Hi,
Atzva and I went to see the theater show Girlfriends club, which Atzva donated to on Headstart (an Israeli version of Kickstarter)
I haven’t been to the theater in a while, and not only due to Covid-19 restrictions. I think the last time I have been to a show was when Atzva and I were daring and went to see Tziporela shows in Haifa.
The show is a comedy about an Issue relevant to the Israeli society – girlfriends of soldiers that died during their military service. We have a word for it in Hebrew Shchul (although it literally means a situation in which a parent lost his son – it used only for soldiers who lost their life).
Unlike families and wises that have clear and defined relationship to the soldier (by the state and by society)girlfriends are just girlfriends, even if they were living together and shared an apartment for 4 years.
It was a good show, as it made us laugh and think about this heavy subject – how they deal with society and families which respects them but not as much as if they were the wises of the soldiers.
Each will look and find a different figure to connect to and might be in her place (depends on where is in in his life): each girlfriend with her own story and way of dealing with the tragedy, the dead soldiers who show up on stage and talks or a mother of one of the soldiers.
Another issued been raised is suicide of soldiers which rarely been addressed to in Israel (although in recent years more soldiers suicide than lost their life in action 😕)
Take Care
Gad
The show in the theater brochure
Outside the hall
The actress are on stage as we get in
And went to look on the hall roof construction and the bridge for lightning (probably 2 HEA300 steel profiles)
While the living girlfriends create their club, so are the dead soldiers…
The show ends with a party one of girlfriends celebrate to her dead soldier boyfriend
A couple in a can (not sure why the man in suit and the woman is naked)
The rooms on the top floor are a hostel for a youth delegation from Esslingen, Germany, who had contributed to the construction of the building by donating money. Every year the room hosts youth from the town.
The bottom floor with paintings