Schlosstheater Celle (Germany) in cooperation with Jaffa Theater
A multi-generational story about the hope for security and peace after 1945.
An international theater project based on the novel Who the Fuck is Kafka by Lizzie Doron and historical documents.
In the late 1940s, up to 12,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors gathered at the Displaced Persons Camp near the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. From there, many began their lifelong journey to Palestine. The significance of the camp for the revival of Jewish life after 1945 in Germany and the creation of the State of Israel is the central motivation for a theater project in which artists from Germany and Israel explore the complexity of history.
The historical starting point of the narrative is a group of young theater artists who come together in the DP camp to form the KAZET Theater. Hoping for security and peace, they prepare—each individually—to emigrate to Israel. 65 years later, the Israeli-born daughter of one of those artists experiences, through a friendly relationship with a Palestinian, how the past continues to have an impact and still threatens the existence of the two subsequent children.
She realizes how little she knows about her own origins—and that of the person she’s talking to. Her search for her mother’s hidden story leads her to the question: What has become of her hopes, and of our hopes?
The multigenerational story explores the interrelationship between violence, silence, and displacement. The longing for peace connects the characters as well as the artists involved.
The show is in English and German, subtitles in Hebrew
Performance duration: two and a half hours including intermission
Director: Dori Engel
Set and costumes: Christian Hofmann
Musical direction and composition: Habib Shehadeh Hanna
Musical direction & rehearsal of Yiddish songs: Moritz Aring
Choreography: Ina Gercke
Project management Conception: Andreas Döring
Dramaturgy: Matthias Schubert
Photo: Marie Liebig
With Moritz Aring, Jonathan Fidus Blomeier, Dirk Böther, Bahat Calatchi, Max Eisinger, Marlon Frank,Philipp Kessel, Luca Kühl, Khalifa Natour, Pia Noll, Yael Rozanes, Habib Shehadeh Hanna
Schlosstheater Celle (Germany) in cooperation with Jaffa Theater
A multi-generational story about the hope for security and peace after 1945.
An international theater project based on the novel Who the Fuck is Kafka by Lizzie Doron and historical documents.
In the late 1940s, up to 12,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors gathered at the Displaced Persons Camp near the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. From there, many began their lifelong journey to Palestine. The significance of the camp for the revival of Jewish life after 1945 in Germany and the creation of the State of Israel is the central motivation for a theater project in which artists from Germany and Israel explore the complexity of history.
The historical starting point of the narrative is a group of young theater artists who come together in the DP camp to form the KAZET Theater. Hoping for security and peace, they prepare—each individually—to emigrate to Israel. 65 years later, the Israeli-born daughter of one of those artists experiences, through a friendly relationship with a Palestinian, how the past continues to have an impact and still threatens the existence of the two subsequent children.
She realizes how little she knows about her own origins—and that of the person she’s talking to. Her search for her mother’s hidden story leads her to the question: What has become of her hopes, and of our hopes?
The multigenerational story explores the interrelationship between violence, silence, and displacement. The longing for peace connects the characters as well as the artists involved.
The show is in English and German, subtitles in Hebrew
Performance duration: two and a half hours including intermission
Director: Dori Engel
Set and costumes: Christian Hofmann
Musical direction and composition: Habib Shehadeh Hanna
Musical direction & rehearsal of Yiddish songs: Moritz Aring
Choreography: Ina Gercke
Project management Conception: Andreas Döring
Dramaturgy: Matthias Schubert
Photo: Marie Liebig
With Moritz Aring, Jonathan Fidus Blomeier, Dirk Böther, Bahat Calatchi, Max Eisinger, Marlon Frank,Philipp Kessel, Luca Kühl, Khalifa Natour, Pia Noll, Yael Rozanes, Habib Shehadeh Hanna