ROM Speaks
Saul Rubinek

Name: Saul Rubinek
Start: 2025-01-28T19:00:00-0500
End: 2025-01-28T22:00:00-0500
Location: Royal Ontario Museum

Date

Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025 19:00

Registration Date

Friday, Dec 20, 2024 10:00

Admission

ROM Speaks - Public: $36.00 ROM Speaks - Member: $32.40

Audience

Adults

Date

Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025 19:00

Registration Date

Friday, Dec 20, 2024 10:00

Admission

ROM Speaks - Public: $36.00 ROM Speaks - Member: $32.40

Audience

Adults

Tuesday JAN 28, 2025 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

A ROM SPEAKS presentation for INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, and to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. ROM ‘s new exhibition is Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.

After his recent triumphant one-man show, Canadian Stage’s hit production of “Playing Shylock", ROM welcomes Saul Rubinek in a performance of excerpts from his new play "All in the Telling".

A mystery, a comedy, a love story, and a tale of miraculous survival, “All in the Telling” travels through time and place and is about bridging the divides caused by intergenerational trauma. “All in the Telling” is Saul Rubinek’s love letter to his family, the true story of their journey across two continents and four generations.

After Saul’s performance, esteemed producer and writer Michael Hirsh will moderate a fireside chat with Saul about their experiences as children of Holocaust survivors.

Included with your ticket is a reception, and viewing of ROM’s newest exhibition, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.

Program Partners
Starvox Entertainment
Verité Films

ROM Speaks is generously supported by The Schmidt Family.

Speakers

Saul Rubinek

Saul Rubinek was born in a refugee camp in Germany after World War II. He was 9 months old when he arrived with his parents as immigrants to Canada. His parents hid from the Nazis in rural Poland throughout the Second World War, during which his father ran a Yiddish theatre company.

A beloved television and film veteran (Unforgiven, True Romance, The Family Man, Frasier, Hunters) began his illustrious career in Ottawa as a child actor. In 1972, he was a founding member of Toronto Free Theatre, which would later become Canadian Stage. Saul returned there recently to perform a one-man show, "Playing Shylock ”, a poignant, provocative play that questions the role of art in today’s world.

Michael Hirsh

Michael Hirsh is a son of Holocaust survivors, born in Belgium and raised in Toronto. He was the co-founder and CEO of Nelvana and the driving force behind Canada’s animation dominance.