Not a piece of cake for Reg THEATRE
GETTING Big Sister from concept to a standing ovation on world premiere night at the entirely pleasant and generally neglected Riverside Theatre on…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1990
257 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 13
How to start your own fund Starting a super fund need not be a daunting prospect as Ken Dance explains
SUPERANNUATION, along with the proceeds of sale of your business, is the major source of finance for your retirement. Because…
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THE FIRST Imaginary Invalid I saw was theatrical magic. A young Peter Finch, before he sought and won fame overseas,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Junior carnival’s “white collar” leadership band
ORGANISING the 9th Australian Maccabi Junior Sports Carnival is a mammoth task, requiring numerous “white…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Community Laughter and potential for tears THEATRE
RICHARD BEYNON, who left Australia in 1947 to further his career as an actor in England, returned in 1954, starring in Witness for the Prosecution. Far more importantly, this was the…
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Set in St .James College (but surely Riverview School— otherwise why would Katherine Greiner be present!) during Australia's involvement in the Vietnam war. Basically the downfall of a previously brilliant student…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Nude Tennis Ball games take on new dimensions
Tim: One problem was that the balls were not bouncy enough The game was an…
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Three dance companies from Sydney, New York and Melbourne, performed together at Redfern's Performance Space - always at the forefront in promoting local and unconventional performing artists - In a ten-days program of modern dance…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Taking Stock Peter Walsh's one-man band
Forget cabinet government, folks. The Labor government's agenda is being set by Senator Peter Walsh who has moved out of the ministry and into a column in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Slices of life without obscenity Theatre a Life in the Theatre by David Mamet Directed by Robbie McGregor Belvoir Street Theatre Downstairs
THERE ARE still people (perhaps even a majority) who would rather not take their theatre with flushings of what used to be called obscene language…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Previewing (some of) the Melbourne Film Festival 1990 Melbourne Film Festival 1990. June 8-23, principal venues: The Astor, St Kilda and State Theatre City, with selected sessions at the Valhalla, Northcote and The Carlton Moviehouse
I found last year's Melbourne Film Festival somewhat politically disappointing, although individually I enjoyed many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →From Enright, a hit play for Nida THEATRE St James Infirmary Blues By Nick Enright Nida third-year students Directed by Peter Kingston Parade Theatre, Nida
NICK ENRIGHT is still young enough (and looks younger) to be called a young Australian playwright, though On The Wallaby and The Venetian Twins already seem memories of a…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Coward’s best is better than before THEATRE Private Lives by Noel Coward Directed by Peter Williams Playhouse, Sydney Opera House
MUCH IS made of Coward’s claim to have written Private Lives in four days while recovering from ’flu in Shanghai, forgetting that The Master also said he had been working on it in…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sad life of a comic brought to the stage Australian actor David Brown allows persecuted American comedian Lenny Bruce to tell his story in a show which starts at the Belvoir Street Theatre next week. Brown spoke to Tina Diaz
TIME MAGAZINE labelled him the “sickest of the sick”, he was barred from England and martyred in the United States — but he’s back…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A cell for Christopher Marlowe The Garden of Samarcanda (excerpts from Tamburlaine the Great by Christopher Marlowe). Variation No.3 performed by La Zattera di Babele at the Cell Block Theatre For the Sydney Biennale
Sydney's Biennale is consolidating its position as the main artistic event for visual arts, but the theme of this year, 'The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →“Professional” NIDA show THEATRE The Watchtower by Louis Nowra NIDA Third Year Students Directed by Mark Gaal Parade Theatre
IN NICK Enright’s St James Infirmary Blues, seven Third Year NIDA students were impressive, despite the difficulties of casting students in roles…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Still plenty of laughs in classic Hollywood comedy THEATRE Once in a Lifetime by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart Sydney Theatre Company Directed by Richard Wherrett Drama Theatre Sydney Opera House
THE OPENING night audience enthusiastically applauded the transformation from a room in the West Forties, New York, to the Pullman car in which…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Gloriously inventive: a Tempest not to endure but to enjoy THEATRE The Tempest by William Shakespeare Directed by Neil Armfietd Belvoir St Theatre, Upstairs
THE TEMPEST is by no means Shakespeare’s most popular play and one should be thankful to the Belvoir and director Neil Armfield for the…
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YIDDISH CONCERTS and films will feature at the Jewish Folk Centre this month. This Sunday, a Yiddish concert…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Les Molières Du Théâtre
Le palmarès des Molières du théâtre l'équivalent des Césars pour le…
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