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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1981

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Night of Sheer Joy Theatre Times

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 August 1981 · page 17

It may well be a subjective judgement, but we found the Ensemble’s current (and…

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Raising the fund: Dinner-dance and old junk

Tribune · Wednesday 26 August 1981 · page 15

Some 300 supporters celebrated Tribune's 58th anniversary at a dinner-dance in Melbourne last week. The Press…

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Tent City concert and rally

Tribune · Wednesday 26 August 1981 · page 14

Tent City: August 30, 12 noon. Hyde Park Sth. Entertainment by The Ratbags of Rhythm, The Agents…

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Armchair travel was dance theme

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 August 1981 · page 26

Television soap opera stars, Warren Blondell and Paul Mangioni were among the 260 people who…

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A fair go for theatre-goers

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 August 1981 · page 21

Elsewhere, attention has been drawn to a substantial increase in the price of programs at the Opera House, which prompts us to suggest to any theatre managements who may be listening, that, generally,…

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'Cloud Nine' at Nimrod is a high-flying laugh Theatre Times

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 August 1981 · page 21

The Nimrod has put together what has become known as its company of players in a…

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The Ecure the Cure Capitol Theatre, Saturday August 8th, 1981

Tharunka · Monday 31 August 1981 · page 19

Local band, the Systematics finally got their big time band support gig having answered a live bid via Chanel 7’s Sounds that morning. A very short set with…

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WOMEN in rock Women in Rock Or: Dorothy in the Land of Oz OR: It’s a Long Way to the Top - If You’re Not a Band Mole!

Tharunka · Monday 31 August 1981 · page 20

If it’s wet drink it! If it’s green — smoke it! If it moves - fuck it! If it doesn’t move — put it in the truck!…

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Women under the Microscope... Theatre Times

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 September 1981 · page 21

"The end-product will doubtless be controversial”, says the “producer’s note” in the…

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Concentration camp pictures for TV movie

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 September 1981 · page 12

JOHANNESBURG, (JCNS): Photographs of queues of Nazi concentration camp inmates in Dachau and Auschwitz taken during the last few months of the Second World War by air crews of the South African Air Force’s 60 Squadron…

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‘Elephant Man’ — mammoth task for Ensemble stage Theatre Times

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 September 1981 · page 21

Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant Man (Ensemble, directed by Hayes Gordon) is a play…

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reviews Pin Ball Winter Dream Beat Heart

Tharunka · Tuesday 15 September 1981 · page 30

“PINBALL” Having never written a review on any subject, I approached this with a fair amount of…

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Clubs and Societies Drama Macquarie Student Theatre Visits— Non-stop Connolly Show in the Bar

Tharunka · Tuesday 15 September 1981 · page 32

On September 30th, October 1st and 2nd, Dramac, the Student Theatre group from Macquarie University, will be presenting a rehearsal reading of John…

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Heart to revitalise Marian Theatre Times

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 September 1981 · page 25

The Marian St Theatre, [?]illara after a period of [?]erses, seems to be [?]k on the rails with…

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Sunday Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 September 1981 · page 59

The Sidetrack Theatre, educational arm of the Ensemble Thatre will star in a “Sunday Season of…

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Theatre Workshop's farce and comedy is a double bill Theatre Times

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 September 1981 · page 59

The University of Sydney Theatre Workshop’s double bill at the Seymour Centre…

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Ashkenazy leads 1982 ABC's concert line-up

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 September 1981 · page 55

Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy heads an impressive list of major concert artists coming to Australia next year to participate in the Australian Broadcasting Commission’s 50th anniversary concert series…

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Polish Variety Concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 September 1981 · page 63

Four well-known Polish singers will appear in a special concert at the Sydney Opera House on…

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Baxter Ball Baxter Ball Would You Believe?

Tharunka · Wednesday 30 September 1981 · page 28

A quiet afternoon. With the exception of an occasional cockroach, the Tharunka offices were abandoned. Not an editor in sight, and the afternoon was dragging on,…

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telegram to a friend I Sent a Letter to My Love Studio Sydney (Professional) at The Wayside Theatre, Kings Cross

Tharunka · Wednesday 30 September 1981 · page 31

I Sent a Letter To My Love is the latest in a series of critically acclaimed shows which “Studio Sydney” has presented…

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