Yentl
Kadimah Yiddish Theatre’s YENTL opens in London
Following award-winning seasons in Melbourne and Sydney - including at Arts Centre Melbourne, Malthouse Theatre and a five-star run at the Sydney Opera House - the acclaimed Australian production YENTL will make its international premiere in London at the Marylebone Theatre from 6 March – 12 April 2026
YENTL in London is a highlight of Melbourne’s Kadimah Yiddish Theatre’s 100th anniversary year. Kadimah Yiddish Theatre (KYT) is on a roll, garnering 26 theatre awards nominations across its last four productions and winning nine, cementing its position as one of Australia’s most dynamic independent theatre companies.
An Australian Reimagining Goes Global
Developed and premiered at Arts Centre Melbourne before its acclaimed Sydney Opera House season, YENTL reimagines Isaac Bashevis Singer’s original story written in Yiddish through a contemporary lens. This bilingual staging blends Yiddish and English, bringing Singer’s world into sharp modern focus.
Set in an 1870s Polish shtetl, the story follows a young woman who disguises herself as a man to pursue Jewish learning forbidden to her. As she steps deeper into a world of possibility and conflict, YENTL explores faith, gender, desire and the cost of living one’s truth. This new adaptation is as relevant today as it was 150 years ago. Star Observer wrote of the Sydney Opera House season: “The crowd — Jewish, goy, straight, bi, gay, lesbian or transgender — rose as one to their feet for a standing ovation.”
To book tickets to the London season, visit www.marylebonetheatre.com
For more information visit https://www.yentlkadimah.com.au/
★★★★★ ”Yentl was flawless... from the moment I sat down until the extensive (and totally justified) standing ovation, I was enthralled.”
Theatre Matters
★★★★★ “Australian theatre is so rarely this complex, or this moving.”
The Guardian
★★★★★ “This mesmerising adaptation is nothing short of magic.”
Arts Hub
Hailed as a bilingual modern masterpiece, YENTL invites London audiences to celebrate Yiddish culture and the revival of its endangered language in this new stage adaptation of Nobel Prize laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer’s iconic short story.
Marylebone Theatre Season:
Amy Hack (AUS) as Yentl
Genevieve Kingsford (AUS) as Hodes
Evelyn Krape (AUS) as The Figure
Ashley Margolis (UK) as Avigdor
Claire Morrissey (UK) as understudy for The Figure
Kandice Joy (AUS) as understudy for Yentl/Hodes
Michali Dantes (UK) as understudy for Avigdor
Award-winning Creative Team:
Developed by: Gary Abrahams, Gailt Klas & Evelyn Krape
Co-writers: Gary Abrahams, Elise Esther Hearst, and Galit Klas
Director: Gary Abrahams
Set and Costume Design: Dann Barber
Lighting design: Rachel Burke
Composition & Sound Design: Max Lyandvert
Yiddish Translation: Professor Rivke Margolis
Sydney Opera House Season:
Cast: Amy Hack (Yentl), Nicholas Jaquinot (Avigdor), Genevieve Kingsford (Hodes), Evelyn Krape (The Figure)
Malthouse Theatre Season:
Cast: Amy Hack (Yentl), Nicholas Jaquinot (Avigdor), Genevieve Kingsford (Hodes), Evelyn Krape (The Figure)
Arts Centre Season:
Cast: Jana Zvedeniuk (Yentl), Nicholas Jaquinot (Avigdor), Genevieve Kingsford (Hodes), Evelyn Krape (The Figure)
Understudies: Kandice Joy, Anthony Sandler