A tragedy Theatre a view from the Bridge
LAST week we welcomed back Italian opera to Bepnelong Point. Now its open arms for mid-century American drama at the other, end of town — Arthur Miller's…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1996
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Uncertain show-off CABARET Pictures of an Exhibitionist
JON Jackson and the Great Big Opera Company (singer Jackson plus keboard and music computer wizzes Allan Walker and Greg Riddell) have been around for six years. They served…
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THE Jewish Folk Centre in Bondi junction will host its regular Purim party early next month. Featuring a line-up of singers and dancers, the concert will take place on March 3 at 3pm…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Classic hits at the Opera House MUSIC Australian Chamber Orchestra Soloist, Ab Koster
SUBLIME expressions of beauty are exclusive; they ignore all that is simple and base. This sort of music demands virtuoso performance, and while the high…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Play a credit to Nida Theatre Lone Star
THERE’S a gutsy little piece of contemporary American theatre Downstairs at Belvoir Street, staged by the Sons of the Desert Theatre Company which was formed last year…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Dying man's reflections THEATRE The Destiny of Me
THE New Theatre (established in 1932) is doing better and better work, shedding its old non-professional (for which read “amateur") image. With Larry Kramer’s…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Dynamic dancers from Israel DANCE
THE electrifying Israeli dance company Batsheva performed Anaphase to open the Adelaide Festival last week. This production by the acclaimed dance…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Flawed construction THEATRE Gary's House
AN EXPERIENCED and successful writer, best known for her stage pieces Dags and Lumps, Debra Oswald has delivered' herself of a comedy-drama which wili be taken…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Invitation to lauch THEATRE Quartermaine's Terms
BRITISH writer Simon Gray (Butley, Close of Play) extends an open invitation to laugh at a batch of small-time, personally mixed-up teachers in the Marian Street Theatre’s handsome and effective…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →THEATRE La Parisienne, au Théâtre de l'Atelier
Nathalie Baye, célèbre à l'écran, débute sur les planches dans "La Parisienne" d'Henri Becque. Naguère au répertoire de la Comédie Française, cette comédie douce-amère est à la fois une satire…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Masada Purim masquerade ball
MASADA College celebrated Purim with a masked ball last week with parents, students and friends donning imaginative fancy dress costumes for the extravagansa. The evening was organised by the prefect body…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →An engaging one-woman performance THEATRE The Seven Stagesof Grieving
AS THE title suggests, this; onewoman show performed and co-written by Deborah Mailman of Brisbane's Kooemba…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Soapboxodq[?]os Band Aid
Dear Tharunka Bands or artists perform on most Wednesdays at the Library Lawn between 1pm and 2pm; we have the Union to thank for organising these shows. Some can be rated “good”, some are passable, and some are truly abysmal. But that is not the point…
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Chrictine Greco ONE of-2MBS-FM's longest running programs is "Music That's Band", Presented by pun-loving Owen…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Gripping, intense THEATRE Bold Girls
HERE IS literally a kitchen-sink play, about three women and a mystery girl in Belfast. Occasional explosions and gunfire are…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Insights into dying THEATRE The Shadow Box
HERE'S something for the serious collector: a Pulitzer and Tony Prize Winning play (1977) that takes a serious though not harrowing…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Runyanesque qualities THEATRE Simpatico
I CAN'T tell you what the title of this 1995 drama by American Sam Shepard means or signifies. Nor can I explain why…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Bizarre, funny dream THEATRE Heretic
DAVID Williamson’s latest play has been perhaps his most heavily publicised before curtain up (at the Drama Theatre, Opera House); and yet the message did not get through that this was to be a…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →THEATRE Scènes de la vie conjugale, au théâtre de la Madeleine
Le filmd'Ingmar Bergman demeure certes dans toutes les mémoires; mais cela ne diminue en rien le plaisir de voir des acteurs aussi exceptionnels que Nicole Garcia et André…
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The Junior A team had a good season, while the Junior Bs lost all their games, but tried their best…
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