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May 28, 1997

Adelaide – Future Tense

Future Tense
Magpie 2
Queen’s Theatre
Adelaide

The Magpie has landed. Magpie 2, that is. For a long time the theatre-in-education wing of the State Theatre Company, it is has now pitched its energies towards the eighteen to twenty-six age group, not exactly a theatre-friendly demographic. Not exactly a demographic at all. So, newly appointed artistic director Benedict Andrews has nailed his doubloon to the mast with a program to his own liking – a double feature of contemporary European …

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May 01, 1997

Looking About

Filed under: Archive,Festival

Take Over 97
Australian Festival for Young People

Reviewed by Murray Bramwell

Come Out has a new name. After more than twenty years the festival and the concept have had a makeover and the Australian Festival for Young People has emerged anew – as Take Over, with a mission, as they say, to stimulate, entertain and challenge young people of all ages from 3-26. Artistic director Nigel Jamieson has taken on this daunting task, mounting a massive seventeen day festival.…

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