The Chutzpah! Festival Presents A Very Narrow Bridge An Elbow Theatre production A world premiere by Itai Erdal, Anita Rochon and Maiko Yamamoto
Date/Time: Mar 5 2016, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Vancouver, Jewish Community Centre (Dayson Board Room)Cost: $34.95
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Enter into the JCC’s Dayson Boardroom for this special up-close premiere that reveals the complexity of living between cultures. In this humorous and moving chamber-sized play, award-winning performer and playwright, Israeli-Canadian Itai Erdal, re-lives a trial in order to obtain a gett – a divorce document in Jewish religious law – where everything he knows is at stake.
With a breathtaking score created and performed by Talia Erdal, A Very Narrow Bridge takes a personal look at leaving love, and Israel behind.
Directed by Maiko Yamamoto and Anita Rochon and joining Erdal onstage are local favourites Patti Allan, Anton Lipovetsky and Tom Pickett.
Following on the footsteps of sold-out local, national and international performances of his award-winning How to Disappear Completely (The Chop), which had its world premiere in the 2011 Chutzpah! Festival, Itai Erdal is at it again. Delving into family, love, religion, immigration and identity.
“Erdal has brilliant stage presence and genuine skill for storytelling” The List
“The show’s pacing is impeccable. Erdal balances humor, beauty, and tragedy with the expertise of a tightrope walker” Portland Monthly
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