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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1966

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Nieuwe operette van Sjoukje Berendes in Rialto Theatre

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 29 July 1966 · page 13

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Gipsy concert troupe

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 August 1966 · page 2

The Hungarian Gipsy Band undoubtedly conquered the audience of the Copenhagen Theatre Restaurant last week…

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Two choral concerts

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 August 1966 · page 2

Two little-publicised concerts proved of considerable interest this week. Denis Condon led the Fort Street Boys’…

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Ball time Saturday night

Tribune · Wednesday 17 August 1966 · page 3

SYDNEY: Everything was ready for the most enjoyable evening at the Tribune Ball next Saturday night, Ball organiser Gloria Sanderson said this week. The Ball is being held at the State Ballroom in Market…

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A Nation's Guilt Theatre

Tribune · Wednesday 17 August 1966 · page 11

ONE of the most impressive plays of recent years -- at least in the breadth and depth of its ideas, if not in its actual playability -- is Jean-Paul Sartre's "Altona", brought to Sydney audiences last week by the Perth National Theatre as part of the Interstate Theatre Season at the Old Tote,…

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OPINION Friends of the Orchestra

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 August 1966 · page 2

While the coming of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra to Australia is an exciting and long-awaited occasion we should remind ourselves that had it not been for enthusiasm of a few individuals and the hard…

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"North Shore Ball" van de "Boomerangs" in Forrestville

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 19 August 1966 · page 9

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'Barbara' Opens at the New Theatre

Tribune · Wednesday 24 August 1966 · page 11

MONA Brand's new play, "Barbara", recovered from a series of disasters which nearly made it…

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New York's new Yiddish theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 26 August 1966 · page 9

(JCNS.) The Hebrew Actors’ Union and the Folksbiene have joined to establish the Free Yiddish Theatre for…

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Velen zijn slachtoffer van een vervreemdings proces Een "band" met anderen is noodzakeljik om te leven door de Reverend Daniel Ch. Overduin

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 26 August 1966 · page 7

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Old Tote Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 2 September 1966 · page 2

A frothy piece of nonsense, Ralph Peterson’s “The Night of the Ding Dong”, was the diverting final production of…

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Chinese jeugd springt uit de band

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 2 September 1966 · page 2

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Potential of high standard: the First Concerts of the Ipo

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 2 September 1966 · page 3

Since The first orchestra from abroad came to Australia only seven years ago, we have been singularly fortunate in the standard of visiting orchestras, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra…

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Dance lessons

The Biz · Wednesday 7 September 1966 · page 3

The Liverpool YMCA are conducting an eight weeks course in ballroom dancing for school boys…

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Air Force Week City Concert

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 13 September 1966 · page 3

The RAAF Central Band, Australia's best-known military orchestra, will give a free concert in Sydney Town Hall, commencing at 8 o'clock, on Sunday…

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Maestro and orchestra

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 16 September 1966 · page 2

The animal vigour, the mysticism of the Miraculous Mandarin, played by Antai Dorati and the Israeli Philharmonic…

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And the band played on

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 20 September 1966 · page 3

A group of young musicians who played almost continuously during weekends have had their practice time restricted by Holroyd Council. This follows a petition…

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Paris International Dance Festival

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 30 September 1966 · page 4

JEAN ROBIN, directer of the Paris International Dance Festival, has announced the programme of the festival to be held as each…

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Preview - Phillip St. Theatre

Tharunka · Wednesday 5 October 1966 · page 17

Alan Hopgood's most recent Australian comedy-drama, “PRIVATE YUK OBJECTS”. which is widely regarded as the most controversial Australian play for…

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McClintock Artist HERB McCLINTOCK took his brush and his pen along to the Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera season in Sydney

Tribune · Wednesday 5 October 1966 · page 6

THE Elizabethan Trust Opera Company in it Sydney season concluding this week, has given us more than a glimpse of what Australian singers, producers, musicians, and designers can do with opera, remote from the Lottery modern…

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