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Sukkot of Friendship at the Museum for Islamic Art!
Chol Hamoed Sukkot, Tue.-Thu., September 25-27, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
On Chol Hamoed Sukkot, the Museum for Islamic Art, in Jerusalem, which promotes coexistence, dialogue, equality and multiculturalism, invites the whole family to enjoy 3 days of productions with the country’s top children’s theater companies. The shows will address a range of themes, including friendship, accepting others and tolerance. In addition to the theatrical entertainment there will be creative workshops relating to the religious holiday, and guided tours.
Shows:
In the Heart of the Great Sea - National Theater for Children and Youth
Tuesday, September 25, 12 noon
A musical performance for two actors about friendship, acceptance of others, tolerance and prejudice. An encounter between two different worlds that changes dramatically thanks to openness, harmony and mutual acceptance. This is a show which is full of charm and innocence that draws the audience in, into a magical world of marine creatures.
* The play is based on the book by Gillad Schallit, When the Shark and the Fish First Met
Written by: Iris Penn, Ronen Yifrah and Uri Omanuti
Performed and directed by: Iris Penn and Ronen Yifrah
Original score: Yossi Bin Nun
Friends on the Bridge – Orna Porat Children’s Theater
Wednesday, September 26, 12 noon
This is a story about two best friends. During the day they help each other at work, and in the evening they have a cup of tea together in the back yard, and enjoy a laugh. One day they have a big argument, because of something petty. The two friends have a terrible fight, after which they don’t want to talk or even see each other ever again. Just then a delightful and smart carpenter comes to the village and, thanks to him, they learn, in a surprising way, that friendship is the most important and it’s not worth destroying it for any reason – great or small.
Written by: Gil Czernovitz and Meital Slakmon-Rattan
Directed by: Gil Czernovitz
Set and costume design: Adam Keller
Original score: Nadav Rubenstein
Assistant director: Michal Neuman
Cast: Itsik Cohen Patilon and Itai Peleg
He’s Not a Tiger – Hageveret Theater
Thursday, September 27, 12 noon
The play tells the story of an old and weary circus tiger who was expelled from the circus, but finds a brilliant and daring way of avoiding hunger. He pretends to be a rug… hung on the washing line in the palace courtyard, which enables him to enter the king’s palace. However, inside he discovers that, while there are leftovers of food from the numerous parties that take place there, he has to forego his animal nature. Meanwhile, the young prince is also expected to be something other than what he really is – brave. A friendship develops between the two (initially, without the prince knowing that it is a real tiger) capable of making each of them realize themselves, just in time. The theater production is for children and all the family, featuring circus elements, special body puppets and objects, and is about an old circus tiger and a timid prince.
Directed by: Elit Vebber
Puppets: Lionid Vaukosna
Choreography: Anna Weissman
Original score: Tomer Baruch
Set and costume design: Yaara Tsadok
Movement consultant: Or Avishai