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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1989

201 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 11

Theatre Getting Sidetracked It Happens Every Day Sidetrack Theatre

Tharunka · Monday 2 October 1989 · page 32

A TRAVELLING roadshow, brought to us on UNSW campus by the Women's Department. Four women bringing the issue of domestic violence to all kinds of audiences—schools,…

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Tuschinsky—theater straks weer geschikt voor big band

Dutch Australian Weekly · Monday 2 October 1989 · page 8

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Kick Start Starting Here, Starting Now Bay St. Theatre

Tharunka · Monday 2 October 1989 · page 32

A LOOSE collection of songs make up this evening of ‘musical comedy romance’. I’m sorry to say that though there was music aplenty, the comedy and romance were in short supply; along with…

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Dolls Still in Fashion a Doll’s House Belvoir St. Theatre ‘till late October

Tharunka · Monday 2 October 1989 · page 32

FOR A play written a hundred years ago, the theme is anything but dated! A woman passed from father to husband; valued only as a daughter, wife, mother or plaything—it's absolutely…

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On Disc Elgar: Cello Concerto. Op.85/ Jacqueline, du Pre/Enigma Variations. Op.36/Philadelphla Orchestra/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim. CBS.MK76529 (62 mins.)

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 October 1989 · page 23

IT IS ALWAYS a moving experience to hear anything of the recorded legacy of du. Pre and in her all too brief career she…

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Fine Arts Black dance in black and white

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 October 1989 · page 24

ELAINE Pelot Kitchener’s cameras have captured fragile moments of Aboriginal strife, struggle and success for more…

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Arts THEATRE Ibsen with conviction A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen Belvoir Street Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 October 1989 · page 22

IBSEN’S A DOLL’S House was first performed in Norway in January 1880 and no doubt curtains have gone down on this…

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THEATRE Delightful musical package in store Starting Here, Starting Now by Richard Maitby Jr and David Shire Bay Street Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 October 1989 · page 22

THIS IS A surprise package to delight anyone with a feeling for indigenous, post-Viennese Broadway musical theatre…

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THEATRE Madame Guillotin

Le Courrier Australien · Tuesday 10 October 1989 · page 9

Pièce écnte et interprétée par Pierrette Dupoyet, Madame Guillotin a été les 13 et 14 septembre au Rocks Theatre à Sydney. Si le théâtre en…

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THEATRE Ensemble Theatre riding high Ensemble Theatre Launch of 1990 Line-up

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 October 1989 · page 22

AT AN INFORMAL launching of the Ensemble’s line-up for 1990, director Sandra Bates confirmed statistically what has been apparent critically — that the theatre, founded by Hayes Gordon and…

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Arts Opera Collection Meyerbeer: Le Prophete. Marilyn Home/Renata Scotto/ James McCrackeh/Henry Lewis/ Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. CBS.M3K79400 (202 mins). Recorded 1976

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 October 1989 · page 22

JAKOB LIEBMANN Meyer Beer (Meyerbeer), born in Berlin, was one of the creators of French grand opera…

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THEATRE An enjoyable cocktail The Cocktail Hour by A.R. Gurney A Gary Penny & John McCallum presentation Sydney Opera House Playhouse

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 October 1989 · page 22

AN ENTHUSIASTIC opening night audience welcomed back to the Playhouse John McCallum and Googie Withers, whose…

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Arts THEATRE Fun with five women Jigsaws by Jennifer Rogers Q Theatre, Penrith

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 October 1989 · page 22

JIGSAWS IS Perth-born Jennifer Rogers’ first full-length play and though she is now working in England and indeed has spent more of her adult life outside Australia than…

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On Disc Wagner: Tannhauser. Placldo Domingo/Cheryl Studer/Agnes Baltsa/Matti Salmlnen/Andreas Schmidt/Philharmonia Orchestra/Covent Garden Chorus/Gluseppe Sinopoli. DG.427 625-2. 3 Discs (176 mins). Recorded April-June 1988. Paris Version

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 October 1989 · page 22

WAGNER’S opera about the mediaeval minstrelknight who wavers between the charms of Venus and…

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KMH dance success

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

Joseph Freiheiter (second right) receiving a certificate from Keren Mishpachot Hagiborim (KMH) president [?]aya Weintraub on behalf of the Zahal Disabled [?]eterans’ Funds in Israel for his 21 years’ service to…

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Music a Baer offering Mahler, Sibelius, Elgar Sydney Symphony Orchestra with Olaf Baer

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 October 1989 · page 26

SURELY overseas critical opinion can’t be so off target and misleading. Olaf Baer is widely thought of as the…

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Theatre Stc set for successful season

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 October 1989 · page 32

ARTISTIC director Richard Wherrett recently announced the Sydney Theatre Company’s 1990 subscription line-up, and he’s done it again. The ten…

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THEATRE One of Ayckbourn's best How the Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn Glen Street Theatre, Frenchs Forest

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 October 1989 · page 33

REGRETTABLY, Peter Williams’ reign at the eminently congenial Glen Street Theatre in Frenchs Forest will end its three years of good entertainment with…

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On Disc Mozart: Cosl Fan Tutte. Kiri Te Kanawa/Ann Murray/Marie McLaughlin/Hans Peter Blochwitz/Thomas Hampton/Feruccio Furlanetto. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Concert Chorus of Vienna State Opera/James Levine. DG.423 897-2. 3 Discs. (196 mins). Recorded June 1988

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 October 1989 · page 28

Cosi, the last in Mozart’s magnificent trilogy in collaboration with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, fits awkwardly into the category…

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Raging dance at Hakoah

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 November 1989 · page 31

THE HORDERN Pavilion in Moore Park usually grabs the spotlight on a Saturday night for its renowned raging dance…

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