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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1985

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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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THEATRE History repeating itself

Tribune · Wednesday 11 September 1985 · page 11

Although Rocks Players' latest production, Louis Esson's The Time is Not Yet Ripe, was first performed in…

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Film & Theatre Festival Hits

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 September 1985 · page 59

Although there were a number of disappointments at this year's Israel Festival, 90,000 of the 120,000 tickets printed were sold and people flocked to Israel's capital for the diverse cultural offerings. The week-long-Jerusalem Film Festival at the Cinematheque also drew…

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Theatre facilities for disabled demanded

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 September 1985 · page 5

The head of Israel’s roof organization for the disabled, Zipora Brun, has called on Tel Aviv Mayor Shlomo Lahat to go ahead with the…

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Theatre Times Mixed feelings about Moliere play

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 September 1985 · page 22

There are touches of brilliance in the Australian Nouveau Theatre’s production of Moliere’s The Misanthrope, presented by the Sydney Theatre Company at The Wharf…

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THEATRE Iron ore musical

Tribune · Wednesday 18 September 1985 · page 11

The West Australian Trades and Labor Council's Theatre Group is currently touring eleven different centres…

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Theatre to appeal ban on play

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 September 1985 · page 20

HAIFA. - The director of the Haifa Municipal Theatre said that he intends to appeal the Film and Play Censorship Board’s ban on a new…

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Theatre Times Scots play another hit for Q

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 September 1985 · page 17

Doreen Warburton’s Q Theatre, Penrith, delighted with its previous production, J.B. Priestley’s Eden End, and they’ve done it again with a rediscovered drama about family life in…

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THEATRE Phallocentric look at male prostitution Rents by Michael Wilcox, directed by Egil Kipste, Universal Theatre, Victoria St, Fitzroy, (03) 419:3777, until October 6

Tribune · Wednesday 25 September 1985 · page 11

Rents, a new British play by Michael Wilcox, opened at the Universal Theatre, Fitzroy, on September…

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Theatre Times Comedy triumph at Northside

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 September 1985 · page 13

John Krummel, artistic director of the Northside Theatre Company, Marian…

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The Club Written by David Williamson Phillip Street Theatre Mon. to Fri. 11 a.m. Wed, Fri, Sat, 8 p.m. Playing until 19th October

Tharunka · Monday 30 September 1985 · page 26

The best thing about a Williamson play, other than the fact that he is a contemporary Australian writer, is that his characterisation is so brilliantly and viciously accurate. This one is certainly no…

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CHINA New themes emerging on Chinese theatre scene

Tribune · Wednesday 2 October 1985 · page 10

The Chinese theatrical scene has, in the last few months, been enlivened by the creation of a whole series of…

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THEATRE Mary Stuart no! Maria Stuarda si! Mary StuartMaria Stuarda, a Carnivale 85 production playing at the Studio Theatre at The Wharf. September 14 to October 12. Check Wharf Theatre for times of Italian and English productions (they alternate) on 250.1700

Tribune · Wednesday 2 October 1985 · page 11

Regular Tribune readers may recall a review of a book called Woman at War by Darcia Maraini in last…

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THEATRE Biko lives on The Biko Inquest, a play by Jon Blair and Norman Fenton, at New Theatre, 542 King St Newtown (Sydney), Fri and Sat at 8.15 pm, Sun 5.30 pm until November 9

Tribune · Wednesday 2 October 1985 · page 11

The New Theatre decided last year that The Biko Inquest was an important production which deserved a run…

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Presidents Had a Ball!

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 October 1985 · page 1

Presidents of the four western and southern synagogues were jubilant at the success of the first combined ball in the Maccabean Hall last Saturday when more thah 250 people attended from Bankstown, Strathfield, Parramatta and…

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Theatre Imes Rare chance for top GBS

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 October 1985 · page 13

Opportunities to see George Bernard Shaw well acted and professionally produced are rare in this town. On that ground alone,…

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The festivals of water and dance David Geffen looks at Succot and Simhat Tora traditions, past and present. Photos of the celebrations at Kfar Habad by Joel Fishman

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 October 1985 · page 15

THE WAIL of a clarinet split the early morning silence. The sound flew from the open window and reverberated off the Jerusalem stone…

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THEATRE Topp Twins tell it like it is

Tribune · Wednesday 9 October 1985 · page 10

The Topp Twins are, at the moment, half way through their first, brief Australian tour. After a successful series of shows in…

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News Report Hussein sets the ball rolling

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 October 1985 · page 2

IN THE SHORT RUN, Israel’s daring aerial strike against PLO headquarters in Tunisia has certainly set back the latest U.S. diplomatic…

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Theatre Imes Timely revival of Williamson’s Club

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 October 1985 · page 16

The ebullient Mr Williams was not unaware, either, of the fact that The Club, all about boardroom politics in sport, was on students’ study lists…

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