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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1982

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“All Theatre Is Absurd”

Tharunka · Wednesday 11 August 1982 · page 24

When you see The Bald Prima Donna, you may be disappointed to discover there are no bald prima donnas in the play at all. There is,…

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Dance Group

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 August 1982 · page 24

By public demand, the Calanit Dance Group will lead Sunday night folk dancing at Shalom…

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Theatre Times Absent friends, present laughs

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 August 1982 · page 25

Damien Parker, whom we last saw and admired in The Corn Is Green (at the Bondi Pavilion), scores again in another plum role in Absent Friends at…

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Cantorial concert sets tone for Hineni “year”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 August 1982 · page 10

This Saturday, August 14, will be the start of a busy period of…

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Theatre Times Parlor “Stripper”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 August 1982 · page 17

We have only one reservation about the Sydney Theatre Company’s new musical production, The Stripper, which opens on August 25. The credits are packed…

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Theatre Time Powerful play should make boxoffice music

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 August 1982 · page 21

Duet For One, a powerful drama for two players, should make boxoffice music at the Marian Street Theatre, which sorely needs it. The piece is by Tom…

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THEATRE.... An Ethereal Attack on Ghost Sonata

Tharunka · Tuesday 31 August 1982 · page 20

Ghost Sonata is, by all accounts, a riveting drama of things. Lots of things happen and lots of people do them. A…

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The Toyo Kogyo band And the Unimate robots

Tribune · Wednesday 1 September 1982 · page 8

The robots on the spot-welding line at the Toyo Kogyo (Mazda) factory in Hiroshima work methodically, attacking their prey with precision and without feeling, as they weld the metal shells of cars soon-to-be…

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Theatre Times Father and Son in an Ensemble “Mass” Hit

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 September 1982 · page 17

We cannot remember having previously seen a father and son in a two-handed play; nor can we remember such sustained and enthusiastic applause at the Ensemble Theatre as acclaimed the undoubted success…

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Premier Wran opent Carnivale tijdens openlucht concert

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 3 September 1982 · page 3

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Moriah College Wins New T-ball Tourney

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 September 1982 · page 24

A Moriah College team has won the Waverley Baseball Association’s T-ball competition. T-ball is baseball without a pitcher and is for players…

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Concert to help Lebanon

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 September 1982 · page 15

Internationally renowned Australian-Lebanese pianist, Geoffrey Saba, will give a benefit concert for Lebanon…

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Belleli’s concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 September 1982 · page 22

The Belleli National Dancers recently presented a variety cabaret for a capacity crowd at the Hakoah…

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“Spy” Orchestra Is Now Silent

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 September 1982 · page 39

The recent death in Jerusalem of Leopold Trepper, leader of the famous Red Orchestra,…

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Theatre Times “Indians” — One of New’s Best!

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 September 1982 · page 17

The New Theatre’s production of Arthur Kopit’s Indians is one of the best we’ve seen at the…

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Young pianist’s Hakoah concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 September 1982 · page 16

Talented young Sydney Jewish pianist, Diana Baker, 23, will give a special concert at the Hakoah Club, on October 16 with brilliant classical…

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Theatre Times Award show coming soon

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 September 1982 · page 16

Our invitation to Holy Occasion was for September 22, and our absence saved us the…

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Theatre Times No great shakes, but the Bard could laugh

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 September 1982 · page 17

The fact that the libretto is based on The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV gives us the right to talk about Verdi’s Falstaff without, we hope,…

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MUSIC Concerts off beaten track

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 September 1982 · page 17

Every one of my four concerts last week led me off the beaten musical…

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No Loans Concert

Tharunka · Monday 27 September 1982 · page 2

Last week the Loans Campaign became a social occasion as the S.U. staged a No Loans Concert in the University Bar. Entry was by showing…

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