Fuente Ovejuna Fuente Ovejuna by Lope de Vega, translated by Adrian Mitchell, playing at the New Theatre, Sydney until March 2
Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1991 · page 8
This English adaptation of Fuente Ovejuna focuses on a small Spanish town of the same name which, having had a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No comfort in Bell's Shylock THEATRE The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare The Bell Shakespeare Company Directed by Carol Woodrow Sydney Showground
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 February 1991 · page 27
JOHN BELL’S Shylock, a severe, nervous, impatient and occasionally eruptively passionate Jew, bespectacled and neatly dressed in…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Dance master sets up studio
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 February 1991 · page 26
WORLD renowned modern dance choreographer and lecturer Dr Moshe Kedem recently made Sydney his home and has become the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Ravel's Child casts its magic spell OPERA Concert Performance L’Enfant et les Sortileges by Ravel Sydney Symphony Orchestra/Sydney Chamber Choir/Contemporary Singers Opera House
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 February 1991 · page 24
FULL MARKS to the Festival of Sydney for programming this concert staging of Ravel’s delicious mini-masterpiece The Child and the…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →ACO’s fine showing in “nameless” Haydn MUSBC Australian Chamber Orchestra Music by Haydn, Fasch and Torelli Conductor Christopher Hogwood
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 February 1991 · page 24
OF HAYDN’S 107 symphonies (yes 107, not 104), some 70-odd do not have nicknames; perhaps that’s why his No 77 in D major has been…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Plot feared drowned in polemic THEATRE Hotel Sorrento by Hannie Rayson Directed by Aubrey Mellor
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 February 1991 · page 25
IN THIS Australian play, commissioned and produced by Melbourne’s Playbox and presented by the Sydney Theatre Company, an old man “goes…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Shirley’s glorious celebration of life THEATRE Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell Amanda Muggleton directed by Raymond Omodei Playhouse, Sydney Opera House
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 February 1991 · page 24
THIS IS the fourth Sydney season of Willy Russell’s glorious celebration of a Liverpool housewife who finds the courage to throw off…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A festival highlight from Venezuela THEATRE No One Writes to the Colonel Story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Adapted and directed by Carlos Gimenez Seymour Centre
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 February 1991 · page 25
HAVING BEEN told that if there were one Sydney Festival theatrical attraction not to be missed it would be the Fundacion Rajatabla’s…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →“Bloody and unnatural acts” THEATRE The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster Warehouse Theatre Company Directed by John Bashford Bondi Pavilion
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 February 1991 · page 24
SYDNEY audiences rarely have the opportunity of seeing a Jaccobean play of the genre revenge tragedy; but now there’s the Warehouse Theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Ayckbourn trilogy for amusement only THEATRE The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn Table Manners, Living Together, Round and Round the Garden Directed by Mike O’Brien Ensemble Theatre
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 February 1991 · page 25
A REVIEW of the first of these three plays in another place raised the thought that the prolific Ayckbourn was, in Table Manners,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Uncovering the sheitel story The ugly, horsehair wigs familiar from pictures of Orthodox Jewish life in the shtetl are gone forever. In their place are high-fashion elegant wigs which allow Orthodox women to look as stylish as their peers. Tara Waingarten went undercover
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 February 1991 · page 27
COVERING hair for religious reasons is no longer uncomfortable or unattractive; in fact, sheitels (Wigs) often improve a…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Nunsense makes plenty THEATRE Nunsense Words and music: Dan Goggin Directed by Jack Webster Theatre of Comedy Production Glen Street Theatre, Belrose
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 February 1991 · page 23
LIKE STEAMING, Nunsense is one of those hit shows of the ’80s that seem a sure-fire boxoffice bet for producers grown wary of risking new…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Arts & Entertainment More mayhem from 17th century THEATRE The Revenger’s Tragedy by Thomas Middleton or Cyril Tourneur Directed by Jules Wright SydneyTheatre Company Drama Theatre, Opera House
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 February 1991 · page 23
FOLLOWING the WTC’s minibudget production of The Duchess of Malfi at the Bondi Pavilion, set more or less in the Jacobean period in…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →IPO resumes concerts
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 February 1991 · page 8
Tel Aviv: THE ISRAEL Philharmonic Orchestra will resume its concert series on Wednesday, suspended over a month ago by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Czechs shine in two concerts MUSIC Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Music by Wagner, Beethoven and Dvorak (1st concert) Dvorak, Martinu and Ravel (2nd concert) Opera House Concert Hall
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 March 1991 · page 24
THE VISIT to Australia by the Czech Philharmonic (the first since 1959) wasn’t just another tour by overseas visitors, but part of a…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Run-a-ball rate for cricket win
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 March 1991 · page 40
MACCABI A-GRADE cricket team notched one of its best wins in the Gordon Turf competition last weekend when it scored 202…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Arts Acting treat in Pinter double THEATRE Silence and A Slight Ache by Harold Pinter Directed by Florian Messner The Lookout Theatre Club Woollahra Hotel
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 March 1991 · page 24
THE LOOKOUT Theatre has started its 1991 season of plays from different countries and cultures with a profoundly impressive…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Concert to aid Israel
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 March 1991 · page 5
AUSTRALIAN opera star Susan Dunn will be one of the guest performers in the Child Survivors Group’s “Solidarity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Purim fun, but new format needed REVUE The Comedy of Esthers Hakoah Club and Sydney Jewish Theatre Produced by Susie Klein Directed by Garry Charny Concept: Jack Feldstein, Garry Charny, Paul Baram Book and script: Paul Baram, Jack Feldstein Original lyrics: Garry Charny, Len Green
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 March 1991 · page 25
AS ONE of the characters almost said: “Next time I’ll be a burning bush, a light not only unto the nations but unto my fellow artists, lest…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →THEATRE conesstons
Tharunka · Monday 11 March 1991 · page 61
Theatre Concessions for Village, Greater Union and Hoyts cinemas are available from the Student's Union lower campus office after the 31st of March, Most other theatres and cinemas give student…
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