Great expectations indeed! THEATRE
THE GRANDER of two notable showbiz launches last week was a meat pie and champagne bash in the Sebel Function Centre to let media…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1991
214 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 11
Cracknell superb in Beckett THEATRE
Happy Days by Samuel Beckett Directed by Simon Phillips Designer: Mary Moore…
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TWO FASCINATING short plays will be presented by The Lookout Theatre Club, under the direction of Charlie Little, from July 2 to August 4…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Our Music Comp The BIG Concert! ot Stanwell Tops
At Bond Comp we worked hard. We hod four-and-a-half hours of practice every day! Some practices were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Moriah & Kelvin Grove High School in Concert
Queensland's foremost high school bond and orchestra spent three days in Sydney recently, billeted by Moriah High School students. Their visit culminated in o concert uuith the Moriah High School Bond. On June 13, Kelvin Grove Bond performed at Moriah College, o most…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jubilee concert Professor Abe Segal
HAKOAH AND the Jewish Folk Centre were jointly responsible for the presentation of a unique concert last week on the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Neil Simon gives unfair advantage THEATRE
LAST WEEK’S Moriah College Drama Festival was, as always, a sellout success in its two performances — one for students, the other for…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Return to Manderley THEATRE Rebecca Adapted by Clifford Williams from Daphne du Maurier’s novel Directed by George Ogilvie Designed by Ken Wilby Marian Street Theatre, Killara
AUDIENCE reaction on opening night made it clear that there was almost universal familiarity with the story of this stage adaptation from…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Life/Arts A delicate mass MUSIC Petite Messe Solonelle by Rossini Sydney Philharmonia Choir & Soloists Conductor: John Grundy Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
ROSSINI’S Messe is a most genial contribution to the church liturgy. Originally composed for 12 voices, two pianos and harmonium, this performance used one piano,…
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The Fantasticks Book and lyrics by Tom Jones Music by Harvey Schmidt Directed by Diana Denley and Nancye Hayes…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Board uncovers KKK orchestra hoax
SEVERAL Australian newspapers were duped into printing articles on a “hoax” claim about a fictitious Ku Klux…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Matt and his cello enchant MUSIC Sydney Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Sergiu Comissiona Cello: Matt Haimovitz Music of Stravinsky, Saint-Saens and Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
IN THE CASE of 20-year-old cellist Matt Haimovitz youth is definitely not wasted on the young. His boyish good looks belie the maturity and control he has…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Holocaust survivor reunited with family Theatre a Shayna Maidel (A Pretty Girl) By Barbara Lebow Directed by Sandra Bates Ensemble Theatre
PETER MORRISON IT IS INDICATIVE of Ensemble artistic director Sandra Bates’ compassionate and sensitive nature that she was…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Jewish anarchist... and Sarah THEATRE Emma Goldman; Love, Anarchy and Other Affairs by Jessica Litwak Sarah and the Sax by John Lewis Carlino The Lookout Theatre Club, Woollahra Hotel Directed by Charlie Little
THIS DOUBLE bill makes three plays in a week about Jews, all by contemporary American writers, all good, all well acted and presented. This…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Treasure from the south THEATRE
Diving for Pearls by Katherine Thomson Directed by Neil Armfield Belvoir Street Theatre (Upstairs)…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Gaslight for a bright night out THEATRE
Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton Directed by Edgar Metcalfe Set design by James Ridewood…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Crucible, if you can find a seat THEATRE
The Crucible by Arthur Miller Directed by Richard Wherrett Sydney Theatre Company…
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Contrary to popular opinion, experimental theatre is not just an excuse for frustrated actors to take their clothes off and grope about in the dark. Neither is it about crawling out of polystyrene wombs and shrieking around an imaginary cell, nor hitting other actors with assorted fruits as an anxiety release. So what is it then ?…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →THEATRE practising safe theatre
“The Revolution in the Australian Theatre Since the 1960’s” is the subtitle of Leonard Radio’s recently released book, State of Play. It is of little…
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