Dance While You Can
THIS edition of Maclaine’s American memoir was for some reason printed and bound in Australia. It is one of the worst bound books ever to come my way, so…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1992
240 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 12
Sheer, bankable entertainment THEATRE
Money and Friends by David Williamson Directed by Aubrey Mellor Designed by Dale Ferguson…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Earnest stands test of time THEATRE
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Directed by Simon Phillips Designed by Tony Tripp…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Pleasant trip down Ginger’s lane THEATRE
Ginger Meggs and the Missing Link Story and lyrics: Jim Graham in association with James Kemsley Music, additional lyrics: Gary Down…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Lord Mayor endorses concert
ALDERMAN Frank Sartor, Lord Mayor of Sydney, has bestowed official endorsement on the gala benefit concert to be held in support of Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl. The concert, starring Victor Borge, will be in Sydney on February…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the edge of monstrosity THEATRE
Dickens’ Women Devised by Miriam Margolyes and Sonia Fraser Directed by Sonia Fraser…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A messy tale, but brilliantly told THEATRE
The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare Theatre de Complicite Directed by Annabel Arden…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Latest play is funny, tense, well acted THEATRE
The Slab Boys by John Byrne Directed by Andrew Lewis Set design: Robert Davis…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →THEATRE La Nuit de Valognes, à la Comédie des Champs-Elysées
Attiré dans un piège que lui tendent cinq femmes, naguère séduites et abandonnées, Don Juan fait l'objet d'un procès. Ses juges-victimes ont…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →T-ball
MIXED (under-13) — NSW Pink 21 d NSW Blue 12, Vic Red 226 d NSW Yellow 17, Vic Blue 31 d NSW Green 16; NSW Blue 16 d…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Life/Arts Golden Pond is golden theatre THEATRE
FORGET ABOUT the celebrated movie, starring Henry and Jane Fonda and Katharine Hepburn. Marian Street has the original — the 1978…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Concert will help children of Chernobyl Tara Ende
WHEN AN explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear complex 80 kilometres north-east of Kiev sent a massive cloud of radiation into the atmosphere in 1986, many local…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Snoepje voor hoesters in Concertgebouw
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Continued on Trove, page 8 →African show doesn’t set stage alight THEATRE Africa Oye! Conceived and staged by Michel Boudon and Mel Howard Groups from Guinea, Mali, Niger, Egypt Festival of Sydney State Theatre
GUINEA, MALI and Niger form an almost continuous, diagonal link from southern West Africa to Egypt and it is from these four countries (mostly…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Life/Arts Even Alex Dumas would have laughed THEATRE The Three Musketeers Written and performed by Andrew Dawson, Gavin Robertson, Robert Thirtle Co-written and directed by Liz Crewe Festival of Sydney Belvoir Street Theatre
IT WAS heartening to read in The Three Musketeers program that the author of Lady of the Camellias could also be amused by an invention of his…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Moving Pictures Enquiry
The Moving Pictures Enquiry, being conducted by die House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment, Recreation and the Arts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Funny, touching, clever THEATRE Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade Directed by Simon Hopkinson Theatre of Comedy Glen Street Theatre, Belrose
CANADIAN Bernard Slade’s 1975 Broadway hit, brilliantly portrayed on film by Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn, may by now be reckoned a…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Intriguing comedy-thriller at Kent Street THEATRE Corpse! by Gerald Moon Directed by Lynn Trainor Designed by Greg Tuckwell Genesian Theatre Company Kent Street Theatre
PERHAPS something to do with the recession? There has been a spate of escapist murder mysteries on our stages in the past year or so…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Lafe/Arts Benign traitors entertain at Ensemble THEATRE Single Spies (An Englishman Abroad and A Question of Attribution) by Alan Bennett Directed by Sandra Bates Designed by Ken Wilby Ensemble Theatre
THE ENSEMBLE numbers among its many smash hits of recent years Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, which was a high-rating and critically…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Beethoven, Mackerras inspiring partners MUSIC Music of Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Sydney Symphony Orchestra Rosamund Illing: sop Elizabeth Campbell: mezzo Christopher Doig: ten Rodney Macann: bar Philharmonia Choir Sir Charles Mackerras: conductor Town Hall Festival of Sydney
AFTER overdosing on the grace and charm of Mozart last year, it was almost like entering the burning fiery furnace to hear the might and power…
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