The Gilgul

The Gilgul
A one-man performance by Dr Myer Taub

Directed by Aliza Levi

Preview: Saturday 25 July, 8pm Doors open at 7.30pm | Performance starts promptly at 8.00pm

Sunday 26 July, 6.00pm
Doors open at 5.30pm | Performance starts promptly at 6.00pm

Goldstone Gallery reopens its doors for two nights only to present The Gilgul, an extraordinary solo performance by acclaimed South African playwright, performer and theatre scholar Dr Myer Taub and directed by Melbourne based artist and writer Aliza Levi.

An award-winning artist and Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Dr Taub is internationally recognised for his work at the intersection of theatre, storytelling and research. He is visiting Melbourne as an invited participant in the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) World Congress at the University of Melbourne.

Adapted from a little-known Yiddish story by A. B. Gotlober (1811–1899), The Gilgul unfolds in the preparation room of a Jewish burial society, where a burial society worker encounters a wandering soul trapped in an endless cycle of reincarnation. As the spirit recounts its many past lives, the play becomes a richly layered tale of greed, ambition, love, loss and redemption. Blending Jewish mysticism, folklore, dark comedy and powerful storytelling, The Gilgul is a moving meditation on resilience, morality and what it means to be human.

Presented in the intimate setting of Goldstone Gallery, this is a rare opportunity to experience Dr Taub's remarkable performance up close.

It also feels especially fitting that Goldstone is reopening for this event. Throughout its exhibition program, the gallery explored memory, loss, survival and hope through exhibitions including This is Navalny, October 7: Atrocity, Antisemitism and Resilience, the first posthumous exhibition of Holocaust survivor and painter Olga Horak OAM, and Ramak Bamzar's The Body as Revolution.

Although Goldstone has paused its exhibition program, there could be no more meaningful occasion to reopen. Like the play itself, this gallery is a celebration of transformation, memory and renewal.

Join us for this very special two-night-only performance, tickets are limited.