My mother and other catastrophes
January 26, 2015 by Geoff Sirmai
An all-star cast features in a new Australian black comedy about four generations of formidable Jewish women. Read more
Deb Filler in Melbourne
January 18, 2015 by Geoff Sirmai
Hilarious Antipodean comedienne and actress Deb Filler returns to Australia with her latest sparkling tour-de-force: I LOST IT IN KIEV – in two shows only on Saturday 28 February at Melbourne’s Theatre Works playhouse in St Kilda. Read more
80-yr-old to star in a play about his own fabled coffee shop
January 18, 2015 by Geoff Sirmai
What do a street girl, a nun and a taxi driver have in common? They all drink coffee at the Piccolo Bar in Sydney’s Kings Cross! Read more
Tabac Rouge – Sydney Festival Opening Night…a theatre review by Deb Meyer
January 9, 2015 by Deb Meyer
I can’t profess to understanding everything I saw and experienced in this latest production from James Thierree’s Compagnie du Hanneton, but with Tabac Rouge (Red Tobacco) I was blown away nonetheless! Read more
David Williamson’s “Rupert” – reviewed by Deb Meyer
December 1, 2014 by Deb Meyer
Sitting down to write this review, a strange sweet craving came over me. Read more
Empire by Spiegelworld
December 20, 2013 by Deb Meyer
’10 out of 10’ (Sun Herald), ‘the best show I’ve seen in years’ (Sydney Morning Herald), ‘the best sex of my life and I wasn’t even involved’ (Brisbane Times). It’s not every day that a show comes to town that arouses that kind of excitement!…writes Deb Meyer. Read more
Apples and Pears – a drama review by Deb Meyer
November 22, 2013 by Deb Meyer
Where in Sydney do you find an intimate theatre inside a NY style, graffiti filled warehouse, with a labyrinth of narrow staircases, bustling with energy and the occasional pot of overgrown tomatoes? Read more
Atomic – The Musical: A review by Deb Meyer
Physicists make for fascinating protagonists in the current Sydney theatre scene. Read more
Short+Sweet with a Jewish Flavour
January 28, 2013 by Geoff Sirmai
A host of Jewish artists appear in this week’s plays at Short+Sweet in Sydney. Read more
Geoff Sirmai as Shylock
January 28, 2012 by Agencies
Well known Sydney actor and community personality, Geoff Sirmai is to star as Shylock in a Sydney production of Shakespeare’s controversial classic The Merchant of Venice. Read more
Sasha Misrachi Presents….
November 2, 2010 by Geoff Sirmai
Due to popular demand, after its stellar preview season at the Sydney Fringe Festival, Devil May Care’s acclaimed production of Songs of Grace and Redemption returns to Sydney in November for a limited season at the TAP Gallery Theatre, Darlinghurst. Read more
New home-grown musical opening this week
September 12, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
A brand new musical will open at Sydney’s Parade theatre this week…the brainchild of one of Sydney’s Jewish showbiz personalities. Read more
New musical by Sydney writer/composer
August 18, 2010 by Geoff Sirmai
Joanna Weinberg has written a new musical about kids’ football…Every Single Saturday opens in Sydney next month. Read more
Sydney lawyer’s 10th play…
August 1, 2010 by Geoff Sirmai
Jewish eastern suburbs writer/lawyer Tony Laumberg’s latest comedy opens 5 August….and this time national security is at stake! Read more
Seven Jewish Children fails to win award
March 14, 2010 by Geoff Sirmai
The controversial Caryl Churchill short play Seven Jewish Children went empty-handed at the Gala Awards Final of Short+Sweet play festival at NIDA’s Parade Theatre on Saturday night. Read more
Controversial play in Sydney drama final
March 3, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
The controversial play “Seven Jewish Children” which spans Israel’s history from the Holocaust to the 2008/9 Gaza War seen from the perspective of children is one of twelve finalists in this year’s Sydney’s Short+Sweet drama festival. Read more
