Performed in France as Passé Composé
An adult storyteller on stage recounts her childhood memories, when she was 7 years old in Holland, and the Germans invaded. The performer is both the storyteller and the actress that plays the child protagonist.
Questions about identity, friendship, loyalty in times of distress and survival from the point of view of an innocent 7 year old child, make the issues more poignant.
Credits:
Concept, Direction, Performance, Design, Text and puppets: Patricia O'Donovan
Music: Jerry Garval
Light design: Dov Mielnik
Technical Assistance: Mario Keizman
Costume: Jaqueline Behar
Angel : Jurg Beier
Production: The Train Theater of Jerusalem, 2002
Based on a true story " Of Tortoises and Other Jews" written by Jerusalem artist Hannah Yakin about her childhood memories of the German occupation of Holland.
Festivals:
Israel: International Festival of Puppet Theater, Jerusalem. August 2007
Holland: MEPPEL International Festival of Puppet Theater. September 2004
(in English)
France: MELI'MOME International Festival for Young Public, Reims. March 2003
(in French)
France: International Festival of Puppet Theater CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERS. September 2003 (in French)
Israel: International Festival of Puppet Theater. Jerusalem. August 2002
France: MELI'MOME International Festival for Young Public, Reims. March 2002
Click here to read a paper in English and Hebrew, about the show by Dr. Olga Levitan.
Dr. Olga Levitan presented it also as part of a paper on Holocaust themes in the Israeli Fringe Theater, that has been presented at the International Conference Jews/Theatre/Performance in an Intercultural World at The Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, February 22–24, 2009.
Soon to appear in Hebrew (Teatron - an Israeli Quartely for Contemporary Theatre, 26, 2009) -Ha Shoa be teatron ha fringe ha israeli.