Posts Tagged: French

Yom Kippur (Hanna Azulai Hasfari )

Genre: Comic Drama

A mother suddenly disappears on the eve of Yom Kippur, forcing her four estranged daughters to reunite in their childhood home, where long-buried secrets and resentments erupt as they seek forgiveness and a chance for repair.

The Skinny Soldier (Hanoch Levin)

Genre: Drama

The "Thin Soldier" by Hanoch Levin

The “Thin Soldier” by Hanoch Levin is a satirical and surreal play exploring themes of war, death, and societal absurdity through the story of a soldier returning home after years at the front. Using dark humor and poetic language, Levin depicts the soldier’s harrowing yet comically exaggerated experiences, prompting reflection on the meaning of life… Read more

Autumn (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

A drama about a doctor who immigrated to pre-state Israel in 1896 to become a farmer. After 30 years he doesn’t feel rooted at home, and wants to begin a new life. He falls in love with his former lover’s daughter, but is caught by his wife and children who kill him to stop the… Read more

The Murder of Isaac (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

A play about the assassination of Yitzhak (Isaac) Rabin, Israel’s former prime minister following his peace negotiations with the Palestinians. The play is an enactment of the assassiantion as perfromed by 12 inmates, suffering accute PTSD in a mental hospital in israel, exploring the infrastructure of Israeli society in an attempt to present the deep… Read more

Five KG Sugar (Gur Koren)

Genre: Comedy

The story of Gur, whose late grandfather appears to him through people he knows and randomly meets. Gur is sent on a mission that takes him from sugar smuggling in WWII to the bed of a lecturer in Eastern European history. Set in Tel Aviv, and written in the style of a mockumentary, the play… Read more