The Gypsies of Jaffa at The Khan Theatre

Dates: (3/4/2014 - 5/20/2014 )

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The Khan Theatre

2 David Remez Square
Jerusalem,Jerusalem 93541

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In the 1971 documentary ?lm on the making of the "Gypsies of Ja?a", Nissim Aloni describes being interviewed by a French Canadian TV channel, in French. He goes on to tell how he answered all questions in ?uent French, up until the question: Monsieur Aloni, what is the story of your play? –Here, he says, my French ran out.

Still, here is a short outline of the play.

During the years of the 2nd World War, in the camps, a Gypsy woman called Zara and a Jewish man called Tomas promised each other that if they both survive, and one of them will have a son and the other a daughter, that son will marry the daughter.

Years later, in Ja?a, Tomas is running a nightclub in which Madam Zara is starring as a fortune-teller.

He has a son, whose name is Smool, and she has a daughter – Marioula, who refuses to ful?ll her Mother's vow. Smool, determined to keep the old vow, becomes a murderer. He already killed two of Marioula's intended bridegrooms, because he believes, fanatically, that she must be his wife. Now she is about to get married again, and the nightclub is buzzing with the news that Smool escaped from prison. He arrives in Ja?a, disguised in a bear's hide, accompanied by his friend the gypsy Bogo, a small, devious crook. Now all hell breaks loose.

The nightclub's people – all of them refugees, immigrants from other countries who found themselves in the Middle East – are involved in the bitter war between ancient command and compromise. Who shall win? Who will be the murderer? Who will be murdered? What is real and what is make-believe?

We shall not reveal the denouement of the thriller, but su?ce it to say that in the end there is a murder, and also a show that covers the pain with Gypsy song and music.

Cast and Creative team for The Gypsies of Jaffa at The Khan Theatre

Directing: Yossi Pollak
Music: Gershon Waiser?rer
Set Design: Neta Haker
Costume Design: Maor Zabar
Lighting Design: Roni Cohen
Choreography: Ella Rothschild
Editing: Dori Parnes

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