Shonaleigh Cumbers: The Fool of the Warsaw Ghetto

Shonaleigh tells one of her Bubbe’s ‘fairy-tales from Auschwitz’ – The Fool of the Warsaw Ghetto:
In the last clearing of the Warsaw Ghetto, three children find themselves on a transportation to Auschwitz and encounter the Fool of the Warsaw Ghetto. He offers them a moment of magic in which to escape – if they have the courage to take it...
Not all stories have a happy ending, but they should all begin with outrageous hope.

Shonaleigh is one of Europe’s leading storytellers. Having learned the Drut’syla tradition from the age of four, she carries thousands of oral stories from the Jewish tradition and shares their magic, mystery and wisdom with audiences around the world. She is a living tradition holder. “You hear people talking about the storytelling revival, but in Jewish culture it never died. I lived and breathed the tales during my childhood, unaware that this was anything unusual.”

The Drut’syla repertoire comprises twelve interlinked cycles, each of several hundred tales. Training also involves a complex system of oral memorisation, visualisation and interpretation (midrash) of tales.

For more information see www.shonaleigh.uk

Tickets € 13.50 (+ 0.50 service fee)

Doors open at 19.00, show starts at 20.00