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April 29, 2005

Untiring Courage

Filed under: Archive,Australian Texts,Theatre

Weary
by Alan Hopgood

Dunstan Playhouse
13 April, 2005

Murray Bramwell

Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop waited more than forty years before he turned the scattered notes of his wartime diaries into publishable form. Recorded in dreadful circumstances while he was a prisoner of the Japanese, first in camps in Java and then along the Burma-Thailand Railway, they now stand as one of the most remarkable documents of World War II. As senior medical officer he recorded with scrupulous precision the …

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April 15, 2005

REM with Bright Eyes and Little Birdy

Filed under: Archive,Music

Entertainment Centre
6 April

Murray Bramwell

REM’s Adelaide show, their third here, marks the 25th anniversary of their first gig as a band. And while it may seem like the blinking of an eye to some of us, when we hear that Nebraskan support band Bright Eyes’s lead singer Conor Oberst was one month old at that time, it is a reminder what an extraordinary stretch the REM twenty album history really is.

Not that there is anything backward-looking about …

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April 01, 2005

Running, Jumping, Standing Still

Filed under: Adelaide Companies,Archive,Theatre

2005

Come Out 2005

Murray Bramwell

Come Out, the Australian Festival for Young People has been showcasing new work for more than thirty years and its achievement  is impressive. For much of that time, Come Out was not just the leading festival for young people in Australia, it was the only one – and an important opportunity, through forums, performances and collegial exchange, to take a look at the state of the arts for audiences ranging from pre-school to late …

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The Power of Two

Filed under: Archive,Comedy

2005

The Pleasure of Their Company

Shaun Micallef and Glynn Nicholas

The Arts Theatre

Murray Bramwell

There have been plenty of comedy double acts in recent times – HG and Roy, John Clarke and Bryan Dawe, Mick Molloy and Tony Martin, to name just a few. But, on first glance, Glynn Nicholas and Shaun Micallef seem an unlikely combination. For a start, Nicholas has forged a very successful career as a solo comic with a memorable range of signature characters …

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