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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1989

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La lettre de Paris d'EddyBatache THEATRE Henri IV, de Pirandello

Le Courrier Australien · Thursday 10 August 1989 · page 17

Au même titre que les chefs-d'oeuvre du théâtre classique, la pièce de Luigi Pirandello, Henri IV, n'a pas pris une ride. Il y a trente ans, les Parisiens découvraient cette oeuvre énimagtique grâce à Jean Vilar. Aujourd'hui, c'est Laurent Terzieff qui incame ce curieux personnage des années 20 qui, à la…

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Le concert Berlioz

Le Courrier Australien · Thursday 10 August 1989 · page 10

Pour l'Australie, l'événement musical la commémoration de la Révolution française aura été le concert Berlioz a été donné à Sydney, à Canberra…

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THEATRE Rough, tough play of our times Road by Jim Cartwright Ensemble Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 11 August 1989 · page 22

THE PROGRAM cover warns: “Road contains language that may offend.” The language is indeed raw, some of it extremely…

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Arts THEATRE Literate, warm and gentle The Best of Friends by Hugh Whitemore Northside Theatre Co at Marian Street

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 11 August 1989 · page 22

LAST WEEK I enthused inordinately about Geoffrey Rush’s performance in The Diary of a Madman at the Belvoir Theatre…

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Choral Music Novelty of brass and choir wore thin Sydney Philharmonia/Sydney Festival Brass Band Town Hall

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 11 August 1989 · page 23

PERHAPS IN an effort to attract a wider following for its concerts, Philharmonia music director John Grundy combined his choir…

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BALLET Bonus from SDC Cafe Sydney Dance Company Choreographed by Paul Mercurio and King Walker The Wharf Studio

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 11 August 1989 · page 22

NOT IN the Sydney Dance Company’s original 1989 season brochure, and not choreographed by supremo and genius of the…

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THEATRE Fun with Harold Harold in Italy

Tharunka · Monday 14 August 1989 · page 24

Sydney Theatre Company and One Extra Company. Drama Theatre, Opera House. I began about a play where strong reservations would be breaking into dance—even harder…

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Women in Theatre Director Jamelle Wills on Equus

Tharunka · Monday 14 August 1989 · page 27

Women theatre directors unfortunately and unwarrentedly are in the minority in the highly competitive world of commercial theatre. At UNSW there has been a reasonably strong representation of women in directorial and technical capacities in the student productions produced by NUTS. Continuing this tradition is. Jamelle wells who Tharunka interviewed…

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Down with dance-crazed freaks Robyn Hitchcock 'n' the Egyptians — Queen Elvis — A&M

Tharunka · Monday 14 August 1989 · page 23

WARNING this is not an album for dance-crazed freaks, so if that's you, you may as well go on to the next review. Anyway, to be quite honest, I picked up this record…

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Arts THEATRE Stunning anti-war “musical” Footsteps to the Moon by Paul Prescott Music by Rod Anderson Theatre Nepean Stage Two Company Bay Street Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 18 August 1989 · page 22

BILLED AS a smash hit musical direct from the 1988 Edinburgh Festival, Footsteps to the Moon is grim but compelling theatre,…

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L'chaim Life The Fiddler from Auschwitz Former Israeli Consul-General to Australia Dr Moshe Liba, a noted poet and artist, has recently published a poem in eight languages, including Yiddish and Ladino, on the experiences of Jack Yaacov Strumsa. From Salonika, Strumsa survived Auschwitz as first violinist of the camp orchestra. He now lives in Israel. In his foreword to the book, former Israeli president and present Education and Culture Minister Yitzhak Navon praises the work as one to be read by everyone “for the sake of learning and preserving our national heritage and the spirit of our tradition”

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 18 August 1989 · page 17

Every morning even when perchance there was no nightmare when I was not awakened…

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Carnaval Ball in Adelaide

Dutch Australian Weekly · Monday 21 August 1989 · page 13

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Theatre in the Boom Boom Room Studios Repertory Theatre

Tharunka · Monday 21 August 1989 · page 24

Once again, the emerging professional at the studios Repertory Theatre have turned out a good show. Chrissy, a go-go dancer, can’t help but evoke pathos with the story of her life…

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THEATRE In defence of Arthur Miller All My Sons by Arthur Miller Sydney Theatre Company at The Wharf

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 25 August 1989 · page 23

WHY, I have been rhetorically asking for years, don’t we see more major productions of plays from the cornucopia of modern…

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THEATRE Fun, national pride in first play The Currency Lass by Edward Geoghegan Q Theatre, Penrith

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 1 September 1989 · page 29

THANKS TO the Royal Court and Sydney Theatre Company, we recently saw an excellent production of The Recruiting…

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THEATRE Brave debut for new group Salome by Oscar Wilde Pasolini Playhouse at the Crossroads Theatre, Darlinghurst

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 1 September 1989 · page 29

PASOLINI Playhouse is a new co-operative whose producer/director, Charlie Little, is the driving force and was largely, if not…

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Theatre

Tharunka · Monday 4 September 1989 · page 23

NIDA JOKING APART by Alan Ayckbourn presented by final year students as 1989 Graduation Play…

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Theatre Intelligent Intelligence in Pack of Lies

Tharunka · Monday 4 September 1989 · page 22

After Stevie and Breaking the Code, Pack of Lies became my third Hugh Whitemore play and I believe I'm beginning to recognise the style; dramatic, literary and well-paced…

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more Theatre Hilarious Picture of Mick Schooldays Fit for Everyone Catholic Schoolgirls Seymour Centre, Broadway

Tharunka · Monday 4 September 1989 · page 24

In my youth I was a protestant schoolboy, but that did not stop me from enjoying Casey Kurtti’s Catholic Schoolgirls immensely. The play follows several phases in the…

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Shakespeare with an Indigenous Difference Othello Choreographed by Kai Tai Chan The One Extra Company Belvoir St. Theatre Sept 2-17

Tharunka · Monday 4 September 1989 · page 23

Late last year, the future of the One Extra Company was uncertain, following the withdrawal of anticipated funding for 1989 by the Australia Council and the NSW Ministry for the Arts. They…

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