- BADA Programmes: LTP (Directing)
- Training: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Lincoln Center Director’s Lab
Shani is a director, writer and actor, working both internationally and across the UK. She trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
She is a Co-Director for BOLD Theatre, where collaborated on numerous productions and where her play The Foreigners’ Panto premiered in 2023. Selected directing credits include the Old Red Lion, New Tower Theatre, CPT, RWR at Theatre 503, Brighton Fringe Festival alongside works in Beijing, Hamburg and Tel-Aviv. 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’s Merchant of Venice; Titania at the Southbank Centre’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Olivia at the Minack Theatre’s Twelfth Night, Southwark Playhouse 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.
