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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1984

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Theatre

Tharunka · Tuesday 8 May 1984 · page 21

SO, YOU WANT TO BE A THEATRE CRITIC? Tharunka’s office is in the Student Union, which is on the next floor above the bar. Almost every week we recieve complimentary theatre tickets to every new show…

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Sports Basket-ball

Le Courrier Australien · Thursday 10 May 1984 · page 16

L'équipe de Villeurbanne a remporté de 1 point (88 à 87) la finale la Coupe de France qu'elle disputait, samedi 31 mars, à Grenoble,…

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Theatre Times Sydney Theatre’s Ibsen play winner

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 May 1984 · page 13

Henrik Ibsen’s 1877protest play The Pillars of Society has been given a superbly handsome production (designer: John Stoddart) by the Sydney Theatre…

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Theatre Times New-look Ensemble opens with comedy

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 May 1984 · page 12

While continuing (with its re-presentation of the comedy hit Caravan) at the Opera House Playhouse, Hayes Gordon’s Ensemble has reopened its rebuilt Milson’s Point theatre with Simon Gray’s whimsical…

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Theatre Sydney Critic Raves About “Two” Well-wrought forces of the power of Two Two By Bon Elisha Marian Street Theatre Sydney

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 May 1984 · page 12

THIS is without qualification one of the best plays written in Australia in recent years…

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Theatre Times Enchanting Onegin ballet

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 May 1984 · page 22

The opening night of the Australian Ballet’s Onegin (Opera House) was enchanting and somehow surpassed our warm memories of earlier stagings of this…

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MUSIC Virtuosity from Sydney concerts

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 May 1984 · page 23

There is often a strained relationship between virtuosity and musicianship: showing off brilliance in performing does not generally tie in well with…

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“Pictures” now tell state of a business

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 May 1984 · page 16

The saying that a picture is worth a thousand words is moving itself in business. Financial institutions and professional…

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Theatre Times Having ‘fun’ with the Melba legend

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 May 1984 · page 20

Jack Hibberd, best known for Dimboola, delivered himself of A Toast To Melba back in 1975, and Sydney now has a chance to see this tongue-in-cheek potpourri of an entertainment, loosely based on the life of Australia’s most famous daughter…

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CONCERT Varied program for IPO’s tour

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 May 1984 · page 21

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), the most prestigious of Israel’s musical companies, begins its third Australian tour for the ABC in July. Its Sydney concerts, at the…

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Games selectors at b’ball clash

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 May 1984 · page 28

Australian Maccabiah basketball selectors will watch the interstate clash between NSW Maccabi and Ajax Maccabi (Melbourne) in Sydney later this…

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Theatre Uk actor defends Shylock portrayal

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 May 1984 · page 21

LONDON: Controversy has surrounded the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of The Merchant of Venice which opened at Stratford-on-Avon last month. Ian McDiarmid, the stage…

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Theatre Times Who's afraid of Harold Pinter?

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 May 1984 · page 20

The enigmatic Harold Pinter cannot by any stretch of the imagination be called…

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Grote opkomst voor jubileum concert van "Sunrise Choir"

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 1 June 1984 · page 2

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tHEATRE a Sort of Chimera

Tharunka · Tuesday 5 June 1984 · page 19

A Sort of Chimera is a dynamic new Australian play, revolving around the interaction of three displaced human beings. “Three is the magic number”, and the play explores the eternal triangle at all points. The play throws together three characters: the proverbial dirty old man, the simple…

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Disco Dance on N. Shore

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 June 1984 · page 22

Rasiv, one ot the North Shore Synagogue’s youth movements, will celebrate its first anniversary with a…

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Theatre Times Riches galore

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 June 1984 · page 16

In a period so packed with theatrical opportunities, it has been impossible to cover everything…

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Top teams in b'ball clash

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 June 1984 · page 23

Sydney Jewish sporting fans are in for a feast of basketball this holiday weekend when NSW and Victorian teams clash at the Alexandria Stadium…

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Top cantor for Central concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 June 1984 · page 21

An evening of Jewish music featuring internationally renowned cantor, Moshe Stern will be staged on Saturday, July 7, at Central Synagogue…

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Melbourne choir for Sydney show CONCERT

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 June 1984 · page 19

The Hazomir (Nightingale) Choir of Melbourne, the only choir in the Southern Hemisphere devoted specifically to the promotion of Jewish folk songs, will give a…

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