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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1991

214 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 11

Teenage dance parties

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 2 August 1991 · page 12

BY POPULAR request, the Hakoah Club is resuming its teenage dance parties this month. “We have had numerous…

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The Crucible by Arthur Miller Sydney Theatre Company, Drama Theatre, Opera House

Tharunka · Tuesday 6 August 1991 · page 22

This is a play you think you know the witchcraft trials of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It is all that but be prepared for…

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A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lebow Ensemble Theatre, Milsons Point

Tharunka · Tuesday 6 August 1991 · page 22

Excellent! ..... true, the reiteration of Holocaust facts suffer from familiarity, but is this play we're confronted with…

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The Fire Raisers by Max Frisch New Street Theatre, Newtown

Tharunka · Tuesday 6 August 1991 · page 22

Not entirely surviving the culture gap, I suspect, we find ourselves in a slightly surrealistic, futurastic world, where it's literally, everyone for…

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THEATRE & Performance Find Me by Olwyn Wymark The Rep 1 Brown Lane, Newtown Phone: 565 1482

Tharunka · Tuesday 6 August 1991 · page 22

"Find Me" is both a funny and moving play. Following the life of a disturbed young girl who seems to live without any…

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The trouble with Torvill & Dean THEATRE

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 9 August 1991 · page 27

The Very Best of Torvill & Dean together with Olympic & World Skating Champions The International Ice Spectacular…

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Beaumarchais au Nouveau Théâtre

Le Courrier Australien · Saturday 10 August 1991 · page 16

Depuis le 3 aoûtle Mariage de Figaro de Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais, mise en scène de Jean-Pierre Mignon, se donne au Playhouse. C'est une saison unique…

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HU Friends 21st dance

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 August 1991 · page 26

THE Ladies Committee of the Friends of the Hebrew University will come of age on August 25 when it celebrates its 21st…

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A brace of Jewish comedians COMEDY George Smilovici JCA Pacesetters Supper Dance Hakoah Club, July 27 Elliot Goblet JCA Directions Supper Dance Overseas Passenger Terminal, Sydney Cove, August 3

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 August 1991 · page 29

I HAVE forgotten his name, but I shall never forget what he said, this American playing on the first half of the bill at the old Rushcutters Bay Stadium:…

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Oz yuppie with Hamlet’s dilemma Theatre S3 Just Bent by Howard Jackson Directed by Michael Gow Sydney Theatre Company’s New Stages Wharf Studio

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 August 1991 · page 28

DALLAS, as the publicity says, is an Australian advertising executive who is terminally bored and so afraid of living that he wants to kill…

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Messiaen strains the friendship MUSIC Music of Haydn, Dvorak & Messiaen Selby and Friends Kathryn Selby (pno), Barbara Jane Gilby (vln), David Pereira (clo), Alan Vivian (clnt). Everest Theatre

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 August 1991 · page 28

FOR MANY in the audience friendship for Kathryn Selby and her friends may have been strained somewhat by what seemed to be an…

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National Band Competition

Tharunka · Monday 19 August 1991 · page 35

Don’t you love the way that the companies that sell booze always sponsor band competitions. Well there is another one on the horizon…

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Books Theatre and Performance cont’d

Tharunka · Monday 19 August 1991 · page 37

ISIS DREAMING The Performance Space 199 Cleveland St Redfern…

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The best communal presentation in 25 years THEATRE

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 23 August 1991 · page 27

Spotlight on Women Written by Alice Spigelman Directed by Paula Hand Produced by Eva Scheinberg…

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Sophisticated comedy survives move to Marian Street THEATRE

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 23 August 1991 · page 29

Double Act by Barry Creyton Directed by Sandra Bates Marian Street Theatre…

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AUJS Ball

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 August 1991 · page 26

MORE THAN 170 people attended this year’s AUJS Ball, which -was held at the Square House, University of NSW, last…

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Theatre & Performance the Diver Toe Truck Theatre Company Belvoir Street Theatre

Tharunka · Wednesday 4 September 1991 · page 39

“The Diver” by Peta Murray, like most of the plays Toe Truck chooses is primarily, though nominally not exclusively, designed for a…

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Life/Arts Robert Drewe’s first play? THEATRE

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 6 September 1991 · page 30

South American Barbecue by Robert Drewe Director: Peter Barclay Designer: Anthony Babbici…

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Line Renaud Au Theatre

Le Courrier Australien · Tuesday 10 September 1991 · page 30

Du music-hall au théâtre il n'y a qu'une enjambée et qui mieux que Line Renaud pouvait le faire en style…

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FREJUS Le concert de Daguet

Le Courrier Australien · Tuesday 10 September 1991 · page 10

- "Jje concert de Daguet", offert par Eddy Mitchell (qui incidemment, vient de finir une tournée en Calédonie), dans les arènes de Fréjus, a été un vrai triomphe…

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