Produced by Yu Jingyi
Pastrami
A surreal play about a too-realistic trauma
Based on a true story
PASTRAMI
Movement-theatre
A surreal show about a realistic trauma
Written and directed by: Hadar Galron
Co-director: Ran Ben-Dror
Produced by: Yu Jingyi & Hadar Galron
In short:
After ten years of treatment, Tamar gives birth to a healthy baby boy… a miracle! A miracle?? Then why does she fear him, as if he were her enemy?… Why is she unable to kiss, hug or breastfeed him?… The nurse tries to reassure her, that it’s natural, these things happen… Tamar wants to believe her, but then three guests arrive, who hold a dark secret from Tamar’s past… Will knowing what her mind has so cleverly shielded from Tamar, save her or destroy her?
Summary :
After ten years of treatment, Tamar finally gives birth to a healthy son… a miracle! miracle?? So why does she fear the baby, who is three hours old, as if he is her enemy?… Why is she unable to kiss or hug him? Even looking at him makes her sick! Tamar, who hoped that motherhood would give her the final stamp that she is ‘just like any other woman’, is frightened of herself and her situation. For years she has been fighting the feeling that she is not normal, that something is wrong with her. The nurse in the maternity ward tries to calm her down. She assures her that it is natural, within a day or two it will pass and the promised maternal love will flood her. Tamar wants to believe her, but then three guests arrive to visit the new mother; A wild and unrestrained teenager, a pious newly wed woman and a little girl who is looking for love. The three hold a dark secret from Tamar’s past… a trauma that her brain shut down to protect her. But the sharp pain in the birth canal suddenly released what her soul asked not to know…As the play unravels, we understand that all the characters, including the nurse, are different sides of Tamar herself. The guests (younger versions of Tamar), who have been shut out for years, by the ‘Nurse’ (Tamars’ alter-ego), believe it is time now for Tamar to know what happened in order to understand why she is distant from her baby.
But the Nurse believes this knowledge will not help her, but destroy her, and she will do everything in her power to shut them out again.
Actresses:
Alexandra Chernevsky (Sasha)
Ma’ayan Kilchevsky
Netta Emanuel
Daniel Shapira
Hadar Galron
“PASTRAMI” opening performance was on th 3rd February, 2023, at the Habima National Theatre.
Written by : Hadar Galron
Directed by: Hadar Galron
Co-director (choreographer):
Ran Ben-Dror
Original score by: Itamar Gross
Decor and costumes:
Roey Vaturi
Co-Choreographer: Sasha Chernevsky.
Assistant Director: Ma’ayan Kilchevsky
Producers:
