Alex Edelman brings his sell-out show to London… and other stories
Jewish comedy is the gift that keeps giving
Jewish comedy is alive and going strong. American Jewish comedian Alex Edelman brings his own special brand of humour to London later this month when he will be performing his show What Are You Going To Do at the Soho Theatre.
The show premiered as an HBO comedy special and internationally there have been over 500 performances of this mix of stand-up comedy and narrative-storytelling.
Rachel Creeger, the self-styled Queen of the Jews is staging a series of pre-Edinburgh shows, billed as a brutally warm and darkly funny exploration of when you’re paranoid, and when they’re really out to get you.
Debra Tammer is hosting one of her sell out C&MP Comedy and dance nights, this one is a Summer Soirée on 20 June at the Karma Sanctum Soho Hotel with Charlotte Fox, Tom Ward, Suzie Preece, Charlie Partridge and Joe Bor. As well as comedy, two DJs will be providing the music for dancing until 1am.
The Jewish Dramatic Association in London is trying its hand at comedy, with its first ever stand-up night on 21 June also at the Karma Sanctum Soho Hotel. New York comedian Mikey Greenblatt will be headlining with his take on modern Jewish Life and joining him will be Bella Narain, Tomer Shaw, Jonathan Kogan, with David Lewis as MC.
If you’re a Jewish creative, then the UK Jewish Arts Foundation (UKJAF) wants to hear from you. The Foundation has launched a survey, the second in a series, to explore funding opportunities for Jewish creatives, asking nine key questions that include the experience and impact that being Jewish is having on creatives’ funding applications.
“Later this year we are publishing a report for arts funders, and we have launched this survey in connection with this. We want to know what it is like for Jewish creatives, so that we can analyse the responses and present our findings in the report. The aim is to inform funders so that they can tailor their donations and target the areas that are most in need of support.” said UKJAF trustee Alastair Falk.
“Our first survey focused on support, and that followed a piece of research on how much public funding goes to Jewish arts organisations. We now want to find out from creatives how they are finding the funding issues, and bring everything together in a big report in the autumn – all part of co-constructing a long-term strategy for Jewish arts in the UK.”
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