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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1989

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A rich year of theatre THEATRE

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 January 1989 · page 13

THE BICENTENARY may not have spawned any great Australian plays, but theatrically it was a rich, diverse year in which…

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They had a (masked) ball at the Carnival Ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 January 1989 · page 25

DRESS AT the 56th Australian Maccabi Carnival masked ball varied from formal wear to opennecked shirts and sports trousers…

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Carnival story in pictures

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 January 1989 · page 25

BREAKFAST... Victorian tennis player Samantha Hall is served pancakes during the 56th Carnival breakfast in the Hakoah Club where interstate and overseas competitors met NSW team members during a novel “official” welcome and “get-to-know-you” function. ALL IN the family... three generations of the York family were involved in the organisation of the 56th Carnival and…

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Bush dance for all city slickers

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 January 1989 · page 16

A CITY slickers’ bush dance is being planned by a group of Jewish youth for next week and will feature Australian bush band…

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Rosen stars for NSW as Yanks win b’ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 January 1989 · page 26

DIMINUTIVE Sydney basketbailer Bradley Rosen can pack his bags for Israel and the 13th Maccabi Games following his brilliant…

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Carnival pictures

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 25

PHOTOGRAPHS taken during the 7th Junior Carnival will be available on Tuesday, January 17, from 7.30pm in the Hakoah…

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More carnival pictures

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 28

Deep in thought, Steven Groffman (Qld) and Simon Schwarz (NSW), during the final of the 7th Australian Maccabi Junior Carnival chess in the Hakoah Club. Queensland won 2-1 in extra boards after the scores were tied 6-all. The US tennis team which competed in the 56th Australian Maccabi Carnival at the Maccabi Courts was coach Bill…

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A Dream Flay is fascinating theatre THEATRE

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 12

AUGUST STRINDBERG’S A Dream Play, in the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, was last seen in this city in a powerful,…

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Arts and Entertainment Viewing women from within THEATRE

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 12

LIVERPUDLIAN Willy Russell, who came late to the profession of playwright via hairdressing, folk singing, song writing and…

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Concert De Musique Francaise

Le Courrier Australien · Wednesday 18 January 1989 · page 9

Quel meilleur prélude au bicentenaire la Révolution française que le concert que donnera le chef d'orchestre Louis Frémeaux, avec l'Australian Youth Orchestra,…

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Big River, big boxoffice Musical Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 January 1989 · page 26

IF HER Majesty’s Theatre manager Don McPhee had told us advance bookings for Big River were anything but “very…

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At less than his best Williamson still draws Theatre Peter Morrison

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 January 1989 · page 24

AUSTRALIA’S most prolific and successful playwright (a phrase which has become almost part of his name) is still David…

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Chazanut concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 January 1989 · page 8

I would just like to clarify a few points in the report by David Brown on the Chazanut concert. Firstly, he seemed to omit the…

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Acerbic wit THEATRE

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 22

BETTER KNOWN as an actor (and a very good one too — to witness her recent success in Serious Money), Kerry Walker…

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A young playwright to watch THEATRE

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 22

ANDREW BOVELL was born in Kalgoorlie, took his arts degree in Perth and headed for the bigger smoke of Melbourne and a career…

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Arts and Entertainment Poland’s Jewish Theatre plans to tour Australia

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 21

POLAND’S State Jewish Theatre will tour Australia for two weeks later this year and will give four performances in…

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Folk Centre hosts Polish Jewish Theatre man

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 February 1989 · page 29

THE DIRECTOR of Poland’s State Jewish Theatre Szymon in Poland today at the Jewish Szurmiej will speak on Jewish life…

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Deft touch in new show Theatre Peter Morrison

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 February 1989 · page 23

BRISTOL-BORN entertainer Glynn Nicholas, now more or less a resident in Australia (and that’s a decided plus for us), starts his…

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One of Ayckbourn’s best Theatre Peter Morrison

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 February 1989 · page 23

PRODUCER-director Peter Williams' not always delicate touch is perfectly apt for this new production of one of the prolific Alan…

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Arts and Entertainment Music out in the open Music Fred Blanks Symphony Under the Stars Australian Youth Orchestra Pan-Pacific Music Camps

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 February 1989 · page 20

IT WAS old Pythagoras, familiar to us all because of his geometrical wisdom and his theory about transmigration of the soul, who…

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