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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1985

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The Arts Trading with evil THEATRE

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 August 1985 · page 19

THE CAMERI Theatre has opened the new season with a play which seems intended as its highlight for 1985-86. Kastner by Motti Lerner is…

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Theatre Times Top rate production of Priestley play

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 August 1985 · page 14

J.B. Priestley died last year; his very name, to those who were not familiar with the best of his writing, is redolent of musty Victoriana — dullsville…

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Theatre Times Director and cast top in Fiddler triumph

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 August 1985 · page 19

As Australia’s own Tevye, Hayes Gordon, is wont to say, a critic is not to know and indeed cannot know where lies the line (if there is one) between the contribution to a performance of…

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Youth Aliya’s Sunday Concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 August 1985 · page 22

Five Hebrew and religious education centres will compete for the Harold and Olga Nagley drama trophy at a concert on Sunday…

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Pussies Exuberant Burlesque and Bloodshed at the Stables Theatre

Tharunka · Monday 19 August 1985 · page 37

Reviews The eminent Griffin Theatre Company have set the crass cheerfulness of simple country folk…

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Theatre Times Nida’s Greeks bring welcome gifts

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 August 1985 · page 15

We have only one regret about Nida’s finalyear student production of John Barton’s trilogy, The Greeks; we were able to see only one of the plays, The Murders…

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Tes Concert Success

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 August 1985 · page 19

The Hakoah Club’s King David Room was packed to overflowing when The Emanuel School (TES) presented its first…

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THEATRE Dying in the shadows The Shadow Box, a play by Michael Cristofer. At the Ensemble Rep Theatre, 269 Miller St, Nth Sydney

Tribune · Wednesday 28 August 1985 · page 11

Sydney theatre is. at the moment ablaze with activity, most of which unfortunately one can live without seeing. A major…

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THEATRE Jigsaws of gay lives It's Not a Stage I'm Going Through, Gay Actors Ensemble. Directed by Rob Meldrum, devised by the Ensemble

Tribune · Wednesday 28 August 1985 · page 11

It's not a Stage I'm Going Through is an amalgamation of the stories of gay and lesbian lives. In this respect it…

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US dance company

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 August 1985 · page 14

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre troupe…

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Theatre Times Alvin’s show full of life

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 August 1985 · page 14

Last time we saw a dance company at the Entertainment Centre it was the Australian Ballet in what proved to be little short of a disastrous performance of Sleeping Beauty…

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Sporting Times Tennis coach on ball as Israel moves to 2nd Davis Cup final

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 August 1985 · page 23

A prediction made at White City tennis courts last December wiil come true in October when Israel meets Great Britain in the European Zone B Davis Cup final…

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Youth Scene Nagley concert cup to P’matta

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 August 1985 · page 12

Parramatta Synagogue Talmud Torah won the Olgar and Harold Nagley trophy at the annual youth concert sponsored by Youth Aliyah and the…

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THEATRE Community theatre and radical theatre

Tribune · Wednesday 4 September 1985 · page 10

Adios Cha Cha, which opened in Sydney last Friday (see review this issue) is the latest in a long line of community-based…

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THEATRE Misanthrope doesn't miss

Tribune · Wednesday 4 September 1985 · page 11

The Australian Nouveau Theatre (Anthill) production of Misanthrope. Presented by the Sydney Theatre…

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THEATRE Sidetrack's Show of Strength

Tribune · Wednesday 4 September 1985 · page 11

Adios Cha Cha, a show of strength, made in Marrickville by Sidetrack Theatre, now playing at the Performance…

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Sidetrack Theatre and Adios Cha Cha

Tribune · Wednesday 4 September 1985 · page 10

Sidetrack Theatre was formed in August 1979 by playwright Graham Pitts and director Don…

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THEATRE Lighting up the Red Shed

Tribune · Wednesday 4 September 1985 · page 11

The Kid by Michael Gow. Presented by On the Beach at the Red Shed, corner 'Card well and Angus Sts, Adelaide. Reviewed…

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Detour for dance

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 September 1985 · page 16

The internationally acclaimed Australian Dance Theatre opens its Sydney season, Detours, at the Footbridge Theatre this week. Detours is the first…

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Theatre Times Webber-Rice hit by Moriah

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 September 1985 · page 16

Following the huge success of Wizos Fiddler On The Roof production, Moriah College students will stage Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s first big hit, Joseph…

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