Gabriella Lev

Who is Gabriella Lev?

Gabriella Lev is a theatre director, writer and performer. She co-founded the “Theatre Company Jerusalem” and is currently its artistic director. She has won many awards, including ‘My Jerusaelem award’ for contribution to cultural life in Jerusalem 2010.

Gabriella Lev graduated from University of New South Wales where she majored in theatre in 1969. There she played many varied roles, including Gertrude in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Joan in George Bernard Shaw's "St.Joan".

In 1971 Lev attended the London Film School, where she joined an alternative theatre company, "The Low Moan Spectacular" and helped create "El Coca Cola Grande" in which she also performed. This play was performed off-Broadway and is still running in various parts of the U.S. and Canada today. Lev performed in various theaters in the U.K. including The Hampstead Theatre Club, Greenwich Theatre, The Close, the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, The National Theatre of Wales and Bristol Old Vic as well as appearing in various theaters in Europe.

Lev was influenced by the alternative theatre scene in London in the 1970s where she first came into contact with such troupes as the People Show and practitioners such as Charles Marowitz.