Could you pity Rudolf Hess? THEATRE Hess
FEEL SORRY for Hitler’s deputy? Impossible! And yet... Coming away from a superb presentation of English actor/writer Michael Burrell’s late-1970s one man play at the…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1994
173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 9
Queensland/community Lag b’Omer concert a huge success
MORE than 150 people-attended a concert by internationally acclaimed cantor Shimon Farkas in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Hotel on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rollins Band
Weight (Imago) Get yourself ready for the latest onslaught of hatred and anger that assembles musical form in…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →life/arts A sea of imagination DANCE/THEATRE
Drowning in a Sea of Dreams THE ONE Extra Company’s “first adventure for 1994” is far from an exercise in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A roaring blaze of controlled fire DANCE/MUSIC
Flamenco Fire IT MAY seem a contradiction in terms to talk of a controlled roar of fire; but Paco Pena’s Flamenco Dance Company does not make any…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →life/moriah presentation ball
Donna Basserabie Ryan Hoffman…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Promoting Aboriginal culture through dance
QUEENSLANDERS Judy and Don Freeman are playing a pivotal role in protecting and preserving Aboriginal culture in Cairns - and in promoting tourism to the area…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Meld of modern and indigenous DANCE Ninni
THE Bangarra Dance Theatre has now established itself as a considerable force in the Australian performing arts. Though it “derives its cultural identity from the peoples of Yirrkala in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New, engaging Rita THEATRE Educating Rita
ONE of the joys of theatre is to see a new and different production of a good play. Generally speaking, a good play may be played in many diverse but perfectly legitimate ways. Now, at the Ensemble, there’s a softer, sadder Frank (the English tutor) and a fresher, younger Rita (the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hope for a drifter? THEATRE
Wild Cat Falling JESSIE Duggan’s Son (that’s the name of the character played by Ian Callen in this adaptation by Peter Gotman of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Biting satire of Dario Fo THEATRE
Accidental Death of an Anarchist SOCIAL satirist Dario Fo wrote this indictment of police and judicial bureaucracy in response to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THEATRE Topaze, au théâtre de la Madeleine
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Continued on Trove, page 25 →THEATRE Antigone... un tricot de contraste
En présence de Mme Isabelle Costa de Beauregard, consul général de France à Melbourne, le Théâtre français de Melbourne et le Théâtre des Sphères nous…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Why meddle with a masterpiece? THEATRE Der Dee’s Lear
ON THE way to the Lookout Theatre we listened to Beethoven’s violin concerto, transposed for piano. Right from the entry of the solo…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Players go wherever the wind blows THEATRE Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead
THOSE of us who paid attention in our highschool English classes readily recall the hapless duo Rosencrantz and Guildenstem — bit…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Musical geniuses thwarted MUSIC Sydney Symphony Orchestra
TWO PRODIGIES of prodigious talent were represented in the last of a pair of concerts conducted by Dutchman Hans Vonk: Mozart, with the last of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not such a singular sensation Theatre a Chorus Line
THERE is little doubt that A Chorus Line has stood the test of time. When done well, it provides for an evening of excellent entertainment. Unfortunately, the current production at Her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Talent at Sinai Concert
I AM writing this letter on behalf of my family to report what a wonderful day my family and I had at the “Melodious Musical Interlude ”which Sinai College (Gold Coast) put…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Murder most foul THEATRE
THERE was a superabundance of blood at the Footbridge on the opening night of the Bell Shakespeare Company’s production of Macbeth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Weeks is still royal entertainment THEATRE
THE ONLY questions to be answered at the Glen Street Theatre on Saturday night were: (a) would the touring production of Mary…
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