featured En: Five KG Sugar

Posted August 7th, 2014 filed under featured En.

Five KG Sugar / Gur Koren


Comedy Subject: Holocaust Text in: he English Polish German French Slovenian The text in external website	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 is a farcical yet touching story of one man’s journey to fulfil his grandfather’s wishes.
The characters	Female:2 Male:3 Total:5 It is possible (and desirable) to play the play with five actors, with each actor playing the same roles in the same line Gur (M) A School Principal (F) Waitress (F) Evelin Barda (F) Lee May Shimoni (F) Shimrit (F) Prostitute (F) Bagger (M) Electric Gadi (M) Taxi Driver (M) Yoad Riva (M)
Translations	English, German, Polish, French The play has been translated into English, German, Slovenian, Polish and French
Productions	Premierre 2009 Gesher Theatre director: Yevgeny Aryeh Production page theaters Gesher Theatre More in Israel The play premiered at the “Gesher” theater in November 2009, directed by Yevgeni Aryeh, the theater’s artistic director Productions Abroad Germany , Poland , Slovenia , The United Kingdom of Great Britain Review of the version of the English theater TIKSHORET that appeared with the play at the Edinburgh Festival The performance page of the Slovenian theater SNG NOVA GORICA The performance page of the German theater MAINFRANKEN THEATER WURZBURG The play page at the municipal theater of Bialystok Poland DRAMATIC THEATER