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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1997

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Death of a Salesman April 24 - May 31 The Ensemble Theatre

Tharunka · Tuesday 20 May 1997 · page 32

With a very spartan, minimalist mise-en-scene, director Sandra Bates has managed to create a very believable and captivating show. Max Cullens is great as the salesman Willy Loman, epitome of the failed…

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belly-dance

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 23 May 1997 · page 15

LADIES only harem party, Rose Bay, May 25. Proceeds to Victor Chang cardiac research. Bookings essential: Sarina 9371 4952…

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Wellington Go Dutch Festival 1997 - Piano Concert door Ruud Doornbos

Dutch Weekly · Monday 26 May 1997 · page 28

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“Jungle” dance

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 May 1997 · page 24

A “JUNGLE” dance party for Jewish youth was held recently, hosted by Dave Glass and Danny Cohen. More than 200 attended…

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Play without words THEATRE Request Concert

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 May 1997 · page 34

SONGS without words we are familiar with. But a play without words? And not a mime but a realistic, slice-of-life play? Now that’s so rare I can’t recall having seen one before…

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Served with laughs THEATRE What Is the Matter with Mary Jane?

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 May 1997 · page 34

THE title, of course, comes from the nursery rhyme about Mary Jane who hasn’t eaten her dinner again. The story comes from Sancia Robinson’s real-life struggle with anorexia…

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Swiss theatre rejects Australian Jewish show

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 6 June 1997 · page 8

AN invitation for an Australian Jewish show to form part of a Zionism festival in Basel, Switzerland, has fallen through at the last moment…

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A thinking man's play THEATRE Jerusalem

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 6 June 1997 · page 30

MICHAEL Gurr has been fairly profile this decade, though his plays are better known in Melbourne than Sydney. Through the Melbourne Playbox production of his…

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THEATRE Rodogune, au PetitMontparnasse

Le Courrier Australien · Tuesday 10 June 1997 · page 26

Le théâtre classique est trop souvent malmené au gré de metteurs en scène en mal de modernité, et qui se veulent tout prix "dans le vent". Ariette…

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Tout comme il faut, au théâtre Hébertot

Le Courrier Australien · Tuesday 10 June 1997 · page 26

On dit que Pirandello n'est pas un auteur facile et que ses pièces ne sont pas de tout repos. Il est vrai que le spectateur ne peut s'y abandonner au…

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MUSIQUE Grandes voix russes, au théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Le Courrier Australien · Tuesday 10 June 1997 · page 26

Ni Olga Borodina, ni Dmitri Hvorostovsky (dont il convient de rappeller le fulgurant passage en Australie, en février), ne sont des…

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dance party

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 13 June 1997 · page 15

END-of-financial-year party, Kings Cross Hotel, June 28, $12/$10. Danny 9371 6414, David 9365 1463…

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Out & about Moriah Ball

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 13 June 1997 · page 22

A RECORD 74 Year 11 students participated in the annual Moriah College Community Service Ball at the Royal Randwick Function Centre at the weekend. Guest of honour was Dr…

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Qualify acting THEATRE The Winter's Tale

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 13 June 1997 · page 29

HERE’S John Bell again, splendidly performing Leontes in his company’s (new) production of one of Shakespeare’s later and lesser plays, a sort of tragicomic-romance, The Winter's Tale…

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dance party

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 20 June 1997 · page 17

END-of-financial-year party, Kings Cross Hotel, June 28, $12/$10. Dan & Dave 9365 1463…

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Chamber pop band plays klezmer

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 20 June 1997 · page 28

CHAMBER pop band Peccadillo will launch its debut CD. Little Sins, this weekend at the Dendy Bar. The group, comprising Greta Gertler (lead…

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Anti-Hanson concert in Newcastle

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 20 June 1997 · page 20

NEWCASTLE Australasian Union of Jewish Students president Dechantel Green helped to organise a “Cultural Stomp” Celebration of Cultural Diversity concert in Newcastle recently…

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Volle band

Dutch Weekly · Monday 23 June 1997 · page 15

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dance party

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 27 June 1997 · page 19

END-of-financial-year party, Kings Cross Hotel, June 28, $12/$10. Dan & Dave 9365 1463…

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Radiant in white MUSIC Sydney Symphony Orchestra

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 27 June 1997 · page 34

CARL Maria von Weber’s overture to Der Freischutz is popular with audiences. Its moody atmosphere and simple effects, once radical deviations from the Classical model of theme-based composition, are…

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