reg and Shell on the Immaculate Virgin Tour, Cabaret/ Revue
Official, Presented by Reg and Shell on the Immaculate Virgin Tour at Experimental Space - Living Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & Nth tce, City as part of the 1986 Fringe
An escape into reality. Reg and Shell are two larger-than-life soft sculptures/sculptors on the move. They get to first name basis with their audience, who often leave their pho... -
Regional Embroidery Exhibition, Visual Art and Craft
Official, Presented by Ukrainian Museum at Ukrainian Museum - 6 George St, Hindmarsh as part of the 1986 Fringe
Ukrainian embroidery differs from region to region, each characterized by different patterns, colours and methods of stitching. The exhibition will feature the embroidery of the... -
Ring the Bell Softly, There's a Crepe on the door, Music Theatre
Official, Presented by Adelaide University Theatre Guild at Little Theatre - Uni of Adelaide Gate 10 Victoria Drv Union House, Adealaide as part of the 1986 Fringe
The shades of thirteen extra-ordinary women from South Australia's past return in 1986 to laugh, cry and sing together in a bizarre feast of celebration. -
Rocking The Foundations, Film
Official, Presented by Directed by Pat Flake at Greater Union Cinema - Hindley St, Adelaide as part of the 1986 Fringe
An archival history of the NSW BLF - the story of a union, a city and the seventies. A record of the strategies and struggles of the first union to impose green bans. -
Ronald C. Bell Studio Festival Exhibition, Visual Art and Craft
Official, Presented by Ronald C. Bell at Ronald C. Bell Gallery - Studio - 38 Strathcona Ave, Clapham as part of the 1986 Fringe
A unique opportunity to view Bell's landscapes in oil, acrylic and watercolour in congenial garden surroundings. Represented in the Art Gallery of S.A., Alice Springs Art Founda... -
Russell Morrison: Festival Exhibition, Visual Art and Craft
Official, Presented by Artist Producer Australia at ETSA Electric Life Centre - Charles St. City as part of the 1986 Fringe
Paintings and prints from the North of Australia. Russell's work results from his expeditions to the mid-north and north of South Australia, assisted and supported by the Electr... -
See how they run, Theatre
Official, Presented by Burnside Players Inc. at Lentara Community Centre - Perkins Court, Magill as part of the 1986 Fringe
The young wife of an English country vicar persuades a former fellow actor, now a soldier to steal a visit for a nearby repertory company. -
Shake Up, Visual Art and Craft
Official, Presented by Dearman Gallery at Dearman Gallery - 106 Tynte St, North Adelaide as part of the 1986 Fringe
A group exhibition of works by contemporary and avant garde artists. "Retro at Dearman" - a social retrospective. A small exhibition of objects on loan from private collections.... -
Short Trousers, Cabaret/ Revue
Official, Presented by Whistling in the Theatre at Mezzanine Theatre - Living Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & Nth tce, City as part of the 1986 Fringe
Sick and tired of blind communities somewhere in the South American Andes? Sketches, songs, scenes and monologues performed by five people in short trousers and one in long ones. -
Showboat, Music Theatre
Official, Presented by Mayfair Theatre Company at Mayfair Academy Theatre - 166A Goodwood Rd, Goodwood as part of the 1986 Fringe
The great talents of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II are brought together in this well loved musical which revolves around the lives and loves of the players on the showboa... -
Silly Symphony, Cabaret/ Revue
Official, Presented by Silly Symphony at St. Tropez Room - Angas Hotel, 78 Angas St, City. as part of the 1986 Fringe
Zany and "bent" humour mixed with ecological, and socio-political strands. Images ranging from the Classics through Music Hall and Blues to the 3 R's - Rock, Reggae and Rap. The... -
Sing the One about the Horse, Cabaret/ Revue
Official, Presented by Ross Ryan at Little Sisters - Living Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & Nth tce, City as part of the 1986 Fringe
A personal, well meaning, humorous examination of show biz, and its by-product "fame" as seen from Ross Ryan's and the fan's point of view. It is the story of a kid struck by fa... -
Sleepin' Round, Film
Official, Presented by Directed by J.M. Rogowski at Greater Union Cinema - Hindley St, Adelaide as part of the 1986 Fringe
Andrew ends a gay relationship and moves his round bed into a church. The single life is not what it seemed. -
Smalls, Puppetry
Official, Presented by Handspan Theatre at Red Shed - 255 Angas Street, Adelaide as part of the 1986 Fringe
The newest production from Australia's most innovative puppet company. Five vignettes are presented by Peter Wilson and Michelle Spooner. Smalls has just returned from France fo... -
Snuggle Pot and CuddlePie, Visual Art and Craft
Official, Presented by Botanic Garden of Adelaide at Museum of Economic Botany - Adelaide Botanic Garden, North Tce, Adelaide as part of the 1986 Fringe
Exhibition of May Gibbs children's illustrations and artifacts. Designed and conceived by Robert Holden. -
Son of Romeo, Mime
Official, Presented by Chris Williams Mime Theatre at Price Theatre - 101 Grote St, Adelaide as part of the 1986 Fringe
For lovers or haters of Shakespeare! Solo, manic cartoon version of Romeo and Juliet - with rock music, sick humour, characters that weren't in the Shakespeare original, and a f... -
Stephens Place Stage, Community Event
Official, Presented by Fringe Community Events at Stephens Place Stage - Cnr Stephens Pl & Rundle Mall, City as part of the 1986 Fringe
Daily snippets of Fringe shows plus busking on our special Fringe stage in Stephens Place (between Myer and David Jones). Watch out as you walk through the Mall window-shopping ... -
Stir It Up, Cabaret/ Revue
Official, Presented by Skitstirrers at Little Sisters - Living Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & Nth tce, City as part of the 1986 Fringe
Do you dare come to see this outrageous and unbelieveably funny show? Rodney Stationwagon's Skitstirrers can stir the skit out of you. Kings and Queens of the current affairs re... -
Susumu's Story, Young People's Theatre
Official, Presented by Salamanca Theatre Company Ltd. at Sidespace - Living Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & Nth tce, City as part of the 1986 Fringe
Set in Hiroshima between 1942 - 1945, this play tells the story of Japan's growing involvement in the war and of the events leading up to this dropping of the first atomic bomb. -
Taking A Look, Film
Official, Presented by Directed by Madelon Wilkins at Greater Union Cinema - Hindley St, Adelaide as part of the 1986 Fringe
A single mother takes up with a petty crim, exploring a realm of forbidden fantasies and everyday banalities.
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