Festival Director: Stephen Hall
World premieres and Australian firsts abounded in 1994, including the play That Eye The Sky, directed by Richard Roxburgh. Shark Island Stories saw audiences catching a special ferry to Shark Island as part of the Griffin Theatre Company production. Lano & Woodley had their world premiere at Belvoir Street Theatre, and the West Australian Ballet came to Sydney for the first time.
The MCA presented Australia’s first major exhibition of Andy Warhol paintings. This was the first museum exhibition of Warhol’s portraits shown anywhere in the world since the artist’s death in 1987.
In the midst of all these firsts, this was also Stephen Hall’s final year at the helm of the Festival, after 17 years.
THEATRE
Needles & Opium
Robert Lepage
My Mathematics
Rose English
With Charlie (a circus horse)
Music by Ian Hill
Graham Greene's Travels With My Aunt
Adapted and directed by Giles Havergal
With Christopher Gee
Starring John Wells, William Gaunt and Richard Kane
First produced by The Citizens' Theatre Glasgow
Shark Island Stories
Adapted by Mary Morris from The Flying Emu And Other Australian Stories by Sally Morgan
Directed by Chris Canute and Michael Leslie
Griffin Theatre Company
Playland
Written and directed by Athol Fugard
Featuring John Kani and Sean Taylor
Mannie Manim Productions
That Eye, The Sky
Directed by Richard Roxburgh
Adapted by Justin Monjo and Richard Roxburgh from the novel by Tim Winton
Burning House
Lano & Woodley
Directed by Neill Gladwin
Later That Evening
Russell Garbutt
Marguerite Pepper Productions
Flesh & Blood
Theatre South
Short Circuits
Artists: May Brit Akerholt, Geoffrey Atherden, Melissa Bruce, Beatrix Christian, Geoff Cobham, Tyler Coppin, Campion Decent, Walter Grkovic, Sacha Horler, Elaine Hudson, David James, Jenny Kent, Geoff Morrell, Dan Potra, Sam Sejavka, Stephen Sewell, Beth Yahp
Australian National Playwrights' Centre
Icarus
Legs On The Wall
Street Theatre On The Gallery Steps
Maurice and Claude, erth, Zanimania, Laughteraerobics, Nothing Rhymes With Orange
The Zen Cowboys
Joyful & Triumphant
Robert Lord
DANCE
Under The Sky
Interface Performance Inc, Explosive Media
A Midsummer Night's Dream
West Australian Ballet
Body Language
Sho Takeouchi, Germaine Acogny, Rosario Cardenas, Diana Reyes, Arona N'Daiye
OPERA
Elijah
Sydney Symphony Orchestra & Sydney Philharmonia Choir
Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
Soloists: Robert Dawe (baritone), Marilyn Richardson (soprano), Irene Waugh (mezzo-soprano), David Hobson (tenor)
Giacomo Puccini's Madam Butterfly
The Australian Opera
Conductor: Myer Fredman
CIRCUS
Streetboat Circus
MUSIC
A Baroque Triple Bill
Thierry Schorr
Countertenor: Andrew Dalton
Harpsichordist: Catherine Perrin
All Mozart Concert
Program 1 – Conductor: Georg Titner
Program 2 – Conductor: Myer Freedman
American Cello
Cello: David Pereira
Piano: Lisa Moore
Beethoven Sonatas
Cello: Susan Blake
Piano: Geoffrey Lancaster
Brandenburg Orchestra of Australia
Director: Paul Dyer
Soloists: Kate Clark (baroque flute), Paul Dyer, Yoshiko Kojima, Catherine Perrin, Thierry Schorr
Camerata Australia
Soloists: Wolfram Christ, Bernhard Hartog, Graham Ashton, Kathryn Selby
Fortepiano and Classical Flute Duos and Solos
Fortepiano: Yoshiko Kojima
Classical flute: Kate Clark
Ross Edwards: Australian Composer 50th Birthday Celebration Concert
Piano: Ross Edwards, Michael Harvey
Voice: Hartley Newnham
Clarinet: Nigel Westlake
Percussion: Synergy
Sunday Live - Five Free Concerts
Hazelwood String Quartet
Sunday Live - Five Free Concerts
Piano: Lisa Moore
Cello: David Pereira
Sunday Live - Five Free Concerts
Trumpet: Paul Goodchild
Bassoon: Lorelei
Organ/Harpsichord: Warwick Dunham
Sunday Live - Five Free Concerts: Sounds Baroque
Soprano: Jennifer Bates – soprano
Viola da gamba: Jennifer Eriksson
Harpsichord: Ray Harvey
Symphony Under The Stars
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Edo de Waart
Piano: Geoffrey Tozer
The Queensland Youth Orchestra
Conductor: John Curro
Akin
At The Riverside
Trio Toykeat, Sam McNally Band, Happy House, Smoothe
Australian Chamber Orchestra & Versija Latvian Choir
Australian Made
Glenn Shorrock, Brian Cadd, Mental As Anything, The Party Boys, Things Of Stone And Wood, Phil Emmanuel, Ernie Dingo
Bacardi Festival Club
Glenn Shorrock, Brian Cadd, Deborah Conway, James Blundell, Tim Finn, Marcia Hines
Big Full Moon
Christina Williams
Classics By The Harbour
The Gallery Players
Cool Down Pop
Dya Singh
Extra Long Weekends and ELW Meltdown Concerts
Wreckx'n Effect, EYC, Skunkhour, Caligula
Flamenco Nights
Al Viento
Hot Dance In The City
Margie Baker, Washington State Jazz Band, Peter O'Mara, Dale Barlow
Kids Cushion Concerts
Chichitote, Crisantemi, Folk From Oz, Sirrocco, The Umbrellas
Leonardo's Bride
Midsummer Jazz and Blues
Paul Grabowsky, Grace Knight, The Catholics, Charlie Musselwhite Blues Band, Margie Baker, Washington State Jazz Choir and Pacific Big Band
Pierrot Lunaire
Soprano: Marilyn Richardson
Scarlet Rose
Songs For Dov
Tenor: Gerald English
Sunday Live - Five Free Concerts
TubaMania Quartet
Utungun
Versija
ART
Andy Warhol Portraits
Arthur Boyd Retrospective
Dance Genius
Angela Lynkushka
Space Invaded
Kevin Griffiths
CELEBRATIONS
Australia Day Breakfasts
Australia Day Celebrates Family Fireworks
Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony
Australia Day Official Ceremony
Australian of the Year Ceremony
Carnivale on Australia Day
Chinatown Carnivale The Chinese Youth League
Family Day
Family Entertainment
Flags Afloat Aquatic Procession
March on Macquarie Street
NRMA Motorfest
Premier's Australia Day Reception
Special Australia Day Program
Streets Children's Carnival
Sydney Writers' Festival
SPORT
158th Australia Day Regatta
Coca-Cola Bottlers Ferrython
Lord Mayor's Cup
Qantas Oz Day 10K International Wheelchair Road Race
Tall Ships Race
World 18ft Championship (Heat #4)
