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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1988

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YOUTH Home Ball debs

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 May 1988 · page 18

THE 1988 Centenary Sir Moses Montefiore Home Ball will be in the Sheraton Wentworth Hotel on Saturday, May 28. Six of the nine girls who will be presented to NSW Ombudsman David Landa are pictured here…

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Hectic concert schedule “holiday” for violinist

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 May 1988 · page 13

INTERNATIONALLY renowned violinist Mark Peskanov does not see himself as Russian, American or Jewish. According…

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Concerts without audiences

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 May 1988 · page 14

JUST AS there seem to be shopping centres which contain more shops than shoppers, so there are concerts with more performers…

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Spk Breathless(dance Mix)/breathless/wired for Sound

Tharunka · Monday 23 May 1988 · page 26

I’m agape (but not Breathless) that SPK still churn out crappy plastic Euro-disco pulp like this, especially with their previous…

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YOUTH Home Ball debs

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 May 1988 · page 22

THE 1988 Centenary Sir Moses Montefiore Home Ball will be in the Sheraton-Wentworth Hotel on Saturday. Four of the ten girls who will be presented to NSW Ombudsman David Landa are pictured here…

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Arts and Entertainment a Talent Too Little Seen Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 May 1988 · page 15

ONE of the surprises and delights of Sydney theatre in 1983 was Warwick Moss’s Down an…

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My Fair Lady Still the Fairest of Them All Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 June 1988 · page 20

THE GENRE Broadway musical reached its zenith in 1956 when those two Yiddishe boys, Lerner (lyrics) and Loewe (music), gave…

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Educating Rita Phillip St Theatre

Tharunka · Monday 6 June 1988 · page 30

Educating Rita, Willy Russell's unforgettable social comedy, is a delight to read as well as watch. The Phillip St production brings out many…

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Unsuitable For Adults Belvoir St Theatre

Tharunka · Monday 6 June 1988 · page 30

Well worth your hard-earned dollar this one. Written, surprisingly enough, by a man, US F A provides an incisive view into women in the 80’s…

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Late Night Cabaret Bay St Theatre

Tharunka · Monday 6 June 1988 · page 30

Well, it's late, late, late cabaret and I like the time and the mellow venue, but hell, they couldn't serve me a cup of coffee and the beer was warm. Dispensible…

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Baskett-ball

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 June 1988 · page 23

Le CSP Limoges est devenu champion de France de basket-ball en battant Cholet par 86 à 79 lors de la finale retour disputée à Cholet le dimanche 15 mai…

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The Dybbuk as dance

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 10 June 1988 · page 15

HE WAS SITTING,in the middle of the large hall at Jerusalem’s Binyenei Ha’uma, wearing a black T-shirt and faded jeans,…

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Pictures on Family Trees

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 10 June 1988 · page 14

BONDI ARTIST Camille Fox has designed a space-saving idea for storing family photographs; she creates family trees…

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Theatre L’eloignement a La Gaite-montparnasse

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 June 1988 · page 22

C'est le lendemain de la Générale. Pendant deux heures, Pierre Arditi nous fait vivre les angoisses de l'auteur dramatique: Sa pièce a-t-elle touché? Les…

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The Rise and Rise of Marian Street Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 17 June 1988 · page 15

The Northside Theatre Company (at the Marian Street, Killara) continues on its successful way under the direction of John…

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THEATRE Timewarp

Tharunka · Monday 20 June 1988 · page 27

Timewarp has been extensively advertised as combining the talents of Aboriginal actor Ernie Dingo and ex-PM Gough Whitlam. I have to…

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Band of the Week

Tharunka · Monday 20 June 1988 · page 26

Various Sydney Bands. This is a compilation album of new bands recorded in the 2JJJ studies. The bands featured include The Guns,…

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Dinkum Assorted Sydney Theatre Company

Tharunka · Monday 20 June 1988 · page 27

Drama Theatre, Opera House I really enjoyed this production. It was lightweight, true... and somewhat fragmented, but not…

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Jacqueline du Pre' Memorial; Concert

Tharunka · Monday 20 June 1988 · page 30

Sydney Town Hall, Wednesday 3rd August This concert is being given by eight outstanding Australian…

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SPOTLIGHT/ARTS Capital orchestra gets independence

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 June 1988 · page 15

AFTER TWO YEARS without a musical director, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra wilj be getting a new one next season. American…

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