The 1994 London production made national news when it caused grave offence to the Roman Catholic Church and was closed down after just nine performances.
[citation needed] He played the villainous Jake Sanders in the 1980s Australian TV series Return to Eden.
Other works as an actor include roles in Noises Off, Secret Army, The Bill, King Cinder, alongside Rik Mayall in Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis Arnold Beckoff in the Australian production of Torch Song Trilogy and Ben Elton's Popcorn in London's West End.
[2] Abineri has produced and directed several television documentaries, including One Hit Wonders for the BBC in 1997, Walk on the Wild Side for Granada TV, and Murder and Celebrity for UKTV and A Conversation With James Lovelock for Network Films.
He is married to TV executive Claudia Rosencrantz,[3] with whom he has one daughter, singer songwriter Lola Aviva.