Toe Truck Theatre Productions records, ca. 1975-1994

MLMSS 11599/Boxes 1-65
MLMSS 11599/Boxes 66X-67X

fonds

1975-1994

Clippings, Drawings, Ephemera, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Textual Records, Moving Images, Nonmusical Sound Recordings

411825

11.93 metres of textual material (65 boxes, 2 outsize boxes) includes photographs and 167 audiocassettes

Toe Truck Theatre Company is a professional young people's theatre company founded in Sydney in 1976, Toe Truck took it its name from 'theatre of education' - TOE. It followed the English theatre-in-educations model, but it seldom performed for small audiences. The performers were usually adult actors. Most Toe Truck productions toured Sydney schools, but the company made its reputation in theatres during the 1980's with plays such as Debra Oswald's DAGS (1986) and Richard Tulloch's adaptation of Robin Klein's novel Hating Alison Ashley (1987). Toe Truck developed new plays based on issues important to young people or on stories about young people. It closed in 1993.
Source: Concise companion to theatre in Australia

Box 1
Board minutes books 1984-1985. Includes copies of ‘Toe Truck Theatre – a history 1976-1989 by Peter Gray’.

Box 2
Annual report 1989, chairman’s annual reports 1985-1988, chairman’s letter 1983, board of directors meeting minutes 1988-1990 and company meeting minutes 1986-1990. Includes list of committee members and minutes 1977-1979. Also includes Toe Truck Theatre constitution.

Box 3
Agendas and other documents relating to board meetings 1981, 1984, 1988 and directors meetings 1980-1984, 1987. Includes board minutes 1987-1988 and ‘Peacemaker’ by David Holman.

Box 4
Board minutes 1987-1988, documents relating to board meetings 1990-1991 including bookings report, administrators report, and artistic directors report.

Box 5
National Stage Crisis committee minutes, correspondence, and documents 1981. Annual general meeting documents 1982-1984, documents relating to board meetings 1981-1982, and McGowan Report 1981. Includes annual reports 1977 (artistic report only), 1978, 1980.

Box 6
Company secretary documents and correspondence, general correspondence, and board correspondence 1983. Includes sponsorship proposals, newspaper clippings, Magpie Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company ephemera, photographs.

Box 7
General correspondence, Australian Youth Performing Arts Association application for membership and reports, ephemera, correspondence, photographs relating to the Wilcannia project 1977 and the far west project 1978. Includes resource material relating to sexism, the Great Depression, and birth defects.

Box 8
Documents and correspondence relating to Women and the Arts, Australian Children’s Television Foundation, holiday programs, University of Newcastle, and University of Sydney. Includes documents relating to the Ethnic Affairs Commission 1980-1982 and the Youth Employment Scheme 1982.

Box 9
Documents and correspondence relating to Association of Youth Organisations of NSW, City Road Youth Theatre 1977-1980, and Community Arts Co-op. Includes Arts Council school tours comments and general information.

Box 10
Documents, correspondence and ephemera relating to Australian Film & TV School 1983, Tasmanian Film Corporation 1984, Theatre of the Deaf, and Cultural Activities Division 1984. Includes Bathurst area schools mailing list and NSW Cultural Division application for assistance 1979.

Box 11
Documents and correspondence relating to vehicle and equipment servicing/insurance. Includes correspondence and general information on Schools Performances Association, Transition Education Project 1984, Catholic Education office, and Literature Board – writer in residence 1982-1983.

Box 12
Correspondence and documents relating to the Community Arts Board, Aboriginal Arts Board, and Music Board. Includes performance breakdowns 1979, general information on subscriptions, and administered grants.

Box 13
Documents and correspondence relating to UNSW marketing plan November 1987, ‘Winners’ originals 1979 includes photographs, Outpost 1978 – NIDA workshop, Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust 1983, Sponsorship and fundraising 1987-1990, and corporate planning 1989. Includes register of fixed assets.

Box 14
Comprises membership register 1988, Belvoir Street correspondence 1985-1988, Chairman’s correspondence 1986-1988, International Theatre Institute 1987-1988, Fundraising BHP 1988 correspondence and pamphlet, work experience documents 1989, YAPA conference papers 1989, ‘Lowdown’ notes and correspondence 1988-1990. Includes vehicle purchasing/leasing 1983, 1988, and copies of faxes.

Box 15
Documents relating to theatre companies abroad 1983, Mathemagician 1984, and Ken Robinson’s speech 1981. Includes Education Department correspondence and working papers 1978-1984.

Box 16
Correspondence and documents relating to Ethnic Affairs commission 1984, Australian Museum 1977, Melbourne schools and tour planning 1980-1981, INSEA Adelaide 1978. Includes documents and newspaper clippings relating to migrant contacts and resources 1978.

Box 17
Documents and correspondence relating to various theatres including Marionette Theatre 1979-1986, NSW Theatre of the deaf 1985, Troika Theatre 1979, Canberra Children’s Theatre 1977-1980, as well as the Community Theatre Committee/Conference 1985. Includes general information on Northern Territory 1978, Victoria 1983, Queensland 1978-1983, and South Australia 1978-1980.

Box 18
Troika South Australia correspondence and documents 1978, Drama Resource Centre Victoria documents 1980, and comparative information on other companies 1985. Includes general information relating to Tasmania 1975-1985, and Western Australia 1978.

Box 19
Documents and correspondence relating to sponsorships 1983, 1988, and fundraising dinner 1990. Includes correspondence and documents relating to consumer claim tribunal and fundraiser 1991, and Stenhouse correspondence and accounts.

Box 20
Documents and correspondence relating to charities, corporate affairs, investments, theft claims, public liability. Includes Memorandum Articles of Association, and general audition material 1986.

Box 21
Documents relating to press and publicity 1986-1987, and Stage Management applications 1989. Includes Riverina region mailing list.

Box 22
Correspondence relating to the Department of Education and Theatre Board 1987. Includes documents regarding Morris Gleitzman.

Box 23
Elizabeth Farm documents 1983-1987, PR documentation relating to Vaucluse 1982-1983, Historic Houses Trust. Artistic Director applications 1987, and Administrator applications 1988

Box 24
Documents and correspondence relating to Myer Foundation, Australian Youth Performing Arts Foundation, Australian Performing Right Association, school tours 1985, Utah Foundation, Arts Administration Conference 1982. Includes documentation and photographs related to a premises search.

Box 25
Documents and correspondence relating to vehicles, lighting, suppliers, production, and technical information.

Box 26
Performance evaluations and breakdowns 1983-1985, attendance documentation 1983-1985, Mereki National tour correspondence 1984-1985.

Box 27
Documents and correspondence relating to work experience programmes 1979-1983, curriculum project 1982, teachers meetings 1979-1980, multicultural education 1980, schools commission 1981, NSW Education Drama Association 1975, campus activities 1979, and Inner City Education Centre.

Box 28
Correspondence relating to Government stores 1985, Seymour centre 1978-1980, political letters, Showcast publications 1979-1987, and Billerwell, Powers & Smith 1987. Includes royalties, publishing documents and correspondence relating to playwrights and auditions 1984. Includes photographs.

Box 29
Documents relating to Whose Beach is it Anyway, Two Weeks Twice a Year, Care ‘N Control, Chameleon Child, Dust of Vietnam, Dunno’s Journey, Grandpa Won’t Budge, Couple of Kids, Niki’s New World, Sir, Don’t Tell Anyone, and Change of Face. Scripts of Skin Free, Peacemaker, Moths, Hone Spot, Until Ya Say Ya Love Me, and Hating Alison Ashley revised script 1987.

Box 30
Documents and correspondence relating to political contacts, Government stores/supplies 1982-1984, Australian Youth Performing Arts Association, NSW Cultural Division 1979, and general school correspondence 1985.

Box 31
Documents and correspondence relating to community employment, Theatre Proprietor’s and Entrepreneurs Association, agents, Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Australian Writer’s Guild. Includes primary schools reports, correspondence and photographs, customer master file print out, phonebook with contacts and numbers, and ex-award papers 1990.

Box 32
Documents and correspondence relating to NSW Youth Companies, Riverina College of Advanced Education, NIDA, UNSW School of Drama, Film + TV school, Rusden State College, Victorian College the Arts, Murray River Performance Group, Nimrod Theatre, Tom’s Ugly Roaming Theatre, Pole Depot/Shopfront Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, First Stage Theatre Company, Leigh Henry Promotions, Performances for Schools Inservice, assorted in-service and workshops, Katoomba workshop 1975, De La Salle Marrickville, Darling Down Department of Performing Arts, Bread and Circus Wollongong, and North Sydney Inservice course 1979.

Box 33
Includes press and publicity documents 1981, 1983, 1985, and Operation Holy Mountain – press cuttings, equipment documents, newspaper clippings, and general theatre information.

Box 34
Actors in Schools education survey, The Backstage List stage management and backstage availability, NIDA auditions, Government Primary Schools, Future Challenge Administering the Arts in the Eighties, and Crucible Theatre in Education – Race Statement. Includes Hilary Linstead & Associates catalogue of playscripts 1990, and Salamanca National Script Centre catalogue of scripts.

Box 35
I’ve Got a Name documents. Includes photographs and Hating Alison Ashley material.

Box 36
Documents and correspondence relating to Dirty Rascals, Backstage Pass including financial statements, Dags 1986, Mereki 1984, Vaucluse House, Manilla Yellow Wasting Away, and Hating Alison Ashley. Includes Change of Face costume drawings, and press advertisements relating to Hating Alison Ashley.

Box 37
Could Do Better 1989 – production material. Documents relating to Wolf Boy, Don’t Tell Anyone and A Sporting Change performances in schools.

Box 38
Stories From Our House material 1991, Dusthog 1990 includes photographs and script, Hating Alison Ashley 1988 confirmation sheets.

Box 39
Learn or Burn 1991 production material and photographs. Includes Backstage Pass production material, press cuttings, photographs, script, financial documents, and comments.

Box 40
General information relating to Don’t Tell Anyone, and A Sporting Chance. Includes scripts and production documents relating to A Sporting Chance, Don’t Tell Anyone, Change of Face, and Hating Allison Ashley newspaper clippings and photographs.

Box 41
Correspondence, teachers notes, scripts, and comment sheets relating to Could Do Better, Monkey See Monkey Do, Spitting Chips 1989, Backstage Pass, Not So Dumb, Tales From Our House, and Don’t Tell Anyone 1989. Includes Fringe bulletins, and photographs.

Box 42
Documents and correspondence relating to Peacemaker 1987, Belvoir Street 1986, Dags, Ski Free, and Dirty Rascals. Includes documents relating to Adrian Mitchell poetry, Publicity poetry 1977, and Man Friday poetry show, includes photographs.

Box 43
Correspondence and documents relating to Wolf Boy, Hot Spot 1985-1986, Timesneeze, Year Nine Are Animals 1985, Dancing in the Street, Dirty Rascals, and Mission Impossible. Includes photographs.

Box 44
Documents relating to various productions including, Bob is in the Mud, Shutterbug - script and other material includes costume drawings, Kaspajack 1983-1984, If Only We Had a Cat 1983, Manilla Yellow 1984, Annie’s Coming Out, The Mathemagician, and Wasting Away. Includes photographs.

Box 45
Documents relating to Don’t Tell Anyone, Skin Free includes floor plan, Winners 1979, Juke! 1978, Change of Face includes script and production material, Manilla Yellow includes research material, and Operation Holy Mountain. Includes photographs.

Box 46
Production documents relating to Dancing in the Street, Hating Alison Ashley 1987, Mereki Tour 1984, Peacemaker, and Dad is Yuk! Includes schools file.

Box 47
Don’t Tell Anyone 1988 – school bookings and comments, Norm & Ahmed 1979 originals and 1978 archives, Juke! archives, booking forms and total lists 1978.

Box 48
Includes Year 9 are Animals 1983, Punk 1980, Breathing Time archives 1980, Kaspajack material, Real Mr J 1980 general, Norm & Ahmed 1979-1980 general, and Keepin’ Time 1979.

Box 49
Documents relating to Wasting Away, DAGS, Skin Free, Hotspot Season, Max and Milli includes script and production material, Honeyspot II, Hating Alison Ashley publicity 1988, Dad is Yuk, and Educare Open Documentary Award. Includes photographs, costume drawings, and prints.

Box 50
Includes costume drawings, Don’t Tell Anyone production material and photos, A Sporting Chance teachers notes, and Hating Alison Ashley material 1988.

Box 51
Change of Face and Don’t Tell Anyone schools comments, Saturday project survey sheets, APT 1982-1985, and Outpost 1975, 1979 material. Includes photographs.

Box 52
German language documents, various production documents, Outpost material 1979, Don’t Tell Anyone teaching resources and pupils letters, and Troika publicity and information.

Box 53
Booking documentation relating to Morris Gleitzman 1986, Hating Alison Ashley 1985, Dusthog, Don’t Tell Anyone 1988, Change of Face 1988, Peacemaker 1987, and A Sporting Chance 1988. Includes Dad is Yuk 1986 and Don’t Tell Anyone material.

Box 54
Booking diaries relating to Don’t Tell Anyone 1988-1989, Hating Alison Ashley 1988, Could Do Better 1989, Monkey See Monkey Do 1989, Spitting Chips, Operation Holy Mountain, Not So Dumb, Dust Hog, and Puppy Love.

Box 55
Scripts of the following productions: Backstage Pass, Change of Face, Dad is Yuk, The Diver includes revised and draft script, Hating Alison Ashley, Don’t Tell Anyone, Not So Dumb, Mereki, The Peacemaker, Spitting Chips, The Bittersweet Kid, The Big Do!, The Best Years of Your Life, A Sporting Chance, and Puppy Love.

Box 56
Scripts of the following productions: Year Nine are Amazing, The Real Mr J, Middleton Market, Learn or Burn, A Sporting Chance, Outpost, A Change of Face, Dirty Rascals, Juke, Tuff, Servants of Vaucluse House, Annie’s Coming Out, A Sporting Chance, and Ripples.

Box 57
Scripts of the following productions: Dirty Rascals, Don’t Tell Anyone, Mereki, One Up My Sleeve, Hating Alison Ashley 1987, I’ve Got a Name, and Spitting Chips.

Box 58
Scripts of the following productions: Norm and Ahmed, Niki’s New World, The Diver, A Sporting Chance, Puss in Boots, The Siege, Boss of the Pool, Learn or Burn, Junk, and DAGS.

Box 59
Scripts of the following productions: Hey Mum, I Own a Factory, Nowhere Else to Go, Puberty Daze, Puss in Boots, Refugee, Rae Earth, Salt Mustard Vinegar Pepper, Runaway, The Right Thing to Do, School Days of Adolescent Haze, A Sentimental Bloke, 1978 and All That, The Siege of Mohamed’s Academy, Sir, A Thousand Cranes, Tribal Rites, Trummi Kaput, The Twelve Speed Angel, and Success.

Box 60
Photographs relating to Hating Alison Ashley, Honey Spot, DAGS, Skin Free, performance at Westmead Children’s Ward 1987, Dads Yuk, Peacemaker, Outpost/Seymour centre, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts 1991, A Sporting Chance, Keepin’ Time photographs, Kaspajack, Behind the Mask, and Year 9 Are Animals.

Box 61
Slides relating to Behind the Mask, Change of Face, Mereki, Winners 1979, Outpost 1979, Far West 1978, Norm and Ahmed 1978, the company at Springwood High 1980, Mr J workshop 1980, Far West 1978, Troika inservice 1978, Juke! 1978, If Only, Year 9 Are Animals, and The Real Mr J slides. Includes negatives of Hating Alison Ashley, De La Salle workshop 1978, Keepin’ Time 1979. 32 containers of slides.

Box 62
Cassette tapes containing music, show recordings, voice overs, sound effects, rehearsal tapes. 47 tapes in total.

Box 63
Cassette tapes containing show recordings, music, voice overs, rehearsal tapes, sound effects. 92 tapes in total.

Box 64
Ampex audio mastering tapes containing show recordings. 12 tapes in total.

Box 65
Ampex audio mastering tapes containing show recordings, sound effects. 16 tapes in total.

Box 66X
Payroll books 1985-1989.

Box 67X
Payroll books 1977-1980, 1985.

28 posters relating to various Toe Truck Theatre productions have been removed and are catalogued at Posters/ /

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