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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1990

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Mazal Tov Moriah debutantes’ ball

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 June 1990 · page 29

1. Matron-of-Honour Edith Hausmann greets Dr John and Carolyn Hewson. 2. Debutante Jodie Wassner with Moriah vice-principal Morrie Finberq and administrator Christine Byrne…

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Moriah debs’ ball... 21 all out?

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 June 1990 · page 5

CLOSE TO 1000 people watched 32 Moriah Year 11 girls make their debut on Sunday night in what may be the last formal…

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Survivor’s story for Sydney theatre reading

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 June 1990 · page 26

BY MY OWN Authority — the autobiography of Marian Pretzel, a Polish Jew who outwitted the Nazis as a master forger — will receive a “rehearsed…

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Thrilling, brilliant, creative theatre at Marian Street THEATRE Moby Dick Adapted by Orson Welles from Herman Melville’s novel Queensland State Theatre Company production Directed by Rodney Fisher

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 June 1990 · page 26

MOBY DICK is the first of the Marian Street Theatre’s new subscription season line-up for which all credit and any blame will be laid at the doors of…

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Black comedy and self destruction THEATRE Lenny Bruce: A Restrospective Devised, directed and performed by David Brown Hancock’s Last Half Hour Written by Heathcote Williams Directed and performed by David Brown Belvoir St Downstairs

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 June 1990 · page 26

DAVID BROWN appears, on stage, to be a tall, slim, good-looking young actor. He has considerable stage presence and abundant skills. It is…

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Redemption for NIDA in blood & thunder Macbeth THEATRE Macbeth by William Shakespeare The NIDA Company Directed by Ken Boucher NIDA Theatre, Kensington

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 June 1990 · page 27

THE NEWLY formed NIDA Company made an unpropitious debut with The Imaginery Invalid but it has redeemed itself with an effective, sometimes thrilling, account of Macbeth…

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Agoraphobia can be fun THEATRE Bazaar and Rummage by Sue Townsend Music by Michael Huxley Directed by Paul Hand Iron Cove Theatre, Rozelle

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 June 1990 · page 27

WHERE WOULD alternative theatre be today without the decline in church attendances, you might well ask. The Iron Cove Theatre, now in its fourth…

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Strings Concert

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 June 1990 · page 25

TWENTY-FIVE talented young string players from Adelaide will give a concert to raise money for the Children’s Leukaemia and Cancer Foundation at the…

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Diaspora Museum looking for community pictures

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 29 June 1990 · page 6

“JEWISH community towards the year 2000” is the theme of Beit Hatefutsoth’s fourth annual worldwide photo and video…

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Chutzpah, talent in young ballet company BALLET Sydney Festival Ballet Snort ballets and divertissements Glen Street Theatre, Belrose Artistic director: Hassan Sheta

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 29 June 1990 · page 26

THE DANCERS are selected from the ranks of the Glen Street Academy of Ballet & Performing Arts whose principals, Janece Graham and Tanya…

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The best band in the land

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 6 July 1990 · page 5

THE MORIAH College Primary School assembly hall, packed to the rafters, rocked to the sounds of pop and Latin American music, anthems, folk tunes, swing and light classics under the combined…

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Jewish Theatre Re-formed

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 6 July 1990 · page 31

THE NEWLY re-formed Sydney Jewish Theatre (SJT) will be officially launched on July 22 at the Irving Gallery in Paddington…

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Comedy, tragedy at RSL club THEATRE Clay Soldiers by Manuel Aston Directed by Peter Snow Stables Theatre, Kings Cross

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 6 July 1990 · page 32

MANUEL ASTON’S new play, largely about small-time show business characters in tragi-comic slices of RSL club life in some NSW country…

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The resurrection of Mahler and the SSO’s contribution MUSIC Symphony No 2, The Resurrection by Gustav Mahler Sydney Symphony Orchestra

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 6 July 1990 · page 35

A POWERFUL tidal wave of applause greeted the magnificent performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No 2, the Resurrection, when…

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Students do well in difficult plays THEATRE Moriah College Drama Festival The Cage By Chris Dockrill The Real Inspector Hound By Tom Stoppard Confession by Proxy By Nora Ratcliff The Room By Harold Pinter All plays chosen, produced, directed and performed by Moriah High School Students in House Competition Rabinovitch Hall, Moriah College

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 6 July 1990 · page 33

FROM BETTER last year to even better last week: Moriah is making substantial progress in drama. This was the stated opinion of the judge, Allan…

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Après la “Lambada”... la “Soca Dance”

Le Courrier Australien · Tuesday 10 July 1990 · page 15

Après la "lambada" qui rythma l'été d'échapper cet été à la "soca dance", cette musique entre "soul"…

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Teenage Dance

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 13 July 1990 · page 2

HAKOAH CLUB’S monthly teenage dance parties continue with the next on July 21. Previous ones have attracted more than 500 people. Hakoah community liaison officer Susie Klein has reassured…

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Jewish Theatre Launch

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 13 July 1990 · page 2

THE Sydney Jewish Theatre has its “re-launch” at the Irving Gallery, Paddington, July 22, 5pm-7pm. Enquiries: 37-5090…

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More go north for theatre

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 13 July 1990 · page 42

GLEN STREET Theatre of Comedy wisely conducted a market survey before choosing its second bill of fare for presentation at the entirely pleasant Glen…

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Haydn-Hogwood marathon begins Music Aco with Christopher Hogwood Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio Adelaide Youth Chamber Orchestra

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 13 July 1990 · page 40

THE NUMBERING of Haydn’s symphonies usually reaches 104, the last one being the London Symphony. Actually, he wrote a few more, but let’s not be pedantic. Now if some…

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