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Oh hello!
I am a playwright, performer and Yiddish teacher who lives in London and hails from Vancouver/Coast Salish land.
My work aims to be joyful, participatory and connected, coming from the belief that it’s possible for us to transform society for the better.
My newest play, the East End Jewish pantomime Yankl and the Beanstalk, is inspired by the Jack and the Beanstalk story and set in the radical Jewish East End of yore. It includes Yiddishised pop songs, a workers’ strike and Pickle Fairy. It recently premiered at The Pleasance Islington and we are working towards a tour for 2026 - stay tuned!
I have co-founded London’s first Yiddish theatre company in decades, Di londoner shpilers (London Yiddish Players), with David Schneider, Vivi Lachs, Sonia Gollance & Steve Ogin. With funding and support from the AHRC, Shoresh Trust and JW3, we held a Season of Yiddish Theatre in 2024 and are working towards a work-in-progress performance in June at UCL.
As part of Hackney History Festival, I am about to run a workshop at Hoxton Hall looking at the East End Yiddish history and culture celebrated and brought to life in Yankl.
I also collaborate with other theatre-makers, including Katy Dye, on projects such as Climate Grief Karaoke (CGK) and Fermentation Foyer (It’s Jarring). CGK invites audiences to express climate grief through song. To date we have performed at Cambridge Junction, Totally Thames and Bit of a Do Festival.
As a Yiddish teacher, I run weekly classes with Babel’s Blessing, the Workers’ Circle, Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue, Jewish Care and privately.
Credit: Lexi Clare Photography
I recently co-facilitated the retreat Moving In, inviting Jewish climate activists to engage with climate justice through art, movement and ritual. Over a weekend in Somerset, we shared victories and challenges, built community and explored possibilities for healing and liberation. Thank you to Moishe House for supporting us!
Previously, I created and performed the digital solo show Old Friends, a one-hour sleepover experience (on Zoom!). This was commissioned by Cambridge Junction, supported by Arts Council England and performed with the Junction and Cockpit Theatre in March 2022 from Hackney Showroom. The show reminisces about that one true friend who got away and explores who’s replaced them, or hasn’t. Can we enjoy the close friendships as adults that we revelled in as kids? When can we finally mourn our friend breakups with ice cream and bad TV?
My first solo show, Holocaust Brunch, asks how we can honour the stories we inherit whilst breaking free from them. It toured England and Canada in 2020-21 with support from Arts Council England, Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, Battersea Arts Centre, Camden People’s Theatre, JW3 and Chutzpah! Festival.
My work has been nominated by the Jessie Richardson Awards, shortlisted by BBC Writersroom Scriptroom and awarded the Lucy Cavendish College Alumnae Prize for Contribution to the Arts. I trained in acting at the Central School of Speech & Drama and in longform improv with Monkey Toast, and completed the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers’ Programme. I have also completed advanced Yiddish studies at the Paris Yiddish Centre/Medem Bibliotek.