Welcome to our December newsletter. Currency Press would like to take this opportunity to wish all our subscribers a very happy Christmas and a creative New Year ahead. To get you started with the celebrations, we have compiled a Christmas hamper full of special offers that make great presents for the performers in your family. Also in this issue: Special offers on theatre tickets exclusive to Currency subscribers and of course the latest on what’s happening on stage. Enjoy!

From film fans to opera buffs to theatre subscription holders - our Christmas hamper has the perfect gift for everyone interested in performing arts. Order online now to get your presents at a special price – simply put “Christmas Special” in the comments field and we will apply the discount when processing your order.
Please note that we will need your order by Friday, 14 December to guarantee delivery in time for Christmas (Australia-wide).

FOR FILM BUFFS:

Australian Screen Classics

The AUSTRALIAN SCREEN CLASSICS series, surely a must for any Australian film buff’s library ( Phillip King, Royal Holloway, University of London), matches some of our best-loved films with some of our most distinguished writers and thinkers, drawn from the worlds of culture, criticism and politics:

Tony Moore writes on The Barry McKenzie Movies, Louis Nowra on Walkabout, Christos Tsiolkas on The Devil’s Playground, Nell Schofield on Puberty Blues, Adrian Martin on The Mad Max Movies and Gail Jones on The Piano.

You can order single copies for $16.95 each, or get 3 for $40 and get 20% off any additional title you order from the series. Offer ends 14 December 2007.
For more information on the series and to place your order, click here.

Dance Hall and Picture Palace: Sydney's Romance With Modernity

‘Matthews’s description of a rapidly changing Sydney makes for compelling reading.’ Alice Garner, Australian Book Review

Set in the city of Sydney over thirty tumultuous years, between the late 1890s and the late 1920s, this is a fascinating look at a city and it’s citizens' initiation into modernity.

Get 20% off the RRP  - For more information on this book and to place your order, click here.
Offer ends 14 December 2007.

OPERA AND DANCE:

The Company We Keep - An Intimate Celebration of Opera Australia

This is a captivating behind-the-scenes look at Opera Australia, published to coincide with the company’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

Get 20% off the RRP - For more information on this book and to place your order, click here.
Offer ends 14 December 2007.

Peter Dawson: The World’s Most Popular Baritone

For all those Peter Dawson fans, and there are many, this is the first and definitive story of the man and his career.

Get 20% off the RRP - For more information on this book and to place your order, click here.
Offer ends 14 December 2007.

Anna Bishop: The Adventures of an Intrepid Prima Donna

A fabulous story about an amazing woman who defied the social conventions of her time to take opera to the outposts of ‘civilisation’.

Get 20% off the RRP - For more information on this book and to place your order, click here.
Offer ends 14 December 2007.

Rudolf Nureyev and The Royal Ballet and Margot Fonteyn: Prima Ballerina Assoluta of The Royal Ballet

Two of the world’s most renowned dancers of the 20th century come to life in this series of exclusive photographs from the Royal Opera House Heritage Series.

Get 20% off the RRP for these two titles. Offer ends 14 December 2007.
For more information on Rudolf Nureyev and The Royal Ballet and to order your copy, click here.

For more information on Margot Fonteyn: Prima Ballerina Assoluta of The Royal Ballet and to order your copy, click here.

Placido Domingo And The Royal Opera

… also part of the above series the book shows Domingo in rehearsal as well as in performance and includes pictures lent by the Domingo family.

Get 20% off the RRP - For more information on this book and to place your order, click here.
Offer ends 14 December 2007.

THEATRE BOOKS:

Stop the World: The Biography of Anthony Newley

by Garth Bardsley

This illuminating biography of a multi-talented performer (remember the songs What Kind of Fool Am I?, Goldfinger and The Candy Man) has garnered 5***** reviews: Brilliant ( What's on in London), Compelling ( Theatregoer).

Written by a friend and collaborator of Newley’s, the book gives us an intimate look at an extraordinary and elusive man.

Get 20% off the RRP - For more information on this book and to place your order, click here.
Offer ends 14 December 2007.

Dreamers and Visionaries: Adelaide’s Little Theatres 1920s-1940s

by Thelma Afford

This book looks at the innovation of Adelaide’s amateur theatre scene and shows how these groups formed the basis of Adelaide’s reputation as 'the city of culture' and helped to contribute to the development of the Adelaide Festival of Arts. Thelma Afford was a gifted teacher of art and a prolific costume designer, working in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney from the 1930s to the 1950s and her designs illustrate the book.

Get 20% off the RRP - For more information on this book and to place your order, click here.
Offer ends 14 December 2007.

Not Wrong, Just Different: Observations on the Rise of Contemporary Australian Theatre

by Katharine Brisbane

‘If Katharine Brisbane didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent her.’ ( API Review of Books).

Eighteen years of Australian theatre history seen through the eyes of one of Australia’s most venerated theatre critics, Katharine Brisbane, ‘there is no more thorough account of the era’. ( API Review of Books).

Get 20% off the RRP for this title (Paperback edition) - For more information on this book and to place your order, click here.
Offer ends 14 December 2007.

Get concession priced tickets to Vital Organs, a new play by Patrick Brammall and John Leary, the winners of the 2006 Philip Parsons Young Playwright’s Award. The blackly comic story of one man taking his life in his own hands is currently showing at Belvoir St Downstairs Theatre, season ends 22 December 2007. To take advantage of this offer, simply quote 'Currency deal' when booking your tickets. For more information on the production, visit belvoir.com.au or call (02) 9699 3444.

After successful seasons in London and Tokyo, Darlinghurst Theatre Company and MoFu CoSu present the Australian premiere of the beautifully bizarre The Bee, written by Hideki Noda and translated by Colin Teevan. Darlinghurst Theatre offers Currency subscribers special discounted ticket rates of $20 on Tuesdays and $25 to performances Wednesday to Sunday. Just quote ‘Currency offer’ when booking your tickets. Season ends 15 December, for bookings go to darlinghursttheatre.com or call (02) 8356 9987. For more information on The Bee and other plays by Colin Teevan supplied by Currency Press, visit our website.