Last Dance at the Jewish Chronicle January 19, 2011

The evening features stories in song written and performed by the "Comic Bard of Anglo Jewry" Daniel Cainer and stories written and performed by Robin Hirsch. In a special informal double-header, two master storytellers explore what it means to be Jewish in a turbulent time--the latter part of the 20th century and the early part of the 21st. Daniel Cainer is a London-based composer, songwriter and broadcaster of topical songs. Having paid very little attention to his cultural heritage until now, his show 'Jewish Chronicles' is a genuine reflection of his current mid-life kosher-crisis. 'Jewish Chronicles' has sold out theatres in London's West End, the Edinburgh Festival, Melbourne and Sydney. His acutely observed songs are full of wry humour and he is not afraid of controversy. His journey through Jewish culture covers true tales of feuding tailors, a young woman who elopes with the leader of a fundamentalist Christian cult, a coke-dealing rabbi, a drive through the West Bank courtesy of a faulty GPS system, and the hilarious, adulterous adventures of his own parents.