Dinner dance for Israel
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 October 1990 · page 26
MORE THAN 200 people attended the Keren Mishpachot Hagiborim annual dinner dance at the Hakoah Club last week. Israeli Consul General Raphael Goren and his wife Aviva attended and are pictured here with the organiser for the evening Ida Ferson…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Best theatrical laugh in years Noises Off by Michael Frayn Directed by Garry McQuinn Theatre of Comedy Glen Street Theatre, Frenchs Forest
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 October 1990 · page 29
CAN’T REMEMBER when I laughed so much in the theatre before. Maybe it was in 1981 — Noises Off in its initial Sydney season at…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →THEATRE An artist’s life in multi-media theatre show Swimming in Light: The World of Lloyd Rees Devised, directed and designed by Kim Carpenter Music and sound designed by Sarah de Jong Film by Phillippe Charluet York Theatre, Seymour Centre
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 October 1990 · page 29
WE RECENTLY saw a disastrous attempt to squeeze the dramatic and colourful life of Maria Callas into about an hour-and-a-quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The train to happiness Despite the fact that Soviet Jewry is in a state of flux, with many leaving or planning to leave for Israel, Jewish theatre in the Soviet Union is undergoing an impressive renaissance. Robert Leiter looks at one of the Moscow Shalom Theatre's latest productions
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 October 1990 · page 17
THE SET design for the play The Train to Happiness at the Shalom Theatre in Moscow was simple…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Distractions at concerts MUSIC
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 October 1990 · page 27
BY GENERAL consensus, the two most criminally liable nuisance creators at music events are latecomers and coughers. The first of…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Voss stands test of time OPERA Voss Music by Richard Meale Libretto by David Malouf After the novel by Patrick White Directed by Jim Sharman The Australian Opera Opera House, Opera Theatre
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 October 1990 · page 28
JOSS HAS rightly been acclaimed as one of the finest achievements of Australian opera and The Australian Opera since its premiere at the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →KMH dinner-dance
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 October 1990 · page 37
Keren Mishpachot Hagiborim committee members — (from left) Max Mundell, Emil Goldenberg, Morrie Katz, Ida Ferson, Nelly Mundell and Alex Ferson — photographed at the recent KMH annual dinner-dance at which more than 200 people raised money for centres for disabled…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Quality, diversity in 1991 theatre fare THEATRE
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 October 1990 · page 30
FOR HIS first subscription season, recently appointed Sydney Theatre Company (STC) director Wayne Harrison is offering 10 pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Oz play is 36th for Griffin THEATRE Half Safe by Noel Hodda Directed by Des James Griffin Theatre Company The Stables, Kings Cross
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 October 1990 · page 30
GRIFFIN is rightly proud of its record of presenting new Australian plays. Half Safe is its 36th and the first of a new season at The…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Successful ball helps HopeTown
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 2 November 1990 · page 29
ABOUT 500 television celebrities and members of the public attended a black-tie evening recently to raise funds for HopeTown Special School…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Strange dialogue in Polish play THEATRE Witnesses by Tadeusz Rozewicz Directed and designed by Andrzej Siedlecki Cicada Theatre Company, 262 Pitt Street
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 2 November 1990 · page 26
IT IS A continuing source of bemusement that people still say Sydney is lacking in cultural activity when there is an enormous volume and variety available…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Masterly spinner of words, images THEATRE Witchplay by Tobsha Learner Directed by Christina Totos Mistress by Tobsha Learner Directed by Sarah Carradine Crossroads Theatre, Forbes Street
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 2 November 1990 · page 26
FROM A Polish-Jewish background, sculptorturned-playwright Tobsha Learner is a masterly spinner of words and conjurer of rich, often deeply impressive images…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Wildly improbable THEATRE My Son the Lawyer is Drowning by Doug MacLeod Directed by Mike O’Brien Ensemble Theatre
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 9 November 1990 · page 23
THOMS KENEALLY wrote a novel in which the central character’s parents had the bodies of cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Powerful depiction of 'me' generation THEATRE Burn This by Lanford Wilson Directed by Wayne Harrison Sydney Theatre Company The Wharf
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 9 November 1990 · page 24
THE MAN next to me had seen it in New York. “It’s a powerful piece,” he said, “Great theatre. But fasten your seat-belt. It’s rough, languagewise and in imagery. Sex. All…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Twins are back in colourful romp THEATRE The Venetian Twins Book and lyrics by Nick Enright Music by Terence Clarke Directed by John Bell Musical director: Andrew Ross Footbridge Theatre
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 9 November 1990 · page 24
IT’S BEEN 11 years since I saw The Venetian Twins at the Seymour Centre, or rather saw about half of it and heard less than that of the lyrics and dialogue. I was seated to the side of the thrust stage with the band…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A farce on socialist Britain Balmoral, a play by Michael Frayn, directed by John Connell Bennett, is playing at The New Theatre, 252 King Street, Newtown Until December 22
Tribune · Wednesday 14 November 1990 · page 8
The New Theatre has ventured boldly with its latest play, Balmoral, which is a pure farce and, as such, one of the more difficult…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Impressive Berlioz in SSO concert MUSIC Sydney Symphony Orchestra Music of Sibelius & Berlioz
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 November 1990 · page 31
THE SYMPHONIE Fantastique arrived in 1830 when there, were three related revolutions. It was the year that swept…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Life/Arts Mind-expanding ballet DANCE King Roger Choreography by Graeme Murphy Sydney Dance Company to recording of Karol Szymanowski’s opera Set and costume design: Kristian Fredrikson Opera Theatre, Opera House
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 November 1990 · page 28
AFTER a sabbatical and a couple of failures, or at best qualified successes, Murphy, undoubted…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Jews, Catholics unite In Krakow Despite rising anti-semitism in Poland, there is a remarkable degree of reconciliation between CathoBics and Jews there. Members of both faiths recently atended an ecumenical concert in Krakow's neglected Temple Postenowa. Gabrielle Glaser reports
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 November 1990 · page 19
JEWS AND Catholics felt their eyes well with tears at a special concert held in a long-unused Krakow…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Belleli concert
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 November 1990 · page 31
THE BELLELI dancers will hold their 15th concert on November 25. “It will be an opportunity for former students and the audience to see the…
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