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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1979

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THEATRE Tribute to talent

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 July 1979 · page 15

Bernard Slade’s latest play, ‘Tribute,’ is first class theatre and is also true homage to the considerable talents of Bobby Limb as an actor and Peter Williams as director…

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Maccabi beats JASA in b’ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 July 1979 · page 23

Maccabi’s men’s A-grade basketball team last week won the now traditional “derby” match against JASA Old Boys. Coach Michael…

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50's DANCE

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 July 1979 · page 14

The NEW Group of the National Council of Jewish Women held a dinner dance recently at Council House…

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THEATRE ‘The Father’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 July 1979 · page 23

Strindberg’s ‘The Father’ might prove to be one of the surprises of the Q Theatre’s 1979 season…

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Lunchtime Theatre

Tharunka · Monday 23 July 1979 · page 21

Down at the School of Drama there is a place where you can bring your lunch, friends, sit down and have something to watch and think about while you eat. The…

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exit the king Pilgrim Theatre

Tharunka · Monday 23 July 1979 · page 22

This production of Ionesco could almost have been called “Exit the Play” as the dramatic content was largely obscured by the standard of the production…

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Theatre “The Chairman” Is Good Comedy

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 July 1979 · page 15

Philip Mackie’s comedy “The Chairman” at the Marian Street Theatre, is a clever play about the bureaucracy, self-importance and intercompany intrigues of a British…

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Support New Theatre

Tribune · Wednesday 1 August 1979 · page 14

I would like to take this opportunity to bring to the attention of the readers of your fine publication a situation that…

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Young dancers’ “Benefit Ball”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 August 1979 · page 17

The auditorium of the Hakoah Club was filled to capacity by more than 365 people for the recent “Kinder…

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Theatre debut for actress

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 August 1979 · page 14

A 19-year-old Jewish actress, Pnina Bloch, appears in the current production of the…

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28 Debs at Moriah Ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 August 1979 · page 17

Picture shows the debutantes and their partners with (left) Moriah P & F president Helena Lenthen, (centre) matron-of-honor Janet Simons and (right) ball chairman Lesley Joel. (Mike Studio photo.) More than 600 people attended the recent Moriah…

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THEATRE Chapter Two rates las Simon's ‘best’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 August 1979 · page 15

“Chapter Two” at the Ensemble Theatre is, yet, another Neil Simon play, presented with verve and talent. Simon's style of theatre…

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The Commuter Theatre Group

Tharunka · Monday 6 August 1979 · page 10

The Commuter Theatre Group is a small emerging troupe living and performing the inner city. Comprised of students from Alexander Mackie Art College, East Sydney Tech, and the Universities' of New South Wales and Sydney, the C.T.G. present a fun provoking, fresh approach to Theatre. The group made its debut at…

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Australian's Paper at Israel Dance Seminar

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 August 1979 · page 14

An Australian woman, who founded the Christian Dance Fellowship of Australia, presented a paper at an international seminar on ‘The Bible in Dance’ in Israel last week…

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THEATRE ‘George and Mildred’ give laughs aplenty

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 August 1979 · page 15

‘George and Mildred’, the Theatre Royal’s latest production, is another in the line of television comedy shows extended to the stage. And like the others its…

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A crescendo of concerts

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 August 1979 · page 15

It has been one of those weeks in which most musicians seem to have been publicly active somewhere. As befits a metropolis,…

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THEATRE Trapped in the System

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 August 1979 · page 14

Bureaucrat haters will love “The Department,” the second of Williamson’s plays to be presented by the Q…

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Basket Ball

Le Courrier Australien · Saturday 1 September 1979 · page 18

Au cours de la troisième rencontre de la phase retour de la Coupe intercontinentale de basket-ball, qui disputait lundi 20 août, à Mexico,…

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Student theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 September 1979 · page 15

The two one-act plays presented recently by Jewish students from the University of New England at…

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Ferry dance for Zionist groups

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 September 1979 · page 17

Disappointing weather failed to dampen the spirits of more than 150 Jewish youth who participated in the recent Zionist Youth Council (ZYC) ferry dance…

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