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July 18, 1993

Fiesta-ville

Filed under: Archive,Music

Murray Bramwell

From September 10 -26 Adelaide and environs will be alive with the sound of fiesta. The Honda Adelaide Music Fiesta will be getting into gear on a number of fronts- jazz, country, popular, rock, dance, choral and a broad classical program. There will be a variety of international and interstate performers but the focus for Fiesta is also in showcasing and promoting local talent.

The Music Fiesta originated in 1991 with a festival of more than 140 events …

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July 01, 1993

Class Action

Filed under: Archive,State Theatre Company,Theatre

School for Scandal
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
State Theatre Company
The Playhouse

Reviewed by Murray Bramwell

The last time director Simon Phillips worked with designer Mary Moore it was for Edward Bond’s Restoration. Now with School for Scandal they turn from satiric pastiche to the real thing. But these days the real thing- in the case of Sheridan- means blending Restoration manner with a good deal of satiric pastiche.

This State has done with considerable flair. Characteristically, Moore’s design is …

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Crime and Punishment

Filed under: Archive,Interstate,State Theatre Company,Theatre

Death and the Maiden
by Ariel Dorfman
Sydney Theatre Company
Space

Reviewed by Murray Bramwell

Since Ariel Dorfman’s ethico-political thriller Death and the Maiden has emerged as one of the most admired new works performed in London for some time, the inclusion of the Sydney Theatre Company version in State’s current season provides a welcome opportunity to see the play- if not, perhaps, in the production it best deserves.

Whodunnit, sexual dialectic, theatrical nailbiter and timely reminder, Death and the …

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Night Terrors

Filed under: Archive,Australian Texts,Theatre

All Souls
by Daniel Keene
Red Shed Company
Cardwell Street

Reviewed by Murray Bramwell

All Souls continues the productive relationship between Daniel Keene and the Red Shed Company. Last year’s Low, a grim underclass tragedy featuring Ulli Birve and Syd Brisbane, drew admiring, often young, audiences to Cardwell Street. With All Souls, a Red Shed commission, Keene has extended his writing- sometimes over-extended it- but the result is a new work of considerable distinction.

All Souls is a dream play …

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