After a sold-out season in Cape Town and Joburg, the Fugard Theatre’s South African production of Joshua Harmon’s West End smash hit – the “blisteringly funny” Bad Jews – will return for a limited season from December 13.
The play is once more presented by Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre, and will be performed in the Fugard Studio Theatre from Tuesday to Fridays at 8pm, and on Saturdays at 4pm and 8pm.
After the death of their grandfather, Poppy, a family heirloom propels cousins Daphna and Liam into a domestic battle of honour, faith and heritage. The devoutly Jewish Daphna is at odds with her secular cousin Liam, an entitled young man detached from his cultural traditions. Caught in the middle are Jonah, Liam’s younger brother, and Liam’s non-Jewish girlfriend Melody, who just wants everyone to get along. When the group is forced to spend the night in close quarters, hilarity and mayhem ensue.
The production garnered a five-star review from the Jewish Chronicle (UK).
“There is something particularly remarkable about the way Harmon explores how post-Holocaust Jewish generations live with the legacy of the Shoah (Holocaust). Remarkable, because whereas most dramatists would address that territory with sombre respect, Harmon does it with irreverent wit.” John Nathan – The Jewish Chronicle (UK), January 2015.
This Fugard Theatre production once again features Lara Lipschitz ( Cabaret, Jersey Boys), who returns to the Fugard Theatre in Bad Jews as Daphna, a devout Jew who is unbending and religiously opinionated.
Opposite Lara is Glen Biderman-Pam ( Somewhere on the Border, The Epicene Butcher), who will reprise his role of Liam, Daphna’s secular cousin. Oliver Booth ( Skews Me, Life with Oli Booth, CHAMP) too will reprise his role of Jonah, Liam’s younger brother.
The Fugard Theatre welcomes Donna Cormack-Thomson, who will play the role of Melody, Liam’s non-Jewish girlfriend.
Greg Karvellas ( CHAMP, The Frontiersmen, Clybourne Park, The Father) directs with set and costume designs by Saul Radomsky ( The Shadow of the Hummingbird, Orpheus in Africa).
Tickets, ranging from R130 to R165, can be booked through Computicket on 0861 915 8000, online at www.computicket.com or at any Shoprite Checkers outlet. Bookings can also be made at the Fugard Theatre box office on 021 461 4554. There is a generous 15% discount available for the Friends of the Fugard members.