Photo: Kristian Pohl
”Sommerfeld is a sensation as Nazli,
a part that keeps her onscreen almost
the whole time.”
/VARIETY
”Its wonderfully refreshing to see Sara use the whole range, from anger to grief, in her battles with the surroundings.
She is exceptional.”
/SvD
NEWS
Sara stars in the one-man show Showbizniz at the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre, main stage.
Opens may 8th – the day we celebrate the end of World War II.
Showbizniz in yiddish – by and with Sara Sommerfeld
A personal story about Jewish heritage, acting dreams and a search for the language that was almost annihilated during World War II – Yiddish. The language is one of Sweden’s national minority languages.
Sara Sommerfeld revives the language of her ancestors by playing old roles – in Yiddish! Shakespeare, Molière and Strindberg, mixed up with songs from the musical Grease, Annie get your gun and Fiddler on the roof.
The performance is held in Swedish, with a number of texts in Yiddish. All Yiddish is subtitled to Swedish.
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Sara about the content:
”Show Bizniz – in Yiddish” is a performance about how my life choices have been affected by being a second-generation immigrant and by inheriting the wounds of the Holocaust.
The Nazis didn’t just murder millions of people – they nearly annihilated an entire language.
Just before World War II, Yiddish was spoken globally by around 13 million people – today barely a tenth have Yiddish as their mother tongue.
My grandmother survived the holocaust. She and my whole family spoke Yiddish. But with her generation, the language has disappeared. Now I want to revive it! What would it look like if Yiddish had been allowed to live on in my family? If the family had been allowed to live and if it had not been dangerous or shameful to speak Yiddish after the war years?
As an actor, I can’t find a better way to investigate a language – than via the theatre!
FACTS
By and with Sara Sommerfeld
with Miriam Oldenburg on accordion.
Director: Judith Hollander
Script consultant: Marianne Ahrne
Producer & press: Nisti Stêrk,
Scenography & Costume: Nils Harning
Choreography: Anna Ståhl
Lighting design: Per Larsson
Makeup: David Julio
Translation into Yiddish: Salomon Schulman and Ben Auerbach
The performance is produced by Sara Sommerfeld AB with the support of the Swedish Arts Council
Reviews and press
Sara Sommerfeld is an award-winning multilingual actress. She has starred in over 30 film and television productions and played over 20 leading roles at the major theaters of Sweden – allowing her to become a versatile actress known to easily cross over genres.
After graduating at the Swedish Theatre Academy in 2001 Sara gained national recognition with the movie Wings of glass, starring next to Alexander Skarsgard. She Received Best Actress Award at Nordic Film Festival in Haugesund and was nominated Best Female Lead at the Swedish Academy Award ”Guldbagge”.
Sara is also a trained screenwriter and film director. Today she works both in front and behind the camera combining acting with scriptwriting and directing.
Welcome, witamy, välkommen!
Photo: Karl Nordlund /Guldbaggestudion
Photo: Viktoria Wyckman
Photo: Viktoria Wyckman
Beck - The lawyer
Feature film LasseMajas detektivbyrå
FILM & TV
THE BEST INTENTIONS by Ingmar Bergman
Dir: Bille August
WINGS OF GLASS
Dir: Reza Bagher
TSATSIKI – Friends forever
Dir: Eddie Thomas Petersen
BECK – The lawyer
Dir: Kjell Sundvall
EN DECEMBERDRÖM
Dir: Tomas Alfredsson
JERRYMAYA´S DETECTIVE AGENCY/
LASSEMAJAS DETEKTIVBYRÅ – Stella Nostra
Dir: Walter Söderlund/ Pontus Klänge
FILM & TV
Beck - The lawyer
Feature film LasseMajas detektivbyrå
THE BEST INTENTIONS by Ingmar Bergman
Dir: Bille August
WINGS OF GLASS
Dir: Reza Bagher
TSATSIKI – Friends forever
Dir: Eddie Thomas Petersen
BECK – The lawyer
Dir: Kjell Sundvall
EN DECEMBERDRÖM
Dir: Tomas Alfredsson
JERRYMAYA´S DETECTIVE AGENCY/
LASSEMAJAS DETEKTIVBYRÅ – Stella Nostra
Dir: Walter Söderlund/ Pontus Klänge
STAGE
ROMEO & JULIET by Shakespear (LEAD)
Dir. Magnus Bergqvist, Malmö Stadsteater
MODET ATT DÖDA by Lars Norén (LEAD)
Dir: Kia Berglund, Teater Giljotin
HUSTRUSKOLAN by Molière (LEAD)
Dir: Daniel Benoin, Göteborgs Stadsteater
SMUTSIGA HÄNDER by Jean-Paul Sartre (LEAD)
Dir: Ragnar Lyth, Stockholms Stadsteater
TRE SYSTRAR by Tjechov (LEAD)
Dir: Alexander Mørk-Eidem, Stockholms Stadsteater
GREASE the musical (CO-STAR ”Rizzo”)
Dir: Hans Marklund, Göta Lejon
Charlotte Löwensköld /Stockholms Stadsteater
Smutsiga händer by Sartre/ Stockholms Stadsteater
STAGE
Charlotte Löwensköld /Stockholms Stadsteater
Smutsiga händer by Sartre/ Stockholms Stadsteater
ROMEO & JULIET by Shakespear (LEAD)
Dir. Magnus Bergqvist, Malmö Stadsteater
MODET ATT DÖDA by Lars Norén (LEAD)
Dir: Kia Berglund, Teater Giljotin
HUSTRUSKOLAN by Molière (LEAD)
Dir: Daniel Benoin, Göteborgs Stadsteater
SMUTSIGA HÄNDER by Jean-Paul Sartre (LEAD)
Dir: Ragnar Lyth, Stockholms Stadsteater
TRE SYSTRAR by Tjechov (LEAD)
Dir: Alexander Mørk-Eidem, Stockholms Stadsteater
GREASE the musical (CO-STAR ”Rizzo”)
Dir: Hans Marklund, Göta Lejon
”Sara Sommerfeld shines as Hugos wife, Jessica. During the first act she is a buxom bimbo, a flirty Modesty Blaise cousine. It’s hilarious”
/SvD for Saras performance in Smutsiga händer by Sartre
”Full of sharp lines, some sort of darkness on the inside, and the best sung ballad.”
/Expressen for Saras performance as Rizzo in Grease
Directing and acting in Tv-series Beas Bröllop
DIRECTOR & SCREENWRITER
Sara Sommerfeld is a working actor in film, television and Theatre since 1989. Today she works both in front and behind the camera. Sara is educated within directing and screenwriting at Stockholm University of Dramatic Arts, and a graduate from the highly acclaimed screenwriting school Alma Manusutbildning.
Sara debuted as a film director with the film My grandmother and the Holocaust, broadcast at prime time on Sweden’s TV4 in May 2015. The film recieved the prestigeus scholarship from Micael Bindefeld´s Foundation in memory of the Holocaust and was one of TV4’s contribution for the TV award Kristallen.
In 2020 her film När själen darrar is screened at Swedish national public television broadcaster, SVT. The film follows a young Syrian man, who is a trained engineer but chooses to pursue his acting dream – A movie about following ones dream against all odds.
Sara is currently developing the dramedy TV series Beas Bröllop.
DIRECTOR & SCREENWRITER
Directing and acting in Tv-series Beas Bröllop
Sara Sommerfeld is a working actor in film, television and Theatre since 1989. Today she works both in front and behind the camera. Sara is educated within directing and screenwriting at Stockholm University of Dramatic Arts, and a graduate from the highly acclaimed screenwriting school Alma Manusutbildning.
Sara debuted as a film director with the film My grandmother and the Holocaust, broadcast at prime time on Sweden’s TV4 in May 2015. The film recieved the prestigeus scholarship from Micael Bindefeld´s Foundation in memory of the Holocaust and was one of TV4’s contribution for the TV award Kristallen.
In 2020 her film När själen darrar is screened at Swedish national public television broadcaster, SVT. The film follows a young Syrian man, who is a trained engineer but chooses to pursue his acting dream – A movie about following ones dream against all odds.
Sara is currently developing the dramedy TV series Beas Bröllop.
COMMUNICATION COACH
Sara has more than 10 years of professional experience of training leaders and business executives in communication – through acting techniques.
An actor’s work is about being authentic, expressive and reaching out with a message. Invaluable skills for your speeches and meetings – both live and digital.
COMMUNICATION COACH
Sara has more than 10 years of professional experience of training leaders and business executives in communication – through acting techniques.
An actor’s work is about being authentic, expressive and reaching out with a message. Invaluable skills for your speeches and meetings – both live and digital.
CONTACT
Agent:
Inquiries screenings and lectures:
Mail: contact@sarasommerfeld.com
Photo: Viktoria Wyckman
CONTACT
Agent:
Inquiries screenings and lectures:
contact@sarasommerfeld.com
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