Coffee with Vera is a solo performance in the form of a coffee morning. It tells stories about identity and heritage of the Plymouth Synagogue – the oldest Ashkenazi Synagogue in the English speaking world. The character of Vera Jockleson was created by researching the female voices in the congregation, she co-hosts a coffee morning with Ruth and recounts how this form of social gathering was a monthly event for the Ladies Guild. Through Vera we hear of past events whilst Ruth tries to connect her own history to the vestry by searching for her own possible Jewish relatives.
Winner of the Critics Choice Wildfire Award Exeter Ignite and awarded the ‘Intellect’ postgraduate prize for public engagement.
Ruth Mitchell is an award winning, southwest based, theatre maker who works across sited and traditional performance, creating work that is rooted in heritage and auto/biography and where the site has been the inspiration for the work.
Where:
The Vestry, Plymouth Synagogue, Catherine St, Plymouth, PL1 2AD.
When:
Sunday 11th September 11am. Price £8
Sunday 18th September 11am. Price £8
