Reviews Forget Thebes, Let’s Dance Syemour Centre Antigone by Sophocles The Bacchae by Euripedes Director: Phillip Kier Production: Seymour Student Theatre
Tharunka · Monday 21 March 1983 · page 32
According to the director “our interpretation may horrify the purists, but it will be exciting theatre”. All the excitement must be in…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The Sentimental Bloke Q Theatre, Penrith Directors: D Warburton & A. Dicks Student Concessions given
Tharunka · Monday 21 March 1983 · page 32
The Sentimental Bloke is the first production in the Q Theatre’s 1983 Subscription season. It will be presented in the new Q2, which will be…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The Money or the Box? Parade Theatre Director: Nick Enright Cast: 3rd Year NIDA
Tharunka · Monday 21 March 1983 · page 31
A romping, raging rove through Australia as it appeared in the last decade of the Menzses’ government. It’s alive, vivacious, funny, saurical…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →“Get Up, Stand Up”. Peter Tosh Concert
Tharunka · Monday 21 March 1983 · page 26
At last a concert by an overseas band that matches up to all the advertising hype which usually only produces that anti-climactic ripped…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Youth Scene Orchestra for Moriah likely
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 March 1983 · page 26
Moriah College would like to see a permanent orchestra or band established, principal Lionel Link said this week. Moriah values music…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Out of B’ball European Cup
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 March 1983 · page 28
JERUSALEM: The Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team is out of the European Cup for the first…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Theatre Times Making light of Chekhov to win at the boxoffice
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 March 1983 · page 21
There has always been humor in Chekhov, though the overwhelmingly dominant mood is sombre, contemplative. Uncle Vanya, perhaps not his best play, but certainly…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Peking Opera Theatre
Tribune · Wednesday 30 March 1983 · page 12
Full marks to the performers of the Peking Opera Theatre now touring Australia to mark the 10th anniversary of our…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Theatre Times Imaginative
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 March 1983 · page 21
Dionysus points out that some subeditorial gremlin changed a key word in his review of…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Youth Scene Home Ball Debs
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 March 1983 · page 22
More than 500 guests watched 20 debutantes being presented by Matron of Honor, Railea…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Theatre Times ‘Classic’s’ timely message needs some “restoration...”
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 March 1983 · page 16
The Sydney Theatre Company rightly includes in its repertoire “classics” and the current offering in this department is The Way of the World, William…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Funny Stories Ensemble Theatre Milson’s Point Directed by: Mike Mullins Performed by: Funny Stories Reviewed by: Penelope Richardson
Tharunka · Monday 4 April 1983 · page 34
Total darkness. Time enough for the audience e to pick their noses and get settled. Raucous laughter and nothing has happened yet. Funny Stories takes this vein…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Brothers leading b'ball cahllenge
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 April 1983 · page 24
Brothers Warren and Bradley Rosen, are expected to spearhead NSW’s challenge for basketball honors at the 2nd Australian Maccabi Junior Carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Theatre Tiems Bitter lesson from South African play
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 April 1983 · page 16
Despite the old show business adage, “if you have a message, send it by Western Union”, South African Athol Fugard’s drama, A Lesson From Aloes, now playing the Phillip St Theatre, is thoroughly recommended…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sydney Et Sa Vie Artistique La Sydney Dance Company
Le Courrier Australien · Sunday 10 April 1983 · page 14
Enrichie de quelques nouveaux éléments parmi lesquels de remarquables transfuges de ('Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company a présenté…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Theatre Times Jewish writer’s love “affair” with bookshop is a “sheer joy”
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 April 1983 · page 28
It doesn’t worry Dionysus orie bit if we’re thought to echo overseas critics from time to time. After all, great minds do…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Castanet virtuosa in Perth concert debut
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 April 1983 · page 29
Australian music lovers are in for a treat this week when Deanna Blacher becomes the first Spanish dancer and castanet virtuosa to appear as soloist with the West Australian Symphony…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →THEATRE Times: Ira Levin Thriller!
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 April 1983 · page 17
More often a venue for plays of social significance or at least of esoteric value, the Ensemble tonight (April 21) turns to what promises to be sheer escapist entertainment with Ira Levin’s Veronica’s Room…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Theatre “tour”
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 April 1983 · page 37
A theatre lover’s tour of the world organised by Paxton’s Travel and led by well-known Jewish…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Matza ball contest for Yeshiva youth
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 April 1983 · page 9
More than 2,000 Sydney children participated in this year’s Matza ball…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →