Two Sisters

Annie Byron to star alongside Jean Kittson in Two Sisters production at Emanuel Synagogue.

Acclaimed Producer Adam Liberman and Emanuel Synagogue are excited to announce acclaimed actor Annie Byron has been cast opposite Jean Kittson in the dramatised reading of Two Sisters, to be held at Emanuel Synagogue between 19 and 23 May 2021. 

An award-winning film, stage, and television actress, Annie Byron’s screen credits include for Wolf Creek 2, Fran, Muriel's Wedding, _and Doing Time for Patsy Cline. _

Her TV roles include: Doctor Doctor, Home & Away, All Saints, Stingers, Always Greener, Backberner, The Flying Doctors, The Sullivans, A Country Practice, Rafferty’s Rules, Great Expectations, GP, Five Mile Creek _and Mary McKillop_. 

She has performed with most Australian theatre companies; Mosquitoes, Hedda Gabler, Embers, Bed, Morning Sacrifice, Dreams of a Salesman, Lady of the Camelias and A Cheery Soul, all for Sydney Theatre Company. Other theatre includes for Eternity Playhouse You Will Not Play Wagner, My Name is Asher Lev, both directed by Moira Blumenthal as well for the Belvoir Theatre and the Griffin Theatre. 

She will work alongside Jean Kittson who is one of Australia’s leading comedians and entertainers, with acting credits including Mum’s the Word, Calendar Girls and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

In Gail Louw’s Two Sisters, audiences meet sisters Rika and Edith, who are very close but about to discover a shocking truth about their past. Can they adapt or will they now, after seventy years, become strangers?

Set on a kibbutz in Israel in 1996, reveals the politics, rivalry, sweetness, humour and sadness inextricably entwining the sisters’ lives. It explores sibling relationships and their often wildly differing perceptions of past events.

It confronts the realities of growing old; maintaining or relinquishing independence, the need for others, and complex emotions including selfishness, guilt and regret. 

Writing for Broadway World, reviewer Shari Barrett said of the play’s 2016 US debut that Gail Louw had written “…an exquisite play”.