Winner of four Green Room Awards, this stunning new adaptation, based on the original Yiddish short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, has been heralded as “profound”, “mesmerising”, “bracing and transformative".

Yentl is the journey of a young woman who defies the Jewish Orthodox tradition that forbids females from studying religious scripture. When her father dies, Yentl emancipates herself by dressing in male guise, determined to live as a man to continue her studies. Religion, gender, sexual politics, and traditional Yiddish culture collide as Yentl finds her truth through faith and love.

Yentl is an ode to the feminist undertones and queer subtext of the original story and an invitation to celebrate the beauty of Yiddish culture.

Presented by Kadimah Yiddish Theatre, Monstrous Theatre and Neil Gooding Productions in association with Shalom