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Venue	University of NSW, Fig tree Theatre (1988-)
Other Names	The Tin Shed (1959-1963) Old Tote Theatre (1963-1968) NIDA Theatre (1968-1988)
Address	High Street, Gate 4 Kensington NSW 2033 Australia
First Date	1988
Notes	Known for a time as the Tin Shed Theatre then as the Old Tote Theatre and NIDA Theatre. It eventually earned the name Fig Tree Theatre for the grand tree beside it. In 2010, the management of the theatre was taken out of the hands of the UNSW faculties and given to Campus Living Villages, an external organization that runs the UNSW accommodation.
Related Venues	Also known as NIDA Theatre (1969-1988) Also known as The Tin Shed (1958-1962) Also known as University of NSW, Old Tote Theatre (1963-1969) Is part of University of NSW (Kensington Campus) Moved to National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
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Latitude \| Longitude	-33.91584947805 \| 151.23203415077
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	Who Goes Bare?, 16 November 2006 Macbeth, 8 November 2006 Tick Tick Boom, 30 March 2006 Voices in the Wind, 16 March 2006 The Ballad of Rachel Corrie, 26 October 2005 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 22 June 2005 The Maids, 31 May 2005 Little Shop of Horrors, 10 May 2005 Noises Off, March 2004 Guards! Guards!, 25 November 2003 Arsenic and Old Lace, 30 September 2003 King Lear, 12 August 2003 The Crocodile Hotel, 7 July 2003 Cheapside, 12 March 2003 City of Angels, 7 August 2002 King Lear, 12 June 2002 The Cup, 18 May 2002 The Importance of Being Ordinary, 16 May 2002 Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth, 19 October 2001 Convict Women - Lifetime Exile, 15 May 2001 Comedy For The Chemical Generation, 19 April 2001 Comedy for the Chemical Generation, 23 March 2001 The Department, 19 November 2000 Furious, 8 November 2000 A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 Much Ado About Nothing, 18 May 1993 The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 The Would-Be Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), 14 June 1991 Twelfth Night, 8 March 1991 Sus, 30 January 1989
	Darned Sock Theatre Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 The Would-Be Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), 14 June 1991 Twelfth Night, 8 March 1991 New South Wales University Theatrical Society (NUTS) Little Shop of Horrors, 10 May 2005 City of Angels, 7 August 2002 Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth, 19 October 2001 Actors College of Theatre and Television Furious, 8 November 2000 Atypical Theatre Company The Maids, 31 May 2005 Australia Council for the Arts The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Bastable Street Drama Society Arsenic and Old Lace, 30 September 2003 CUT Theatre Company King Lear, 12 August 2003 Gearstick Productions Cheapside, 12 March 2003 Iron Cove Theatre Much Ado About Nothing, 18 May 1993 Kropka Theatre Convict Women - Lifetime Exile, 15 May 2001 NSW Ministry for the Arts The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Sydney Festival The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Sydney Theatre School Macbeth, 8 November 2006 Take Away Theatre The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 The Actors' Centre A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 The Ensemble Rep Theatre The Department, 19 November 2000 The Original Shakespeare Company A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 The Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 University of New South Wales Comedy for the Chemical Generation, 23 March 2001
	William Shakespeare - Playwright Macbeth, 8 November 2006 King Lear, 12 August 2003 A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 Much Ado About Nothing, 18 May 1993 Twelfth Night, 8 March 1991 Virginia Boyle - Actor, Designer, Director Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 Twelfth Night, 8 March 1991 Regina Nengerman - Actor The Would-Be Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), 14 June 1991 Twelfth Night, 8 March 1991 Kerri O'Donnell - Actor The Would-Be Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), 14 June 1991 Twelfth Night, 8 March 1991 Ken Welsh - Actor The Would-Be Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), 14 June 1991 Twelfth Night, 8 March 1991 David Allen - Playwright Cheapside, 12 March 2003 Pasqualino Arcuri - Actor Twelfth Night, 8 March 1991 Howard Ashman - Lyricist, Writer Little Shop of Horrors, 10 May 2005 Linda Balafas - Actor The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Kym Barrett - Designer The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Paul Barry - Director The Maids, 31 May 2005 Angela Bauer - Actor Convict Women - Lifetime Exile, 15 May 2001 Michael Briggs - Actor Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 Janine Buchett - Actor Convict Women - Lifetime Exile, 15 May 2001 Luke Byrne - Director Tick Tick Boom, 30 March 2006 Ian Callan - Actor The Crocodile Hotel, 7 July 2003 Shirley Cameron - Actor Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 Helen Chrysostomou - Actor The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Lew Cleaver - Actor Sus, 30 January 1989 Cy Coleman - Composer City of Angels, 7 August 2002 Seamus Concannon - Actor The Would-Be Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), 14 June 1991 Emma Cooper - Actor The Maids, 31 May 2005 Francesca Cordea - Actor Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 Stephen Costain - Director Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 Noel Coward - Playwright Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 Jeanette Cronin - Actor The Crocodile Hotel, 7 July 2003 Celia de Burgh - Actor The Ballad of Rachel Corrie, 26 October 2005 Henry di Suvero - Playwright The Ballad of Rachel Corrie, 26 October 2005 Peter Fenton - Actor Sus, 30 January 1989 Michael Frayn - Director Noises Off, March 2004 Anatoly Frusin - Director Convict Women - Lifetime Exile, 15 May 2001 Deborah Galanos - Actor The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Kate Gaul - Director Macbeth, 8 November 2006 Michelle Gaul - Actor Cheapside, 12 March 2003 Larry Gelbart - Writer City of Angels, 7 August 2002 Jean Genet - Playwright The Maids, 31 May 2005 Leigh Gleeson - Actor The Would-Be Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), 14 June 1991 Michael Gow - Playwright Furious, 8 November 2000 Neil Grant - Actor Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 Vicky Haniotis - Actor The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Emma Hawkins - Actor, Assistant Producer The Maids, 31 May 2005 Gerry Hawkins - Actor Tick Tick Boom, 30 March 2006 Debra Hely - Actor Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 Craig Higgs - Actor Cheapside, 12 March 2003 Vic Hunter - Actor Sus, 30 January 1989 Beccy Iland - Actor The Maids, 31 May 2005 Julie Janson - Playwright The Crocodile Hotel, 7 July 2003 Pelagia Jordan - Actor The Would-Be Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), 14 June 1991 Jolanta Juszkiewicz - Devisor, Performer Convict Women - Lifetime Exile, 15 May 2001 Ivar Kants - Actor A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 Barrie Keeffe - Playwright Sus, 30 January 1989 Joseph Kesselring - Playwright Arsenic and Old Lace, 30 September 2003 Isobel Kirk - Actor A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 Andrew Knox - Actor The Would-Be Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), 14 June 1991 Peter Kowitz - Actor The Department, 19 November 2000 Maria Kutra - Actor Twelfth Night, 8 March 1991 Jonathan Larson - Writer Tick Tick Boom, 30 March 2006 Susie Lindeman - Actor A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 Amelia Longhurst - Actor A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 Tes Lyssiotis - Playwright The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Billy MacPherson - Actor The Crocodile Hotel, 7 July 2003 David Finlayson MacSwan - Director Much Ado About Nothing, 18 May 1993 Frank McGuinness - Playwright Voices in the Wind, 16 March 2006 Philip McLaren - Director The Ballad of Rachel Corrie, 26 October 2005 Alan Menken - Composer Little Shop of Horrors, 10 May 2005 Jean-Baptiste Moliere - Playwright The Would-Be Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), 14 June 1991 Toni Murphy - Actor The Ballad of Rachel Corrie, 26 October 2005 Veronica Neave - Actor A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 Rynagh O'Grady - Actor, Playwright Voices in the Wind, 16 March 2006 Donal O'Kelly - Playwright Voices in the Wind, 16 March 2006 John O'Lohan - Director Voices in the Wind, 16 March 2006 Christine Ozanne - Producer A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 Fontini Papadopoulos - Actor The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Kevin Poynter - Director Cheapside, 12 March 2003 Jay Presson Allen - Playwright The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 22 June 2005 Neville Raja - Actor Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 Lea Richard - Actor Twelfth Night, 8 March 1991 Lea Richards - Actor Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 David Ritchie - Actor The Ballad of Rachel Corrie, 26 October 2005 Andrew Rodoreda - Actor The Crocodile Hotel, 7 July 2003 Greta Scacchi - Actor A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 Michael Smith - Actor Twelfth Night, 8 March 1991 Felicity Soper - Actor The Department, 19 November 2000 Efterpi Soropos - Lighting Designer The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Sacdpraeuth Srisacd - Actor The Crocodile Hotel, 7 July 2003 Maeliosa Stafford - Director The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 22 June 2005 Kiruna Stamell - Actor The Maids, 31 May 2005 Matthew Stewart - Actor The Would-Be Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), 14 June 1991 Sally Sussman - Director The Crocodile Hotel, 7 July 2003 Richard Sydenham - Actor Hay Fever, 12 July 1991 Crispin Taylor - Director Furious, 8 November 2000 Glenn Terry - Director The Would-Be Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), 14 June 1991 Richard Tomkins - Actor Twelfth Night, 8 March 1991 Christina Totos - Director The Forty Lounge Cafe, 20 January 1993 Patrick Tucker - Artistic Director, Producer A Midsommer Night's Dreame, 16 February 1996 John Tutt - Actor The Crocodile Hotel, 7 July 2003 Euan Upston - Director Sus, 30 January 1989 David Webb - Actor The Department, 19 November 2000 David Williamson - Playwright The Department, 19 November 2000 Erica Wilmott - Actor Tick Tick Boom, 30 March 2006 Matthew Withers - Actor Tick Tick Boom, 30 March 2006 Pamela Young - Actor The Crocodile Hotel, 7 July 2003 David Zippel - Lyricist City of Angels, 7 August 2002
Resources	Report: Steven Hopley, Sydney Theatre Report 2015, Steven Hopley, Sydney NSW, January 2016
Venue Identifier	460
Dataset	AusStage