Theatre “Fanshen”
The emergence of China’s peasantry from medieval darkness and virtual serfdom, into a twentieth century existence which provides them with an improved standard of living…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1978
125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 7
Eyes on Ball
Intense concentration in the NSW — Victoria women’s basketball match as players prepare to do battle for a rebound. — STORY PAGE 19…
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The great success of the North Shore Synagogue’s 20th Anniversary Ball which took place recently…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →B’ball Drama
In a night of basketball drama NSW won both the men's and women’s titles at the…
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There is nothing terribly new about the current production of “Godspell” at the Mayfair; except the venue, which has just returned to live theatre after decaaes of screening movies. “Godspell,” is a young,…
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David Williamson is on to a sure-fire winner with his latest play at the Theatre Royal. This time the playwright picks on one of Australia’s…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Victoria Bitter at B'ball Loss
Bitter complaints about refereeing apart, Victorian basketball coach Alan Silver had good cause for pride in the fighting display of his young team against NSW in the final match of the Carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Theatre 'The Tempest'
The magic of “The Tempest” is not easy to be fully translated to the stage, but Ted Craig’s production of the Old Tote at the Drama Theatre certainly comes close to it…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THEATRE Rocking memories
Do you remember the stomp, the twist and the limbo? Does the memory of Chuck Berry, James Dean,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A personal and Important document Treadmill by Lorna Bol. Playing at the Ensemble-at-the-Stables Theatre, Kings Cross, Sydney
Treadmill is set in the poverty stricken home of a widow who lives in a small coastal north Queensland town in the late 1940s. Lorna Bol, in the preface to her play, says she tried…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Illawarra Shule Ball
A ball to raise funds towards the cost of the new synagogue building has been organized by the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THEATRE Rocks Players
The Rocks Players’ growing reputation for polished street theatre and pantomime performances is evident with its latest production “Pentad.” Performed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Invisible Messenger Mohammed-Messenger of God, now showing at the Barclay, Sydney; Chelsea Theatre, Melbourne; Town and Innaloo Theatres, Perth
This is Islam's answer to the Ten Commandments, a full three-hour spectacular with the mandatory cast of thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theatre ‘Ned Kelly’
Reg Livermore’s latest venture, ambitious as it may be, deserves the attention and the treatment it received in its current production at Her Majesty’s Theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Theatre Dated Thriller
John Willard wrote “The Cat and the Canary ” a comedy thriller, in the early twenties — it is not a particularly good play, certainly not by today’s standard. In fact, it is doubtful that…
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MERRYLANDS primary and infants schools will have the chance to see a new idea In children's theatre and music this year. Bunyip Children's Band will perform at local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nabucco at Concert Hall
The new production of Verdi’s “Nabucco,” at the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, is a successful combination of concert and theatre with the obvious limitations of the concept still much in evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Campus Concert Coup! The Best Of OZ Music Right Here!
This Friday, as the final event of this years’ Orientation period, the UNSW Students’ Union in conjunction with Eureka records are presenting the current…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →poor people and television Saved by Edward Bond, New Theatre, Sydney. Miss JulieBlack Comedy (StrindbergShaffer), Old Tote Company, Sydney Opera House
It's hard to credit that only 13 years ago Edward Bond's Saved was banned from public performance in London on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THEATRE Two plays at the Old Tote
The choice of the two plays in the latest production of the Old Tote Company at the Sydney Opera Drama Theatre, certainly do not compliment each other. Nevertheless,…
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