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Pictures, dances & concerts, 2003

126 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 7

The Marijuanalogues Athenaeum Theatre 8:15

The Chaser · Saturday 5 April 2003 · page 10

Arj Barker, Doug Benson and Tony Camin talk about marijuana in this show. In fact, that's the whole show. If you have never smoked…

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Ross Noble Sonic Waffle Athenaeum Theatre 9:45

The Chaser · Saturday 5 April 2003 · page 11

UK comic Ross Noble's rare talent for improvised stand-up is both the sinner and saviour in his frenetic Sonic Waffle show…

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Cream of Irish Atheneum Theatre 7.00pm & Sun 6.00pm

The Chaser · Saturday 5 April 2003 · page 8

Three experienced Irish standups doing twenty minutes each. We went on the first night when the lowest-billed David O'Doherty was…

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Richard Hearing RMIT Capitol Theatre 8.30pm & Sun 7.30pm

The Chaser · Saturday 5 April 2003 · page 11

Richard Herring has restyled him-self as a penile evangelist, and has been surveying attitudes to that humble organ…

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Men in Coats Capitol Theatre 7.00pm & Sun 6.00pm

The Chaser · Saturday 5 April 2003 · page 11

If you're happy to leave your kids with a couple of dodgy looking men in rain coats then this is the show for you. The Men in Coats…

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Arj Barker Tales From The Barkside Athenaeum Theatre 8.15pm

The Chaser · Saturday 5 April 2003 · page 7

Arj Barker is the consummate comedy performer. While he has a tendency to come up with fairly crappy puns for his show titles like…

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The Beatification of Newt Berton Athenaeum Theatre 6.00pm & Sun 4.00pm

The Chaser · Saturday 5 April 2003 · page 7

Set in 1999, in the lead up to the Sydney Olympic Games, this psychedelic play sees listless infomercial-addict Danny entrusted with a…

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Andrew Maxwell The Little Sultan Speaks Athenaeum Theatre Tues-Sun 10.00pm

The Chaser · Saturday 5 April 2003 · page 7

Like the song of the harpy, Maxwell's comic stories are so entrancing you only realise you're immersed in one when he…

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Justin Hamilton Just Insane RMIT Capitol Theatre 9.45pm & Sun 8.45

The Chaser · Saturday 5 April 2003 · page 10

One of a handful from Triple J's stable of culturally-atuned funny men to appear at The Comedy Festival, Justin Hamilton races…

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John Knowles is Saddle Sore RMIT Capitol Theatre 7.15pm & Sun 6.15pm

The Chaser · Saturday 5 April 2003 · page 10

For the past few years, Knowles was been part of the Cops on Heat team, renowned for putting on many an outstanding late-night…

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Puppetry of the Penis (The director's cut) Forum Theatre Mon 7pm, Thu-Sat 10, Sun 8pm

The Chaser · Saturday 5 April 2003 · page 11

Was it worth the wail of an hour and ten minutes of lead up time? Well as far as penis puppetry goes this was probably as good as it…

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The Concert The Storeroom Wed-Sat 8.20pm & Sun 6.20pm

The Chaser · Saturday 5 April 2003 · page 8

The Storeroom may be in Fitzroy, but its pool-room clientele may as well be Appalachians by the look of them…

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The Bens' Rock Over Australia Tuesday 18th March 2003 Enmore Theatre

Tharunka · Monday 7 April 2003 · page 24

The reason for going to any concert, in my opinion, is to see the human element of the musician. To brlna them closer to you, a lowly spectator, by [?] the gab between their…

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Israeli dance classes

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 11 April 2003 · page 16

CLASSES are held on Tuesday at 8pm at the Church in the Market Place, Bondi Junction and Thursday morning at the Uniting…

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More Pictures, Next Week Honouring Jewish soldiers

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 2 May 2003 · page 6

FOR the first time in 78 years, participants at the annual NSW Association of Jewish Ex-servicemen and Women (Najex) Anzac Day service did not…

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Australian Ballet on target again DANCE

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 9 May 2003 · page 21

THE Australian Ballet last year scored one of the greatest hits in its illustrious history with Graeme Murphy’s real-people, non-fairytale treatment…

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haughty culture The Art of Endurance This edition, Kara does the hard yards of a theatre marathon. Is the artistic footslog really worth it?

The Chaser · Friday 9 May 2003 · page 16

It is about time there was a play on the subject of roadkill. Whipping up carpaccio Kangaroo with the…

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Point Zero benefit concert

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 6 June 2003 · page 16

A POINT Zero benefit concert starring Avraham Fried and the South Head Synagogue Quartet, Chazan Yehoshua Niasoff, Hylton Chilchik…

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Moriah Ball

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 13 June 2003 · page 8

THE 35th Annual Moriah Community Service Ball, held at Star City on Sunday night, was the culmination of 20 hours of community service by…

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Moriah Community Service Ball

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 13 June 2003 · page 10

About 650 guests participated in the Moriah Community Service Ball at Star City on Sunday night. Photos: Ingrid Shakenovsky…

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