Entertainers

Scope and Contents note Poster advertising the 1986 Fringe Theatre Festival in Christchurch. Includes a black & white image of a person in striped stockings and a bowler hat peering between their legs. Also includes the texts: '5 hour extravaganza. 7pm Saturday 15th February. Presenting top artisits from Europe, Australia & New Zealand. A spectacle of clowning, trick cycling, mime, music, dance, stilt-walking, fire walking, fire-eating, acrobatics & fireworks. North Quadrangle, Arts Centre (Great Hall...

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Poster advertising a 1992 Australian campus tour by He Waka. Includes a photograph (in two places) of two men and a women, all blindfolded. Also includes the text: 'With the assistance of Te Waka Toi Council for Maori & Pacific Arts.' Also includes a small circular design.

Scope and Contents A collection of handwritten notes, newspaper clippings and ‘The Kiwis Souvenir’, profiling prominent entertainers of the Kiwi Concert Parties held in during the Middle Eastern conflict of 1941. Attention is paid to the impersonation and crossdressing of the performers. There is also a focus on backlash against a 1982 made-for-television version of the Kiwi Concert Party, after it used “bad-language”. A ban was subsequently placed on explicit language before 8:30 pm. Publication date range is...

Scope and Contents Contains printed copies of photographic mounting cards held at the U.S. National Archives, along with handwritten notes, a regulations of public use guidebook and a general guide to the still pictures collection of the Archives. The images depict an array of subjects including WWI and WWII marines, Red Cross worker, civilians in wartime, musicians and performers [printed versions of these copies can be found in the ‘U.S. Army Photos’ envelope, cabinet 2, drawer 4, box 4]. The date range of...

Scope and Contents A collection of handwritten notes, original and photocopied newspaper clippings, printed articles and three copies of LC’s unpublished work under the titles of ‘Under the Guns’ and ‘Cannon Fodder’. Topics include soldier morale, admiration for comrades, Mussolini and Italian fascism, women in the work force, entertainment and general troop welfare (e.g. the Y.M.C.A.). The publication date range is c. 1940-1999. The subject matter includes “The Great War” suggesting a date range from c. 1914...

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Poster advertising Te Ohu Whakaari tour in 1984. Includes black & white drawing of a dancer. Also includes the texts: 'With the assistance of Budget Van Rentals and the QEII Arts Council. "The Proud emerging face of the young Maori" (Auckland star)'.