Friends and colleagues gathered together upstairs in a pub on Sydney’s Oxford Street to celebrate the 90th birthday of Terence “Terry” Clarke AM. It was a joyous gathering of actors, writers, directors and theatre icons.

This year at the Sydney Theatre Awards, the first Actors Benevolent Fund Lifetime Achievement Award trophy was presented to legendary director Jim Sharman.

In September a greatly loved and admired arts figure passed away. Lex Marinos is deeply missed by all who knew him and worked with him.

Actors Benevolent Fund of NSW is proud to announce our 80th year of supporting members of the performing arts sector. Since 1944 we have been providing urgent financial help to artists in times of illness, accident, age related problems and adversity.