Anne Being Frank
Anne Being Frank

Playhouse, Sydney Opera House
13-21 September 2025
Had she known what was to come, would Anne Frank still have written the famous line: ‘In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart’?
This multi-award-winning play is a complete reimagining of the iconic Anne Frank story.
It asks us to consider what “could have been” and moves between three worlds - the secret annex where Anne's family are in hiding; Bergen Belsen where, sick and starving, she lives out her final days; and an unfulfilled future in a swanky New York publishing house where we meet the bright, debut author who with devastating new insight is rewriting her manuscript for publication. Her editor dearly wishes to maintain the innocence of the original, but Anne is on a quest to tell the truth.
Winner of Broadway World Awards 2023 - Best of Solo Performance and Best Production of a Play
"Powerful and Nuanced"
Sydney Morning Herald
"Mesmerising"
Theatre Travels
"Thought provoking...won't leave you untouched"
Theatre Thoughts
"Flawless"
On The House
"Fishman is enthralling"
Stage Whispers
Writer Ron Elisha
Composer Simon Mason
Director Amanda Brooke-Lerner
Associate Director Theresa Borg
Visual Design Jacob Battista
Lighting Design Finnegan Comte-Harvey
Costume Design Sue Makkoo
Starring as Anne Alexis Fishman
Playhouse, Sydney Opera House
13-21 September 2025
Had she known what was to come, would Anne Frank still have written the famous line: ‘In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart’?
This multi-award-winning play is a complete reimagining of the iconic Anne Frank story.
It asks us to consider what “could have been” and moves between three worlds - the secret annex where Anne's family are in hiding; Bergen Belsen where, sick and starving, she lives out her final days; and an unfulfilled future in a swanky New York publishing house where we meet the bright, debut author who with devastating new insight is rewriting her manuscript for publication. Her editor dearly wishes to maintain the innocence of the original, but Anne is on a quest to tell the truth.
Winner of Broadway World Awards 2023 - Best of Solo Performance and Best Production of a Play
"Powerful and Nuanced"
Sydney Morning Herald
"Mesmerising"
Theatre Travels
"Thought provoking...won't leave you untouched"
Theatre Thoughts
"Flawless"
On The House
"Fishman is enthralling"
Stage Whispers
Writer Ron Elisha
Composer Simon Mason
Director Amanda Brooke-Lerner
Associate Director Theresa Borg
Visual Design Jacob Battista
Lighting Design Finnegan Comte-Harvey
Costume Design Sue Makkoo
Starring as Anne Alexis Fishman