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Samson

By Roy Chen
Based on a Novel by Ze'ev Jabotinsky.

Gesher Theatre
Tel Aviv, Israel

2024

"In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes".
In a dark historical period when "there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes" - a new leader emerges named Samson - a warrior, a judge, a nazirite.
Delilah, the daughter of a handmaid, fall in love with Samson, but as it is written in the Song of Songs: Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.

In this thrilling story of the life of this land, myth intertwines with ethos, destruction with eros, and personal fate with the fate of a people.

Jabotinsky drew parallels between the period of the Judges and the British Mandate, but the book proves no less relevant to our own times.

First performance: September 25th, 2024

Duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes with intermission.

CREDITS

Directed by: Noam Shmuel

Music: Tal Blecharovich

Movement: Amit Zamir

Movement Assist: Tom Applebaum

Set Design: Michael Kramenko

Costume Design: Aviah Bash

Lighting Design: Sasha Sikirin

Speech: Yoni Lukas

AD: Aviv Liberman

Soundtrack Design: Felix Shaposhnik

Stage Manager: Yana Adamovsky

CAST

Shlomi Bertonov

Roni Einav

Yuval Scharf

Yuval Yanai

Ori Yaniv

Karin Serrouya

Michal Weinberg

Alexander Senderovich

Shir Sayag

Paulo E. Muora

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