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August 27, 2001

Adelaide Theatre

24 August, 2001
Murray Bramwell

Jennifer in Security
by Noelle Janaczewska

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Waterside, Port Adelaide
ends September 1.
Odeon Theatre, Norwood
4 – 8 September.

Jennifer is in a jam after being down-sized from retail. Then, when her Excel breaks down, she is helped out by the blokes at Oakhurst Security and she talks herself into a job. Now, in her white shirt, black tie, dark windbreaker and with everything but a Colt revolver hanging from her belt, she works …

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August 24, 2001

Adelaide Theatre

22 August, 2001
Murray Bramwell

Holy Day
by Andrew Bovell

State Theatre Company of South Australia
Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre,
ends 8 September.
Melbourne season at the CUB Malthouse
from 13 September to 6 October, 2001.

Andrew Bovell’s Holy Day had been in draft form for something like ten years, set aside for such various other ventures as his script for Strictly Ballroom and the current New York stage version – as well as the soon-to-be-released Geoffrey Rush film – …

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August 01, 2001

Triptych

2001

Art
by Yasmina Reza

State Theatre Company
Space, July, 2001.

Reviewed by Murray Bramwell

Plenty of people have bought paintings, and paid more than they could afford, but few have become as well known as Serge, the first-name-only character in Yasmina Reza’s hit play Art. First the French heard about him in Paris back in 1994. Then Sean Connery decided to back an English language version – scintillatingly provided by ace translator Christopher Hampton. After that, it was a …

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