“Delicious intellectual engagement, along with fabulous entertainment”
Suzie Goes See
"What they've accomplished is nothing short of magic"
Time Out
“Australian theatre is so rarely this complex, or this moving”
The Guardian
“Beautiful and profound”
The Age
“This mesmerising adaptation is nothing short of magic”
Arts Hub
"Yentl was flawless... from the moment I sat down until the extensive (and totally justified) standing ovation, I was enthralled."
Theatre Matters
"The audience was swept up...."
Arts Hub
"a remarkable bilingual play...."
The Age
From Elsternwick to the Sydney Opera House!
!פֿון עלסטערנוויק צום סידנעיער אָפּערע הויז
Kadimah Yiddish Theatre is proud to present our award-winning Yentl with Co-Producers, Monstrous Theatre and Neil Gooding Productions in association with Shalom at the Sydney Opera House for a strictly limited season from 17 October 2024.
From Elsternwick to the Sydney Opera House, via sold-out seasons at Arts Centre Melbourne and the Malthouse Theatre, this critically acclaimed Yentl won four Green Room Awards including Outstanding Writing and Performance.
Hailed as a bilingual modern masterpiece, Yentl invites audiences to celebrate Yiddish culture and the revival of its endangered language in this new and brilliantly current stage adaptation of Nobel Prize laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer’s iconic short story.
Now, Harbour audiences will be able to experience the convergence of religion, gender, sexual politics, and traditional Yiddish culture in this ground-breaking stage adaptation that sets this Yentl apart from the 1975 Broadway play and Barbra Streisand’s 1983 musical film.
Gary Abrahams, Co-Writer and Director of ‘Yentl’ | Executive Director of Kadimah Yiddish Theatre writes: ”Yentl is one of those rare examples of a story that manages to be many things at once. It is culturally specific but also absolutely universal. As a character, Yentl means a great deal to many people... It's not for us to label her. Nor is it our job to police how anyone receives her within a contemporary context...”
Set in a small 1870’s shtetl in Poland, Yentl is the journey of a young woman who defies the Jewish orthodox tradition that forbids females from studying religious scripture. When her father dies, Yentl emancipates herself by dressing in male guise, determined to live as a man to continue her studies. Religion, gender, sexual politics, and traditional Yiddish culture collide as Yentl finds her truth through faith and love.
Isaac Bashevis only wrote in Yiddish, and the exquisite balance of Yiddish (with surtitles) and English transports audiences into Yentl’s world where the challenge of being true to oneself is as relevant today as it was 150 years ago.
Yentl | Kadimah Yiddish Theatre - Photos: Jeff Busby
CREATIVE TEAM
Co-written by Gary Abrahams, Elise Esther Hearst, and Galit Klas
Directed by Gary Abrahams
Associate Director Virginia ProudSet and costume design by Dann Barber
Lighting design by Rachel Burke
Music and Sound Design by Max Lyandvert
Cultural & Linguistic Consultant Rivke Margolis
Dialogue Coach Rivke Margolis
CAST
Yentl Amy Hack
Avigdor Nicholas Jaquinot
Hodes Genevieve Kingsford
The Figure Evelyn Krape
EVENT DETAILS
DATE
TIME
Thursday, 17 October 2024
7:15 pm
Friday, 18 October 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 19 October 2024
7:15 pm
Sunday, 20 October 2024
5:00 pm
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
6:00 pm
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
7:15 pm
Thursday, 24 October 2024
7:15 pm
Friday, 25 October 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 26 October 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 26 October 2024
1:30 pm
Sunday, 27 October 2024
3:00 pm
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
6:00 pm
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
7:15 pm
Thursday, 31 October 2024
7:15 pm
Friday, 1 November 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 2 November 2024
1:30 pm
Saturday, 2 November 2024
7:15 pm
Sunday, 3 November 2024
3:00 pm
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
6:00 pm
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
7:15 pm
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
1:30 pm
Thursday, 7 November 2024
7:15 pm
Friday, 8 November 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 9 November 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 9 November 2024
1:30 pm
Sunday, 10 November 2024
3:00 pm
Thursday, 14 November 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 16 November 2024
1:30 pm
Saturday, 16 November 2024
7:15 pm
Sunday, 17 November 2024
1:00 pm
RUN TIME
This performance runs for approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
AGE
Recommended for mature audiences 16 years and above.
Performance contains adult themes and nudity.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.
We acknowledge the longest standing custodians of the land where we meet, the Boon Wurrun folk of the Kulin nation, and we pay respect to their elders (matriachs and patriachs), past, present and future.
מיר אָנערקענען די עלטסטע געזעסענע אָפּהיטער פֿון דעם לאַנד וואוּ מיר טרעפֿן זיך, דאָס בּון וועראַנג פֿאָלק פֿון דער קולין נאַציע און מיר גיבן אָפּ כּבֿוד זייערע פֿאַרגאַנגענע, איצטיקע און קומענדיקע אמהות און אבות
We acknowledge the longest standing custodians of the land where we meet, the Boon Wurrun folk of the Kulin nation, and we pay respect to their elders (matriachs and patriachs), past, present and future.
מיר אָנערקענען די עלטסטע געזעסענע אָפּהיטער פֿון דעם לאַנד וואוּ מיר טרעפֿן זיך, דאָס בּון וועראַנג פֿאָלק פֿון דער קולין נאַציע און מיר גיבן אָפּ כּבֿוד זייערע פֿאַרגאַנגענע, איצטיקע און קומענדיקע אמהות און אבות
DATE
TIME
Thursday, 17 October 2024
7:15 pm
Friday, 18 October 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 19 October 2024
7:15 pm
Sunday, 20 October 2024
5:00 pm
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
6:00 pm
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
7:15 pm
Thursday, 24 October 2024
7:15 pm
Friday, 25 October 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 26 October 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 26 October 2024
1:30 pm
Sunday, 27 October 2024
3:00 pm
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
6:00 pm
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
7:15 pm
Thursday, 31 October 2024
7:15 pm
Friday, 1 November 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 2 November 2024
1:30 pm
Saturday, 2 November 2024
7:15 pm
Sunday, 3 November 2024
3:00 pm
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
6:00 pm
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
7:15 pm
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
1:30 pm
Thursday, 7 November 2024
7:15 pm
Friday, 8 November 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 9 November 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 9 November 2024
1:30 pm
Sunday, 10 November 2024
3:00 pm
Thursday, 14 November 2024
7:15 pm
Saturday, 16 November 2024
1:30 pm
Saturday, 16 November 2024
7:15 pm
Sunday, 17 November 2024
1:00 pm
EVENT DETAILS
RUN TIME
This performance runs for approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
AGE
Recommended for mature audiences 16 years and above.
Performance contains adult themes and nudity.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.