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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1997

162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 9

Genius at work THEATRE Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 27 June 1997 · page 30

HARDLY kosher by name, Pork Chop Productions (a self-styled association of artists rather than a theatre company) is staging Ros and Guil, an early…

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Aptly titled THEATRE Poles Apart (Still Life by Danusia Iwaszko; White Mud by Monica Raszewski)

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 27 June 1997 · page 30

YOU’D be forgiven for thinking this double bill from Daimon Productions at The Stables is a pair of Polish plays. Not so. Iwaszko is of Polish and Irish extraction but is English and writes…

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Jewish boy makes good THEATRE Act One

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 4 July 1997 · page 29

HIS is the latest show to premiere in what has been a purple patch — no, a B plethora — of outstanding pieces in and beyond the mainstream of Sydney theatre…

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THEATRE Les visages multiples du théâtre français

Le Courrier Australien · Thursday 10 July 1997 · page 26

Avec les trois salles dont elle dispose désormais, la Comédie Française déploie un éventail dont la diversité s'adresse à des publics variés…

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Jewish dance party

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 11 July 1997 · page 26

YOUNG Jewish adults celebrated the end of financial year with a dance party on the Roof Top, Kings Cross Hotel. More than 350 attended…

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Comedy with heart THEATRE Life Goes On

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 11 July 1997 · page 28

CAN it be? Yes, it is 34 years since I first met the ex-South African, elf-styled writer/housewife Peggy Caine. I was JC Williamson's director of publicity and…

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dance party

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 18 July 1997 · page 17

COLOSSUS dance party and light and sound show, Gold Star Room, Hakoah, August 2, $12/$10 concession. David Glass 9365 1463…

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Knockout adult fairytale DANCE Beauty and the Beast

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 18 July 1997 · page 28

GRAEME Murphy’s brilliantly inventive (isn’t everything he does?) re-staging and re-working of his 1993 Sydney Dance Company hit is bigger and better than ever, and only partly because…

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theatre night

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 July 1997 · page 17

EZRA theatre night, Sweet Chanty, Capitol Theatre, August 9. Tickets: Claude Hakim 9362 3172…

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theatre sports

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 July 1997 · page 17

THE Great Escape theatresports for the 20s age group, Belvoir Street Theatre, August 3, $17. RSVP (by July 25): Jonathan 9363 0766…

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at hakoah dance party

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 July 1997 · page 17

COLOSSUS spectacular lighting and sound youth dance evening, Gold Star Room, Hakoah, August 2, 9pm, $12/$10 concession. David Glass…

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arts BHP saga as fun THEATRE Essington Lewis: I Am Work

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 July 1997 · page 31

NEWCASTLE-born John O’Donoghue’s play which traces Essington Lewis’ rise…

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children's concert

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 July 1997 · page 17

NORTH Shore Temple Emanuel Children's choir family concert and lunch, July 27. Tickets: Deborah Scholem 9805 0607…

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theatre night

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 August 1997 · page 23

EZRA theatre night, Sweet Charity, Capitol Theatre, August 9. Claude Hakim 9362 3172…

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at hakoah dance party

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 August 1997 · page 23

COLOSSUS spectacular lighting and sound youth dance evening, Gold Star Room, Hakoah, August 2, 9pm, $12/$10 concession. David Glass…

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Good "commercial" theatre

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 August 1997 · page 34

I HAVEN’T the space to explain the relevance of the enigmatic title, except to say it is an interesting metaphor. British writer Shelagh Stephenson’s first…

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Dance, music — and an apology

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 August 1997 · page 39

THE 15th Maccablah Games closed in a colourful ceremony which celebrated the continuity of the…

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Powerful board room drama THEATRE The John Wayne Principle

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 August 1997 · page 34

AUSTRALIAN Tony McNamara’s hard-hitting satire — gutsy, slick and as heavily laden with four-letter words and black imagery as anything by McNamara’s idol, David Mamet — is back. It started public life in the STC’s Wharf 2 last…

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Lekke band

Dutch Weekly · Monday 4 August 1997 · page 21

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Moriah symphony orchestra?

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 August 1997 · page 18

THE three Moriah College Year K pupils who picked up a violin for their first lesson last week may play in the…

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