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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1981

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Moving Pictures 1

Filmnews · Thursday 1 January 1981 · page 8

A program of Ave short films funded by the Women's Film Fund is being presented under the title Moving Pictures, and will run at the Opera House Cinema for two…

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Films Francais Au National Film Theatre

Le Courrier Australien · Thursday 1 January 1981 · page 8

Trois films français de haute qualité font partie du programme janvier-mars 1981 du "National Film Theatre" (NFT)…

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It was varied theatre fare in 1980 Theatre Times

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 January 1981 · page 11

“Best of the year” lists are a trap. Comparisons don’t have to be odious, but they are rarely valid,…

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Audience sits in judgement Theatre Times

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 January 1981 · page 9

At the Nimrod Downstairs, the audience sits like a jury facing the one-man cast of Barry…

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Concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 January 1981 · page 5

The Yeshiva will present a concert by Israeli singing and music duo the Megama Duo in March…

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New Theatre

Tribune · Wednesday 21 January 1981 · page 14

As a long-standing, active member of New Theatre and a former office-bearer, I assure the many loyal supporters that many…

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Wrublewski ends b’ball leadership

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 January 1981 · page 15

Michael Wrublewski will not seek re-election as president of Maccabi Basketball Club at its annual meeting next week…

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Theatre Times Tribute to O’casey

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 January 1981 · page 9

from under our feet and we were sliding rapidly into the much more congenial ambience of…

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Brave theatre of heroes

Tribune · Wednesday 28 January 1981 · page 10

The Liberation of Skopje is a strangely effective combination of lyric poetic beauty and stark, bitter reality, it combines the…

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Moving Pictures

Filmnews · Sunday 1 February 1981 · page 9

Moving Pictures, a program of five films produced, directed and crewed by a selection of Sydney film-makers, commenced on January 24 at the Opera…

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prama at the Opera! Theatre Times

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 February 1981 · page 13

One of the most pleasing aspects of the Summer Season of Australian Opera…

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Hakoah Concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 February 1981 · page 16

Barry Crocker and Jewish actor, John Bluthal will be among top entertainers at a Gala Evening…

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Eerste concert van de planist Gerard Willems in Sydney

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 13 February 1981 · page 2

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Dance Group’s Festival Show

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 February 1981 · page 22

The Belleli National Dancers performed Israeli songs and dances before an audience estimated at 4000 during this year’s Festival of Sydney. It was the third time the song and dance…

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Tiny killara theatre but many bedroom laughs Theatre Imes

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 February 1981 · page 16

A Bedfull of Foreigners (and yes, that is the spelling as per program), is a fast-paced, laughmaking…

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Theatre hits a purple patch

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 February 1981 · page 16

Sydney Theatre has not been all ioy in recent weeks, witn some highly creative ventures, but…

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Chamber groups in concert on North Shore

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 February 1981 · page 17

Two chamber music groups will join the North Shore Synagogue’s cantor, Rabbi…

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dance fri

Tharunka · Tuesday 3 March 1981 · page 15

Rockabilly, Sixties Boogie, R&B, New Wave, New Wave Rockabilly. These are some of the labels hung on the ModeI Husbands. “Punks call us Country and…

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LIFT Theatre Each Day

Tharunka · Tuesday 3 March 1981 · page 14

Library Tours 1 - a.m. and 2 p.m. Guided Tours and Free Recreation. P.E.R.C. 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Information Centre. Ground Floor,…

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Theatre Reviews Hee Bee Gee Bees

Tharunka · Tuesday 3 March 1981 · page 23

Following the success of the visit of the Cambridge University Footlights to Australia last March with “An Evening Without. . . ” the Oxford University…

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