Never Again-Austen Tayshus
Like so many I saw a number of Austen Tayshus shows in the 80’s in Pubs and clubs where you would leave drenched in sweat and feeling like you had just done nine rounds of cage wrestling with Andre the Giant and a Grizzly bear. The latest offering by Austen Tayshus at the Bondi Pavillion still leaves you battered and bruised but dying for more. Read more
Diplomacy: a theatre review by Hila Tsor
July 3, 2019 by Hila Tsor
After its first sold-out session the political thriller, ’Diplomacy’, is back for an encore at Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre. Read more
PUFFS or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic
June 26, 2019 by Hila Tsor
A theatre review by Hila Tsor. Read more
Peter Pan Goes Wrong: a theatre review by Hila Tsor
The title of the play ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ is quite self-explanatory, revealing the main premise of the play. ‘Gone Wrong’ theatre productions are not uncommon but are always full of mischief and mayhem, this being no exception. Read more
Sydney Festival: One Infinity
December 31, 2018 by Arts Editor
One Infinity is a hypnotic, cross-cultural music and dance collaboration, in which the audience is also performers. Read more
Madiba the Musical: a theatre review by Elana Bowman
November 2, 2018 by Elana Bowman
Madiba the Musical celebrates the life of the former South African president’s struggle towards freedom; is interwoven with stories and songs of the Black Africans during the apartheid era. Read more
Second time around
September 5, 2018 by Geoff Sirmai
The role of Tevye in the upcoming Moriah production of Fiddler on the Roof will be played by David Solomon who performed the role in 1994…which was directed by Roberta Goot in charge of the 2018 Fiddler. Read more
The Man in the Attic: a theatre review by Hila Tsor
July 11, 2018 by Hila Tsor
Emotive and powerful, written by Timothy Daly, directed by Moria Blumenthal and produced by Shalom and Moria Blumenthal Productions, The Man in the Attic presents a deep piece to the Sydney audience. Read more
The Secret Singer
July 6, 2018 by Geoff Sirmai
Multi-award-winning darlings of the Australian stage and screen, Genevieve Lemon and Kate Mannix star in the world premiere season of a joyful new musical play – based on a true story – by Joanna Weinberg (Goddess, Pandora’s Bag, Lifeforce, The Piano Diaries). Read more
DRESDEN by Justin Fleming: J-Wire has giveaways
June 12, 2018 by Arts Editor
“That was the hour it all began!” Read more
August: Osage County – a theatre review by Hila Tsor
June 11, 2018 by Hila Tsor
Love vs solitude lays at the heart of August: Osage County. Read more
NSTE to stage a world premiere
October 2, 2017 by Geoff Sirmai
A new show inspired by a true story of a singing teacher whose life is transformed by an unusual pupil will have its world premiere at Sydney’s North Shore Temple Emanuel next month. Read more
Kindertransport – a theatre review by David Kary
We need to step outside of ourselves and into the ‘shoes’ of another human being to truly understand and accept them. Read more
Prince Bettliegend in Sydney
August 7, 2017 by Roz Tarszisz
Sydney is hosting the world premiere reconstruction of Prince Bettliegend (The Bedridden Prince) next week. Billed as a comic musical revue, it is presented as part of the Seymour Centre’s Great Ideas Performance Series and the Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music’s Out of the Shadows : Rediscovering Jewish Music and Theatre festival.
Local Sydney theatre company presents Australian premiere of a hilarious new Broadway show.
March 13, 2017 by Geoff Sirmai
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU is a hilarious and wild, musical farce with blushing brides, nervous grooms, overbearing mums, unexpected guests, and plenty of crazy twists and turns. It’s the funniest wedding you will ever go to… and it’s coming to the Independent Theatre, North Sydney from 31 March! Read more
Mount Scopus to stage Mary Poppins
March 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Mount Scopus College is proud to present the Victorian school premiere production of Mary Poppins. Read more
The Laden Table
The independent theatre company known for taking daring risks, Sydney’s bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company, will kick off their 2017 season with a powerful world-premiere, The Laden Table, written and developed by a collective of Jewish, Muslim and Christian women in response to ‘dinner table racism’. Read more
Kosher Theatresports: more laughs than you could poke a shtick at!
February 21, 2017 by Geoff Sirmai
In what was the closest finish ever seen in 22 years of Kosher Theatresports at Sydney’s Bondi Pavilion Theatre. Read more
Kosher Theatresports is back!
January 20, 2017 by J-Wire
The popular Jewish-themed impro comedy show based on the Australian and world-wide hit show, returns to Sydney’s Bondi Pavilion theatre on Sunday 19 February after a 4 year ‘shluff’. Read more
Short+Sweet Turns “Sweet 16” in January 2017
January 1, 2017 by Geoff Sirmai
Short+Sweet has spread the popular 10-minute format in theatre, dance, cabaret & comedy across Australia and the globe – with festivals now as far afield as Hollywood, India, Malaysia, Dubai and NZ. But the original theatre festival in its Sydney home is ‘sweet 16’ this year… and plans to celebrate in style! Read more
Rivka Hartman’s play Let’s Talk About You…a theatre review by Deb Meyer
November 21, 2016 by Deb Meyer
Let’s Talk About You is the newest offering by playwright Rivka Hartman (My Mother & Other Catastrophes) – a Melbourne born, Yiddish speaking thespian who’s Jewish identity informs much of her writing. Read more
The Kadimah commemorates centenary of the death of Sholem Aleichem
October 28, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Kadimah is presenting three shows in Melbourne to commemorate centenary of the death of the famous Yiddish writer, Sholem Aleichem. Read more
Emerging Jewish actor to star in Australian play
October 27, 2016 by Sophie Deutsch
Aaron Lucas is a must-see actor starring in the powerful new Australian play, FLOOD, which opens 8 November at the Old 505 Theatre in Newtown, Sydney. Read more
Not Dead Yet! Three shows to commemorate centenary of the death of the famous Yiddish writer, Sholem Aleichem
September 23, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Kadimah, the Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library, is presenting three shows called Sholem Aleichem: Not Dead Yet! A Tribute to the 100th Yortstayt [death centenary] of our beloved Yiddish Writer over the last weekend of October at Melbourne’s Elwood College’s Phoenix Theatre. Read more
All My Sons…a theatre reviews by Deb Meyer
July 10, 2016 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. Read more
The Literati by Justin Fleming after Moliere’s Les Femmes Savantes…a review by Deb Meyer
June 6, 2016 by Deb Meyer
On opening night of The Literati, at Sydney’s SWB Stables Theatre, love was certainly in the air. Read more
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. Read more
My Name is Naama Potok
May 10, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
Naama Potok, daughter of acclaimed Jewish author, Chaim Potok, is in Sydney to promote the stage version of his novel My Name is Asher Lev.
STC’s play Disgraced lays bare a modern Muslim’s crisis of identity …a theatre review by Deb Meyer
May 10, 2016 by Deb Meyer
Arab-American playwright Ayad Akhtar is the most produced playwright in America at the moment and for good reason. Read more
Bad Jews: a theatre review by Toni Susskind
May 2, 2016 by Toni Susskind
Touted as the “The funniest play of the year” by The Washington Post, Bad Jews is a black comedy set in a New York Studio Apartment. Read more
