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"hot-button issue... shock-full show" Jerusalem Report What does Shabbat mean in Israel today? Does anyone agree? Is this a cultural war, or a misunderstanding within the family? Do Israel's 'Shabbat Wars' symbolise a deeper question at the heart of the Jewish people? A unique show built from interviews with Israelis fighting for their day of rest. Robbie Gringras juggles between nine different characters struggling to be heard, in a show that is visual, acrobatic, thought-provoking, and disturbing. "Refreshingly complex... flawed human beings struggling with an emotional and perhaps unsolvable dilemma... A body that contorts into an infinite number of poses and personalities" (Jerusalem Report) Video clip: click on this link to GoogleVideo http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8612668914262429745&hl=en |
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| Built from interviews with Israelis fighting for their day of rest
Actor/writer Robbie Gringras leaps across the stage, juggling between nine different characters involved in the struggle for Israel's soul - from the Hared who shouted 'Nazis' at the police on Bar Ilan Street, to the cameraman who ran after him, to the Ramat Aviv resident who would rather her son be a drug addict than become orthodox, to the resident of Kiryat Arba who views throwing stones on Shabbat a far greater sin than driving. |
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| Visual, acrobatic, controversial
The show lasts 45 minutes, and is designed to lead into a fiery discussion at the end, which Robbie himself facilitates. |
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| "Phenonmenal success...
hundreds of participants at Limmud watched the show - all were very stimulated and moved... over 170 cited you or the show as their favourite feature of the conference... On behalf of Limmud, I would not hesitate to recommend 'Shabbes!' to any audience" Clive Lawton, Executive Director of Limmud UK |
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