October 20th | 17:00 – State Jewish Theater
October 21st | 19:00 – State Jewish Theater
Touring performance
On November 26, 1938, following an anti-Semitic attack by the Iron Guard, two hand grenades exploded in the auditorium during a performance by the Jewish-Bukovinian singer Sidy Thal and her ensemble at the Timișoara Theater. What is true? What really happened? It is an attempt to reconstruct the onslaught and the moment when anti-Semitism and fascism became part of everyday life in a multicultural society, leading to the horror of World War II and the Shoah.
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By: Thomas Perle & Clemens Bechtel
Cast:
Sidy Thal, C. Codreanu: Viorica Predica / Enikő Blénessy
- Ghideon: Katia Pascariu / Silvia Török
Usher, Voice: Daniela Török
Zelma: Olga Török
Elisabeth: Oana Vidoni
Voice: Boris Gaza
- Priest: Mircea Dragoman / Rareș Hontzu
- Fleschin: Mihai Prejban / Richard Hladik
“Motl the Cantor’s Son” by Scholem Alejchem and voices on audio-walk:
Enikő Blénessy, Viorica Predica, Maia Morgenstern, Silvia Török, Katia Pascariu, Daniela Török, Olga Török, Oana Vidoni, Radu Brănici, Rareș Hontzu, Mircea Dragoman, Richard Hladik, Mihai Prejban, Isolde Cobeț
Instrumentalists: Mihai Murariu, Mihai Pintenaru
Directed by: Clemens Bechtel
Set design: Șteff Chelaru, Ioana Groza
Original music: Dan Simion
Recordings for the audio-walk & video design: Alex Halka
Co-producers: German State Theater Timișoara & State Jewish Theater, Bucharest
The project is part of the National Cultural Programme Timisoara – European Capital of Culture, funded by the OverBorder Culture+, implemented by the Timis County Center for Culture and Art (CECART), with funds allocated from the state budget, through the Ministry of Culture.
The project is organized in partnership with the Department for Interethnic Relations of the Romanian Government.
Recommended age: 16+
Duration: 2h (no intermission)
Touring performance
Performance in Yiddish, German and Romanian, with Romanian and English subtitles
On November 26, 1938, two hand grenades exploded in the performance hall during a performance by the Jewish-Bucovina singer Sidy Thal and her ensemble at the Timisoara Theatre. An anti-Semitic attack by The Iron Guard, a far-right nationalist group, in which four people died and seventy were injured.
An event, little known in the city of Timișoara, European Capital of Culture 2023, which the playwright Thomas Perle and the director Clemens Bechtel researched with the support of Maria Mădălina Irimia from the “Wilhelm Filderman” Center for the Study of Jewish History in Romania from Romania and they created a documentary piece based on it.
What is true? What really happened? It is an attempt to reconstruct the attack and the moment when anti-Semitism and fascism became part of everyday life in a multicultural society, leading to the horror of World War II and the Shoah.
Photo: Oana Monica Nae & Ovidiu Zimcea
