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Minervaâ€™s Tower at Balingup Medieval Carnival 2012 film

This 11 minute film on YouTube shows has been pieced together from separate performances by Minerva’s Tower at the 2012 Balingup Medieval Carnivale. The event was held in the town of Balingup in the south-west of Western Australia on August…

Minervaâ€™s Tower

Minerva’s Tower is a Perth-based band who performs medieval and neo-medieval folk music, including some original compositions. The band consists of two multi-instrumentalists, Alana Bennett and Dylan Kerr. The photograph shows the band…

Tags: Alana Bennett, Balingup, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, Belinda Bennett, Dylan Kerr, folk music, Minervaâ€™s Tower, music, performance, Renaissance, WA, website, Western Australia.

Australian Morris Ring

Australian Morris Ring is an organisation that represents Australian Morris dancers. It represents ‘sides’, or Morris dancing teams, in all Australian states and territories except the Northern Territory. The groups perform the Cotswold,…

â€˜Living by the swordâ€™

The anonymous online article ‘Living by the sword’ appears in volume 4 of the Leatherwood Online – Tasmania’s Journal of Discovery website and was posted in June/July 2007. It is about professional swordsman Stephen Hand of…

Tags: â€˜Living by the swordâ€™, Adult education, education, Elizabethan, George Silver, Hobart, Leatherwood Online, performance, rapier, re-creation, Stephen Hand, Stocatta School of Defence, sword, swordsman, Tas, Tasmania, Tasmaniaâ€™s Journal of Discovery, Vincentio Saviolo, website.

â€œRobin Hoodâ€ (pantomime)

This 1924 article in the Hobart based newspaper The Mercury advertises two performances of the pantomine 'Robin Hood' at the Bijou Theatre. The performances were held 'by special request' following an earlier successful season. The pantomine is…

Tags: Bijou Theatre, Hobart, newspaper, outlaw, pantomime, performance, Robin Hood, Tas, Tasmania., The Mercury, theatre

â€œRobin Hoodâ€ (comic opera)

This piece titled “Robin Hood” in the ‘Amusements’ section of the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper appeared on June 30, 1928. It brings to attention a new production of the comic/light opera Robin Hood at the Sydney…

Tags: Comic opera, Conservatorium, Crusade, Government House, Harry B. Smith, light opera, music, New South Wales, NSW, opera, performance, Reginald De Koven, Richard I, Robin Hood, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney Morning Herald.

â€œAlfred,â€ A Cantata, by E. Prout

AlfredaCantatabyE.Prout SydneyMorningHerald301186.pdf

This anonymous article in The Sydney Morning Herald on 30 November 1886 is a review of a musical performance about Alfred the Great. The cantata ‘Alfred’ was composed by Ebenezer Prout with a libretto by Mr Grist. The piece is based…

â€œThe Winterâ€™s Taleâ€ for Perth Stage

The Winter's Tale for Perth Stages_The West Australian_13 September 1952_p5.pdf

In this article from The West Australian in 1952, notice of the upcoming stage production of Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” by the John Alden Shakespearean Company is given. The medieval costumes - including elaborate …

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