Theatre Circle - Holocaust Brunch by Tamara Micner ('07)

'We invite you to hear from a pair of Holocaust survivors and one of their descendants, over a delicious brunch. There will the opportunity to reflect on their life stories and on how, as the next generation, we can keep the memory alive. Or which memories to keep alive. Or whose memories.

Hang on, why are we doing this? And why so much food?'

How can we honour the histories we inherit whilst breaking free from them? Can the weight of inheritance be turned into a gift?

Holocaust Brunch uses comedy and beigels to explore whether we can heal from ancestral trauma. Bringing to life the true stories of two Holocaust survivors connected to Tamara, this solo show tears open an intergenerational wound, probing why we remember the Holocaust – and what it might look like to forget.       

Food will be provided as part of this performance.          

YCL member Tamara Micner is an award-winning writer, performer and theatre-maker who lives in London and hails from Vancouver. She's been described as 'laugh-out-loud' (Vancouver Presents) and a ‘wonderful raconteur’ (There Ought to be Clowns) with ‘stylistic audacity’ (Georgia Straight).

Her work explores lesser known stories from the past to help us imagine alternative futures, and strives to encourage healing and solidarity. Tamara first studied playwriting at Yale College under David Margulies and Amy Herzog, and has since worked with Battersea Arts Centre, Camden People's Theatre, JW3, Bush Theatre, Theatre503, Hackney Showroom and King’s Head Theatre. Her work has been nominated by the Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, shortlisted by the BBC Writersroom and awarded the Lucy Cavendish College Alumnae Prize for Contribution to the Arts. She previously trained in acting at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama and completed the Royal Court Young Writer’s Programme, and her past shows include A Secret Life, What You're Missing, Wink the Other Eye and Fantasmagoriana.