Repertory Theatre

by Eldad Cohen

Credits: Acting and Co-Directing

A young timid playwright is invited by a neurotic, Hamlet-obsessed national theatre manager to discuss his debut play. When art meets production value things are never easy, but nothing on God’s green earth could prepare this young man for the zany ride he is about to take.
As it turns out the artistic director has a personal agenda concerning the playwright’s own biography: his deceased legendary actor/father (and best friend to the artistic director) who mysteriously died on stage whilst performing Hamlet. As the room becomes crowded with ghosts from the past, skeletons from the closet and other revived clichés, the thin borders between conscious and subconscious, theatre and real-life, implode in a groundbreaking climax.

Sold out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe festivals of 2012 & 2013

*Shortlisted for Best Ensemble by the “Stage”

*Winner of the Grand prize at the Stockholm Fringe festival (STOFF)

*Winner of Best play award at the Israeli fringe awards

*Winner of Best show at the Romanian 7B international comedy festival

*Winner of Best Duo at the Reykjavik Fringe festival

“The Israeli Monty Python” (Yediot Ahronot)

“Energetic tour de force… Hilarious, fresh and delightfully bewildering” (Three Weeks)

“Biggest jolt of theatrical lightning I’d experienced in long time” (Huffington Post)

“A dazzling and unique piece of work” (The Scotsman)

“Both performers deliver virtuosic acting” (Broadway Baby)

“Hilarious, fast and incredibly clever” (What’s Peen Seen)