Datilonim
Beit Lessin Theatre
A New Romantic Comedy
By: Omer Keren
By: Tal Idisis and Tal Chernovsky
Director: Ido Rozenberg
Cast: Ofer Hayon / Itamar Elbaz, Tal Chernovsky, Tal Idisis, Orna Rothberg and Hai Maor
Narrator: Roy Bar-Natan
Dafna and Avihai are a young couple living in Tel Aviv. She produces events and parties; he is a flourishing musician. Together, they devour life and enjoy every single moment. Yet Dafna could settle down already. When Avihai finally proposes, she is overwhelmed with joy - finally, she's looking at the big day when she'll produce her own wedding party. But then, one day, Avihai starts putting on tefillin and asks whether it would be possible not to drive to Dafna's parents on Shabbat. While she does not fully grasp the implications, their love story slowly becomes the biggest test of their lives.
A saftig, empathy-arousing comedy about the possible cohabitation of faith and passion, great dreams, and moments of painful disillusionment -- the search for common ground when the couple is neither DATI (observant) nor HILONI (non-observant), in short when they're DATILONIM.
- Duration:About an hour and a half without intermission
- Photography:Gabriel Baharlia, Kfir Bolotin
- Remarks:Third performance for subscribers of the 2024/25 Pre-selected Series
- Reviews:"The show reshuffles all the cards, placing before us an accurate mirror image of Israeli society. 'Datilonim' is the old and new Israel, the new pact that we need." (Maariv Online)