“Fiddler! A Musical” presents musical theater as an experimental tradition. Paying a loose homage to “Fiddler on the Roof”, a Broadway smash that brought Yiddish art to the masses and reshaped Jewish representation in popular culture, the show explores the traditions of 20th-century Jewish performative crafts – from Russia, through Berlin to New York – and their relations to exile, expulsion, and state violence. The show, which has been two years in the making, indulges in the underworlds of Jewish mysticism and its kaleidoscopes of demons, witches and ghosts, while cabaret, Vaudeville, expressionist dance, stand-up, and ultimately, the Broadway musical animate the scene. On the occasion of 10 years of Ariel Efraim Ashbel and Friends, the show is an intoxicating and disorienting ride where the music of composer Ethan Braun, light and objects take center stage. They are joined by the group’s rotating roster of performers, with special guests like the musician Peaches and Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop.
Künstlerische Leitung Ariel Efraim Ashbel Musikalische Leitung, Komposition Ethan Braun Bühnenbild Alona Rodeh Lichtdesign Joseph Wegman Kostümdesign Marquet K. Lee Recherche & Konzept Romm Lewkowicz Von und Mit Efrat Aviv, Jessica Gadani, Leah Katz, Mmakgosi Kgabi, Peaches, Perel, Liz Rosenfeld, Tamara Saphir, Tatiana Saphir, Sarah Thom Orchester Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop Dramaturgie Anna von Glasenapp / high expectations Administration Gregor Zoch / high expectations Technische Leitung Hendrik Borowski Graphic Design Avi Bohbot Dramaturgie & Leitungsassistenz Katharina Joy Book Bühnenassistenz Pitt Kunath PR & Marketing Lilly Schofield
Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends. Koproduktion: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, FFT Düsseldorf, Kampnagel Hamburg.
Gefördert durch: Zeit Stiftung Bucerius, nationales performance netz, das Bündnis Internationaler Produktionshäuser aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien.
