SHANI EREZ

London Theatre Program

Shani is a director, writer and actor, working both internationally and across the UK.

She is an Associate Artist for BOLD Theatre, where her play The Foreigners’ Panto premiered, which she also co-directed. Other selected directing credits include the Old Red Lion, New Tower Theatre, CPT, RWR at Theatre 503, Brighton Fringe Festival and Fleet Street theatre in Hamburg. As Associate Director: Southwark Playhouse, the Yard. She is a member of the Lincoln Center’s Director’s Lab and regularly directs and teaches acting & directing in leading drama schools.

As performer, selected stage credits include playing Shylock for the RSC; Southbank Centre, Southwark Playhouse, Minack Theatre and nationwide tours; screen credits include the BBC, Lionsgate and as series regular for Pandora on the CW. Notable audio work includes The Animals Podcast series, which she co-produced and edited, and playing Miriam in the BBC’s Miriam and Youssef. In Israel, Shani worked as a radio anchor and journalist on national press for nearly a decade.