Deb Meyer

Rivka Hartman’s play Let’s Talk About You…a theatre review by Deb Meyer

Let's Talk About You is the newest offering by playwright Rivka Hartman (My Mother & Other Catastrophies) - a Melbourne born, Yiddish speaking thespian who’s Jewish identity informs much of her writing.

All My Sons…a theatre reviews by Deb Meyer

Capitalism, corruption and cover ups are familiar stomping ground in American theatre. In All My Sons, Arthur Miller’s riveting, award-winning play of 1947, these themes and more are explored in epic proportions.

The Literati by Justin Fleming after Moliere’s Les Femmes Savantes…a review by Deb Meyer

On opening night of The Literati, at the SWB Stables Theatre, love was certainly in the air.

My Name is Asher Lev…a theatre review by Deb Meyer

Over the years, non-Jewish book reviewer Doug Cannon and his Dad would occasionally have a conversation about Chaim Potok’s classic novel.

STC’s play Disgraced lays bare a modern Muslim’s crisis of identity …a theatre review by Deb Meyer

Arab-American playwright Ayad Akhtar is the most produced playwright in America at the moment and for good reason.

Hay Fever: a theatre review by Deb Meyer

There’s something terribly refreshing about a well written comedy, especially when it’s revived by a wonderful cast and given playful direction and a creative design team...writes Deb Meyer.
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Deb Meyer reviews the STC production of “Orlando”

Virginia Woolf’s epic, mythological tale of gender transformation through the ages is given a playful treatment by Chicago born playwright Sarah Ruhl, in this Australian premier.

STC’s The Wharf Revue – Celebrating 15 years…reviewed by Deb Meyer

A usual highlight in the Sydney Theatre Company calendar, The Wharf Revue, is back again, this time in celebration of 15 years and 21 shows, poking as much fun as always at the follies of our political icons.

ABSINTHE by Spiegelworld – reviewed by Deb Meyer

Few circus companies do subversive and sexy as well as the Spiegelworld team.

Festival of Dreams

Thousands of people are expected to attend the Festival of Dreams this weekend in Sydney, with all proceeds going to Our Big Kitchen.

Sydney Theatre Company’s Death And The Maiden – a review by Deb Meyer

How does a country and an individual move forward after experiencing the brutality of dictatorship? Is it best totally buried or totally revealed?

The Present After Anton Chekhov’s Platonov by Andrew Upton…a theatre review by Deb Meyer

What do British punk rock music, Russian vodka (copious amounts of it), an acclaimed Irish director and a stellar Australian cast have in common? They all feature in Andrew Upton’s explosive adaptation of Chekhov’s Platonov at the Sydney Theatre Company.