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The General and the Sea at 31.12.2016

Until 31.12.2016

THE GENERAL AND THE SEA

BY YONATAN LEVY & NOAM ENBAR

A MUSICAL-THEATRE PIECE FOR AN ACTOR AND A CHORUS

 

THE GENERAL AND THE SEA is an epic rendering of one of the greatest Israeli myths ever: The last minutes of General Raphael Eitan (“Raful”), a legendary soldier known for his superhuman courage at the battlefield, who went to the Ashdod Port wave breaker on a stormy day, and was swept to sea – without knowing how to swim.

Raful was a laconic man who gave away little emotion. Yet after his death his widow revealed that he used to cry out every night, in his dreams, frequently meeting dozens of his dead soldiers and the two sons he lost.

 

Yet THE GENERAL AND THE SEA is not only an Israeli myth deconstructed ironically, in a post-nationalistic view, but the story of Man, facing Life and Death, conquering and surrendering; a clash between man and his destiny, between male and female, between the volume of pain and the lack of expression; a war story between a man and himself.

 

THE GENERAL AND THE SEA is composed by NOAM ENBAR (“Habiluyim”). The General Raful is portrayed by Israeli TV star MENASHE NOY and the sea by a chorus.

 

CREDITS

 

Written and Directed by | Yonatan Levy

Music by | Noam Enbar

Co-creators | Amir Farjoun, Nir Shauloff

Raful | Menashe Noy

Chorus | Michal Oppenheim, Naama Altman, Avshalom Ariel, Tomer Damsky, Ari Teperberg, Ilil Lev Kenaan, Tamar Linder, Neta Nadav, Ruth Sgan-Cohen, Noam Enbar, Yair Polishook, Amir Farjoun, Nir Shauloff

Lighting | Omer Sheizaf

Costumes | Yonatan Levy, Keren Nechoshtan

Vocal Coaching | Michal Oppenheim

Costumes Graphics | Naama Yuriya; Grandmother Mask | Sagie Azoulay; Sis Priests Hats | Tamar Hirschfeld

Graphic Design | Ha’Schuna; Image | Ruth Gwily

Production Manager | Nir Shauloff

Assistant Director | Roni Levanon

Rehearsal Space | CCA – The Center for Contemporary Art

 

“One of the most powerful performances to be seen on Israeli stage these days… A rare artistic  achievement.” 

Yediot Acharonot (November 2014)

 

“A lyrical theatre piece that penetrates the shell-shocked soul of the legendary mythical warrior – until it breaks.” 

Globes (November 2014)

 

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