Artistic direction: Ariel Efraim Ashbel / Musical direction & composition: Ethan Braun / Stage design: Alona Rodeh / Light design: Joseph Wegman / Costume: Marquet K. Lee / Research & concept: Romm Lewkowicz / By and with: Efrat Aviv, Jessica Gadani, Leah Katz, mma Kgosi, Peaches, Perel, Liz Rosenfeld, Tamara Saphir, Tatiana Saphir, Sarah Thom / Orchestra: Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop / Artistic production: Anna von Glasenapp / high expectations / Administration: Gregor Zoch / high expectations / Technical direction: Hendrik Borowski / Graphic design: Avi Bohbot / Dramaturgy & assistance direction: Katharina Joy Book / Stage assistance: Pitt Kunath / PR & Marketing: Lilly Schofield / Social Media: Dan Kanin / Artistic collaboration accessibility: Miles Wendt / Special thanks to: Rachel Libeskind, Heiki Riipinen, Jordan Schnee
Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends
Fiddler! A Musical
10 years Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends
- Dialogue
- Music
- Performance
English /
With translation /
Further languages /
approx. 180 mins. (incl. intermission)
Download the programme book here.
“Fiddler! A Musical” presents musical theater as an experimental tradition. Paying a loose homage to “Fiddler on the Roof”, a Broadway smash that brought Yiddish art to the masses and reshaped Jewish representation in popular culture, the show explores the traditions of 20th-century Jewish performative crafts – from Russia, through Berlin to New York – and their relations to exile, expulsion, and state violence. The show, which has been two years in the making, indulges in the underworlds of Jewish mysticism and its kaleidoscopes of demons, witches and ghosts, while cabaret, Vaudeville, expressionist dance, stand-up, and ultimately, the Broadway musical animate the scene. On the occasion of 10 years of Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends, the show is an intoxicating and disorienting ride where the music of composer Ethan Braun, light and objects take center stage. They are joined by the group’s rotating roster of performers, with special guests like the musician Peaches and Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop.
What began as a jubilant celebration took a somber turn in the final stages of rehearsal. We are all devastated by the unspeakable brutality in Israel and Palestine, and the unfolding dehumanization, insidious discourse and bigotry. As we were impacted by the escalating horrors, our studio became a room for mourning, radical empathy, humanity and compassion. As despair looms, we hope that the show can potentially offer others an inclusive space for solace, grief and togetherness.
Cast
Dates
Past
Further Information
Visitor note
Notes:
After the performance on 14.12.: Artist Talk with Henrike Kohpeiß
Read an interview with Ariel Efraim Ashbel on HAU3000!
Credits
Production: Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, FFT Düsseldorf, Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded by: Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.
Location
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