Murphy back in triumph Dance Synergy with Synergy
GRAEME MURPHY is back at the Opera House in triumph. His Synergy with Synergy may well be his most brilliantly conceived and totally satisfying major work…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1992
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Keeping the flame of Yiddish theatre alive
IT IS 10 years now since Israeli director and actress Roza Turkow first arrived in Australia to produce and direct an annual play for the Yiddish theatre group, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth not wasted on the young Music Australian Chamber Orchestra
YOUTHFUL gaucherie formed a substantial part of this concert by the Australian Chamber Orchestra. As history has proved, however, youth…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →life/arts Zinman's performance shows strength of character Music Sydney Symphony Orchestra
THERE could be no greater contrast between Mozart’s B flat Piano Concerto K450, glittering and life-affirming, and Mahler’s…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unpretentious Oz comedy Theatre Lipstick Dreams
AFTER A dubious dose of American corruption and a pastiche of English murder in jest, the theatre week for me ended with a totally relaxing and eminently…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Sports Roundup Fifth in B’ball
MACCABI women’s basketball team finished fifth in the City of Sydney third-grade winter competition which finished last week…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Complex focus on corruption Theatre the Deal
Throwing the spotlight on corruption and demonstrating that not all the corruptible are totally…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder in jest, with twists Theatre Murder by Misadventure
FROM EDWARD Taylor, who has spent most of his long career writing and producing for television, comes a comedythriller of a familiar genre…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stirring Elgar final symphony Music Sydney Symphony Orchestra
ONE OF the most significant and rewarding trends of recent years is the number of “foreigners” who have successfully recorded and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →life/arte Love exceeds expectations Theatre Aspects of Love
BEFORE I get down to analysis, let me say that heavy promotion notwithstanding, and in view of reports from overseas that this…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →French star in concert
FRENCH singer Meleha Alliel will be guest artist at a cabaret-style concert at the Hakoah Club on Monday, November 30…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Master at work with AGO Music Australian Chamber Orchestra
IT FELL to the Australian Chamber Orchestra to bring to an end the 1992 music season. That it did so in fine style was due in no small measure to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Modern Frogs more crude than clever Theatre Frogs
THERE IS an injunction in the secondact debate between Aeschylus (Robyn Nevin) and Euripides (William Zappa) to treat audiences…
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MORE than 300 women enjoyed the beautiful voice of French singer Meleha Alliel when she sang at a Women of Valour concert this week. Held at the Hakoah Club, the cabaret style…
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NINE concerts represent the ACO’s 1993 program, six of which will be directed by Richard Tognetti, the ACO’s director. With the decline of the Sydney Philharmonia, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →arts/leisure FAI sponsors top Festival Theatre Sydney Festival
FAI INSURANCES Ltd will be the major sponsor of the 1993 Sydney Festival theatre program and FAI chief executive Rodney Adler could hardly have chosen a better year to fly his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hayes Gordon returns to direct Simon play Theatre Ensemble’s 1993 PROGRAM
HAYES GORDON, who founded the Ensemble Theatre in 1960 and in recent years has been devoting himself to teaching (at the Ensemble Studio), battling illness and…
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He spent close to two months choreographing Sand Siren, working with the dancers, telling them about his background and what he hoped to achieve…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Youth and experience in Bell season arts/leisure THEATRE
THERE WERE those who thought on the opening night of the Bell Shakespeare Company’s first…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →life/been and seen Huge JCA dance success
THE JCA Directions Illusions dance at the Hakoah Club on Saturday night was a mega success, with more than 500 people in attendance. The evening’s theme was “Illusions”, beginning with a 0055 number that ticket holders were required to call to find out the evening’s…
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