film and theatre midnight express by alan parker
Midnight Express, prison jargon [?] a night-time break-out, is a moving and poignant story of one man’s struggle to sruvive in an environment of squalor, brutality and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts
Pictures, dances & concerts, 1979
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Theatre “Camelias”
The Sydney Theatre Company’s latest production “The Lady of the Camelias” at the Opera…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →iStudents get student theatre
At last the University has recognised the rights of students a student theatre! After 6 months of civil unrest, initiated by drama students under the banner of "students need a student theatre", University Council decided to establish an ad hoc committee to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lunchtime concert
The free lunchtime concert in the Roundhouse this Wednesday will feature DANIEL JOHNS, a singer/songwriter whose work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hobart Unemployed Concert
HOBART: Last week's "Concert for 500,000 unemployed" held in Elizabeth Mall was well- attended. The Ovarian Sisters (pictured at the earlier Women's Day concert) and the Renaissance Artists and Writers provided entertainment. Street theatre commented on youth exploitation in training sohomes and alienation in work. The Ovarian Sisters saner union and protest songs. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →One-man Theatre
The Downstairs Nimrod Theatre is earning a reputation for outstanding one-man plays as its latest…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Theatre “Partners,” “Animals”
The two one-act plays currently showing at the Ensemble-at-the-Stables in Kings Cross are as…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Viennese Star for Viennese Theatre
The Viennese Theatre this year will present well-known Viennese entertainer Herbert…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Gay dance
A gay dance will be held at Balmain Town Hall at 8 p.m. on March 31, to raise money to complete One in Seven, the film being…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Volley-ball
Asnières en battant Grenoble, le 18 mars à Nantes, est devenu virtuel champion de France. Résultats la nationale des "As" en volleyball:…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →BALLET The Dance Company
The purpose of contemporary dance as it occurs to me is as a device to challenge challenge and question the conventional ideas…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Theatre “Deathtrap”
After its Broadway and London success, Ira Levin’s latest thriller, ‘Deathtrap,’ is bound to appeal to Sydney audiences. Well presented and cast…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Film and Theatre Mused at the Cellblock
GONG SONG and Sums by Irving, have been choreographed by Jacqui Carroll, who will be leaving in the middle of April for study and work in London. These…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Theatre Ten Times Table
Ayckbourne's latest play to appear on the Sydney stage is “Ten Times Table” at the Marian Street Theatre at Killara. Alastair Duncan’s…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Elton John for Israel Concerts
LONDON: A Yom Ha’atzmaut concert at the Jerusalem Philharmonic Hall will be the highlight of pop star Elton John’s five engagements in Israel. Elton will play three dates at the Jerusalem…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →film & theatre The Wild Duck
“The Wild Duck”, directed by Hans Geissendorfer, is a skilful adaptation of Ibsen's play. The film unfolds the tale of the Ekdal family whose existence is eventually…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Theatre “The Glass Menagerie”
The First Stage Theatre Company's outstanding production of Tennessee Williams' “The Glass Menagerie” pays careful attention to details. Presented at the Stables…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →B'ball Cup to Nsw Times Trophy by Two Points
NSW Maccabi Basketball Club regained the Jewish Times Cup by a slender two-point margin over AJAX (Melbourne) after a thrilling two-match series at the Alexandria Stadium last weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →students STILL need a student theatre
To assume that the student theatre issue has been resolved by giving the Parade Theatre to NIDA and the NIDA theatre to students, is a fallacy. In fact the university…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Film & Theatre Nosferartu
If 1978 is to be remembered for the year of the science-fiction extravaganza, then 1979 will surely be remembered for the year of the vampire. Since Bram…
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