Posts Tagged: Satire
The Gigolo from Congo (Hanoch Levin)
Genre: Comedy , Musical Comedy , Satire , Short Play , Sketches , Short Play
The Gigolo from Congo is a satirical musical revue by Hanoch Levin, built from short sketches and songs that move sharply between comedy and pain. It focuses on human desire, humiliation, and frustrated dreams, often exposing the gap between grand fantasies and small, shabby reality
You, Me and the Next War (Hanoch Levin)
Genre: Satire , Satire Cabaret
A satirical cabaret about war, first performed in August 1968, shortly after the Six-Day War. It consists of fourteen pieces, some acted and some sung, expressing cynical and critical views on war, its values, and consequences. The work opens with a reflection that those who see the dead have no words and simply continue living… Read more
How’s the Beast? (Eyal Weiser)
Genre: A-genre , New Writing , Satire
Eyal Weiser’s “How’s the Beast?” features three new fictional artists – a Polish choreographer, a German-Israeli artist, and an Israeli performance artist. Working against the backdrop of Operation Protective Edge, the artists each create an artwork in response to an article published in the summer of 2014 in a German newspaper, which expressed concerns regarding… Read more
Ayeka? (Eyal Weiser)
Genre: Musical , Satire , Satire Cabaret
Cabaret-style satirical musical composed of 12 local tales combined with song and dance. The main themes include a people who have lost their way, social anxieties and obsessions, generational tensions between children and adults, and a social critique of ailments and tensions within Israeli society. The play questions the adult responsibility, conscience, and God, presenting… Read more
Hokey-Pokey (Eyal Weiser)
A failing writer who dreams of success; an actress past her prime desperate for the limelight again; a therapist having a secret affair with Hitler, a clown whose identity was stolen; a paraplegic who dreams of long legs and an Arab girl who dreams of being more than just another Arab. A patchwork of stories… Read more
Shalom, Tzfira, Syria (Ido Setter)
Genre: Comedy , New Writing , Satire
Shalom loves Tzfira. Tzfira leaves Shalom. Tzarfati plans with his best friend how to win Tzfira back. Tzarfati falls in love with Tzfira. Shalom takes their plan to get Tzfira back a bit too far. Luckily, a war with Syria breaks out.
special services (Roey Maliach-Reshef)
Eating (Yaakov Shabtai)
Genre: Satire
The Life of Caligula (Yaakov Shabtai)
Genre: Historical Play , Satire