Theatres & halls
![AArchives Behind the Scenes - Theatres & Public Halls files](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/01/8b19b76d251d42bdbd04981c277669a5.jpg)
Archives behind the scenes - theatres & public halls
These files (1895 to 1922) relate to the licensing of theatres and public halls all over New South Wales
![Black and white photo of group on path framed by Norfolk Island pines.](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/c9dc88a8b2d44d12a93b824ad47bcdd2.jpg)
WW1
Cupid camouflaged: a Red Cross silent movie
Cupid camouflaged is a lost film from the era of Australian silent movies, and was produced in 1918 as a fundraiser for the war work of the Australian Red Cross
![A mannequin dressed in an elaborate Renaissance-style stage costume stands in a large Perspex-fronted display case . On the rear wall a small screen is showing a scene from the opera Lucrezia Borgia where Dame Joan Sutherland is wearing the same costume.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/9800c0af2c2e7ca5215a5bde181672dc3bf5e850-3934x2811.jpg?rect=0,0,3934,2569&fit=max&auto=format)
Dressing Joan Sutherland
One of the most spectacular costumes on display in the exhibition The People’s House: Sydney Opera House at 50 is an extraordinary Renaissance dress designed by Kristian Fredrikson and worn by Dame Joan Sutherland in the part of the notorious Lucrezia Borgia
![Sheet music, 'The 77th Galop', by P. Cavallini, published 1858](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/04/c24eb028b9d34b0a8fba52fc07b9d831.jpg)
Reading the score
Since the early 1800s, Australian households have purchased sheet music to enliven their drawing room repertoire
![Sydney Opera House program for the performance of The Magic Flute](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/9cfd145b472a440b616237641655f391c40f873b-2312x1603.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Sydney Opera House: Programs in the Spotlight
Our exhibition: The People’s House – The Sydney Opera House at 50 features dozens of programs from the State Archive collection. Join exhibition curator Dr Scott Hill as we dive into an intriguing archive