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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts
175 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 9
Picture the office of an established newspaper in Sydney's western suburbs. Add a new owner, in the form of one…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Pack of Women, devised and staged by Robyn Archer, is rightly packing ’em in at the Seymour Centre’s Downstairs venue, a concrete and steel…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →“Morning’s at Seven” is a line from the familiar Robert Browning poem which ends “God’s in His Heaven — All’s right with the world.”…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →L'équipe de France s'est qualifiée pour (es championnats d'Europe qui doivent avoir lieu en septembre prochain en R.D.A. Grèce à leurs victoires…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The skills of violinist Martin Silverton will be used to interpret traditional Jewish melodies in this year’s Australian Chassidic Song Festival…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Present Laughter, written in 1939 but not performed (because of the war) until 1943, was one of the best pieces Noel Coward ever wrote, the witty,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Max Gillies plus Phil Scott in A Night Of National Reconciliation at the Kinsella Theatre Restaurant is an even better show than when we reviewed it following opening night some weeks ago…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Sydney Morning Herald critic H.G. Kippax has roundly condemned the Sydney Theatre Company’s new offering at the Opera House Drama Theatre, The Portage To San Cristobal of…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Rarely could performers have had a more welcoming audience than the hundreds which packed the Sir John Clancy Auditorium at the University of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Peter Greenaway was in Australia in June and his film The Draughtsman's Contract opened both the Melbourne and Sydney film festivals. It is now screening at the Dendy Cinema in Sydney, other states later. Two retrospective sessions of his earlier films were shown in the Sydney Festival…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The combined B’nai B’rith youth concert, held recently at the B’nai B’rith Centre, attracted more than 200 people aged between 14 and 30. Sun-Herald columnist and television compere, Donnie…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A play which aroused the ire of Melbourne’s Jewish community when it was first shown there in 1979 is the forthcoming production at the Marian Street Theatre, Killara…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →"Les estivants" de Gorki n'ont rien pour séduire le public de ta Comédie française. La mise en scène M. Jacques Lassalle a beau s'évertuer…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →For those seeking experiences in “alternative theatre”, and there is plenty of it about, a visit on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Trafford Tanzi, by Claire Luckham, is, unlike marriage, something to be entered into lightly. Described in prenublicity as “a battle of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →At first glance the tantalizing by-line 'a battle of the sexes' seems an indication of innovative! theatre, staged as it is in a simulated wrestling! The prospect of a fresh-faced Trafford Tanzi…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →From the intimate space of the Wayside Theatre, George B. SHAW'S smash comedy Candida is a sure success. Set in a parson's office Candida concerns the conflict between artistic…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Noel Coward's Present Laughter is a classical [play: it has the ability to be interpreted by [successive generations without losing its capacity to entertain…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Back in 1975 music industry ideologues brought down a statutory hearing on Iggy Pop — he was hailed as the godfather of punk. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →In Duty Bound (Marian St Theatre) is that early play by Ron (Einstein) Elisha which raised such a ruckus in the Melbourne community…
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