Lichfield is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly 16 mi (26 km) north of Birmingham, 9 miles (14 km) from Walsall and 13 miles (21 km) from Burton Upon Trent. At the time of the 2011 Census the population was estimated at 32,219 and the wider Lichfield District at 100,700.
David Garrick was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson. He appeared in a number of amateur theatricals, and with his appearance in the title role of Shakespeare's Richard III, audiences and managers began to take notice.
Lichfield is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. It is administered by Lichfield District Council, based in Lichfield.
Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) ; CBS Radio network (1935-54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s. The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.
William Pitt was an Australian architect and politician. Pitt is best known as one of the outstanding architects of the "boom" era of the 1880s in Melbourne, designing some of the city's most elaborate High Victorian commercial buildings. He worked in a range of styles including Gothic Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire, and his own inventive eclectic compositions. He had a notable second career after the crash of the 1890s, becoming a specialist in theatres and industrial buildings.
Beefsteak Club is the name or nickname of several 18th and 19th-century male dining clubs in Britain and Australia, that celebrated the beefsteak as a symbol of patriotic and often Whig concepts of liberty and prosperity.
The Lichfield Garrick is a modern, purpose built theatre in Lichfield, a city in Staffordshire, England.
Sydney Grundy was an English dramatist. Most of his works were adaptations of European plays, and many became successful enough to tour throughout the English-speaking world. He is, however, perhaps best remembered today as the librettist of several comic operas, notably Haddon Hall.
Australian non-residential architectural styles are a set of Australian architectural styles that apply to buildings used for purposes other than residence and have been around only since the first colonial government buildings of early European settlement of Australia in 1788.
King Edward VI School, Lichfield, is a co-educational comprehensive school near the heart of the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. The school is a co-educational comprehensive school maintained by Staffordshire Education Authority and admits pupils from the age of 11, with most electing to continue their education into the Sixth Form, leaving at 18. In the main school, the published admissions number is 214 pupils for each year group. In total there are in excess of 1400 pupils on roll.
The Lichfield Festival is an annual multi-art-form festival held in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, which aims to combine high quality, challenging and diverse events of an international calibre, alongside community-based, locally sourced activities. Performances include drama, dance, film, literature, visual arts, jazz, folk, classical and world music. Performances take place principally in the medieval Lichfield Cathedral and the 21st century Lichfield Garrick theatre, alongside non-traditional venues across the County. The Festival also incorporates free community events such as the Festival Market and the Festival Fireworks.
Tivoli Theatre may refer to:
The Garrick Theatre is the longest continual running amateur theatre group in metropolitan Western Australia, located 16 Meadow Street in Guildford, Western Australia. The original structure was built in 1853 and is considered to be one of the few intact parts of a convict depot demonstrating the way of life in the Convict Era of Western Australian - current use as a theatre was preceded by use as Commissariat Store and Quarters and later as an Infant Health Centre.
Sir James Francis Garrick, was a politician and agent-general from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In his later years, he lived in London.
The Garrick Theatre was a 910-seat theatre built in 1890 and located on 67 West 35th Street New York. Designed by Francis Hatch Kimball, it was commissioned by Edward Harrigan, who also managed the theatre, originally named Harrigan's Theatre, until 1895. Richard Mansfield took over from Harrigan, renaming it the Garrick. Charles Frohman assumed management from 1896 until 1915. The Shuberts bought it in 1916 and leased it to Otto Kahn, who named it Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, after a theatre in Paris of the same name. Kahn later gave it to the Theatre Guild and it resumed the name Garrick Theatre in 1919. The Shuberts resumed management in 1925 and the theatre closed as a playhouse in 1929. After a short run of burlesque, the building was demolished in 1932.
The Chinese Museum or Museum of Chinese Australian History is an Australian history museum located in Melbourne's Chinatown. The museum was established in 1985 with a charter to present the history of Australians of Chinese ancestry. An extensive refurbishment funded by the Victorian Government was completed in 2010. Since then, the museum has also acted as a Chinatown Visitor Centre.
The Garrick Theatre was a theatre and music hall located at 79-83 Castlereagh Street in Sydney from 1890–1929. The theatre was renamed the Tivoli Theatre in 1893 and operated as a popular vaudeville venue. It was destroyed by fire in 1899 and rebuilt. The theatre closed in 1929.
Craig Sanders is an English director who graduated from Rose Bruford College with a BA (Hons) Theatre Studies. Craig was responsible for directing the Manchester production of Kafka's The Trial which played at Hope Mill Theatre and HOME MCR. The production later won a Manchester Theatre Award for "Best Fringe Production". In 2016, Craig directed Crimes Against Christmas at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre with New Old Friends who later won a Creative Bath Award. In 2017 Craig co-directed and choreographed The Dreaming at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre. Prior to this, Craig was resident at Buxton Opera House between 2013 and 2016 where he established a resident Young Company who performed Cush Jumbo's The Accordion Shop and Carl Grose's Gargantuaas part of National Theatre Connections. As of late 2017, Craig Sanders is in a relationship with venue operations professional, Jozef Csendes.
The Garrick Theatre was a theatre in the former Aitken Street, near Princes Bridge, in the Southbank area of Melbourne, Australia.
