Twelfth Night

August 22, 2010 - 8:02 PM by

Get thee to the current outdoor production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at Gan Hapa’amon, which will be playing one more night, Monday, August 22, produced by Theater in the Rough.

Bro-in-law Ira as Sir Toby Belch

I may have mentioned before that Jerusalem is truly a small village. It is, which was brought home to me once again this afternoon during today’s fabulous first production. Granted, the sense of familiarity was driven by the fact that it was directed by my sister, and four of the actors are from her family — her husband, Ira, and two of their sons, Natan and Gabe — and they were all wonderful. But really, to be reminded of the quintessential summer experience of sitting on a lawn, listening to Shakespeare and laughing at the dialogue, while looking around at the many, many people in the audience, was great. And, moreover, to be able to appreciate a very approachable version of Shakespeare. Which was the whole point.

Avital Sykora as Maria, the gentlewoman

Besides my family, there was also the daughter of the friend who traveled through Europe with my brother thirty years ago, playing Viola (Cesario), the daughter of other friends, who played Olivia’s gentlewoman-in-waiting, and various other friends and hangers-on. And there were the props as well, which were familiar. There was the metal folding table that served as one of the box offices. The black argyle socks worn by Sir Andrew Aguecheek looked very familiar, and most comical were the yellow leggings worn by Malvolio, the pompous steward who becomes the butt of the play’s revelry. Those were a gift from a friend’s shopping trip to Target; granted, not the most flattering, but if I’d known….

But truly, get yourselves to tomorrow’s production. It’s funny, summery and basically free, although they are asking for a NIS 20 donation to offset security costs. You’ll thank me and my family. And one more thing: Be prepared to pick up your pillow or folding chair, as it’s ‘on the move’ theater, with different scenes in different places.

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  1. Romeo and Juliet in J’lem | ISRAELITY on Thu, Aug 18th 2011 10:05 AM

    2. [...] in the motion of the play. By staging it in a park — as Theatre in the Rough did with Twelfth Night last year as well — the production utilizes the surrounding environs, from the glade of fir [...]

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