Ron Hoenig was active as an actor/writer in Adelaide from 1978 to 1984, performing in more than 30 plays and writing or co-writing four theatre pieces. Later, after editing and writing features for a range of publications,  he became at lecturer in journalism at the University of South Australia. Since retiring in 2021 he has resumed his involvement in theatre and freelance journalism. He is currently writing a play about the Hungarian man who saved his mother’s life during the Shoah.