Ira has performed in a number of musicals with Riccarton Players and NCMS including Jesus Christ Super Star, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Chess.

His Showbiz credits include Evita, Mamma Mia!, Monty Python’s Spamalot, CATS, Miss Saigon, and also the 1999 production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat way back when he was just 10 years old.

After pursuing a career in law he decided that teaching was more his style and gets great pleasure out of teaching his students at Shirley Boys High School.