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BARBER OF SEVILLE

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THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House, February 4

From Knives ... To Scissors

Kevin Murphy began his working life as a butcher. Back then, he could not have imagined where his career turn to hairdressing might lead: he became a stylist for Hollywood A-listers including Cate Blanchett, Naomi Watts, Selma Blair, Monica Bellucci, Heidi Klum and the Minogue sisters.

Heartfelt Offer For Fans If Jets Make The Cut

NEWCASTLE Jets fan Fadi Hamadeh will offer free haircuts at his Hamilton barber shop on Monday if his beloved team make the A-League grand final.

Sydney's Cheapest Cuts

HAIRCUTS come in all shapes, sizes and prices these days. But it's a fair bet that you won't find a cheaper hairdresser in Sydney than Mr Kwan.

Barber Calls Cut On Career

WHEN Robert McLeod started on the shears, there were 22 barber shops in High Street, Maitland.

Mixed Nuts On Barber's Cue

A visit to my barber is many things.

After 45 Years, This Barber's About To Cut Loose

WHEN Rocco Lopresti set up his barber's shop in Fairy Meadow almost 45 years ago, seven shillings would see dapper gents right for a crew cut.

End Of An Era For Barber Who Was A Cut Above The Rest

RALPH Della Grotta did not met his father, Leone, until he was 11 years old but he remembers clearly the day he picked up his old man's scissors to begin cutting his friends' hair in the family backyard in central Italy.

Women No Longer A Cut Above

THE fight for equality has entered the hairdresser's, with a leading salon group making men's and women's haircuts the same price. Toni & Guy salons have done away with pricing on a gender basis and introduced a flat fee for basic styling services. Men and women pay $72 for a stylist cut and blow dry and $89 for an art director cut and blow dry.

After A Close Shave, Barbers Are Back In Fashion

ONCE BARBER shops were twilight zones - male preserves where the form guide, Men Only magazines and tabloid newspapers were the set texts, condoms were sold discreetly in brown paper wrappings, and Ken Howard's race-calling boomed away in the background. That was when a haircut every three weeks