written and directed by Amos Gitaï
4th March to 3d April 2025 in the Main theatre
Wednesdays to Saturdays at 8:30 pm, Tuesdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 3:30 pm
rest on Sunday the 9th of March
performed in French, Yiddish, English, German, Arabic, Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Russian subtitled in English and French
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: [...]
A time to love and a time to hate ; a time for war and a time for peace.
—
The Old Testament, Ecclesiastes
After creating House in 2023, Amos Gitaï returns to La Colline with a new show on the Golem. Legendary figure from Kabbalistic texts, the Golem is a clay creature created to protect the Jewish community in response to persecution. With this theatrical creation, inspired by a children's story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, texts by Joseph Roth, Léon Poliakov, Lamed Shapiro, and biographies of actors, Gitaï superimposes this myth on contemporary questions about the relationship between creation and destruction, between progress and disaster, creating a parable on the fate of minorities.
On the theater stage, a true sensory mosaic of stories and testimonies unfolds, carried by a cosmopolitan troupe of actors and musicians, with plural languages, origins and traditions.
I dedicate this story to the persecuted and oppressed everywhere, young and old, Jew and Gentile, in the fervent hope that the time of unjust accusations and unjust decrees will one day come to an end.
—
Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Golem
artistic team
written by Amos Gitaï and Marie-José Sanselme
directed by Amos Gitaï
actors Bahira Ablassi, Amos Gitaï, Irène Jacob, Micha Lescot, Laurent Naouri, Menashe Noy, Minas Qarawany, Anne-Laure Ségla
music Alexey Kochetkov violin and synth, Kioomars Musayyebi santur, Florian Pichlbauer piano
singers Dima Bawab, Zoé Fouray, Sophie Leleu, voice and harp, Marie Picaut
subtitles Katharina Bader
research Rivka Markovitski Gitaï
assistant directors Céline Bodis, Talia De Vries, Anat Golan
lighting design Jean Kalman assisted by Charnacé
sound design Eric Neveux
set design Amos Gitaï assisted by Sara Arneberg Gitaï
hair and make-up Cécile Kretschmar
costumes Fanny Brouste assisted by Isabelle Flosi
costumes patina Emmanuelle Sanvoisin
video Laurent Truchot
music advisor and choirmaster Richard Wilberforce
yiddish coach and couselor Shahar Fineberg
biography
media
Amos Gitaï présente le spectacle
Wajdi Mouawad présente le spectacle
entretien Laurent Naouri - comédien et chanteur lyrique
entretien Anne-Laure Segla - comédienne
production
La Colline – théâtre national
Thanks to the Théâtre du Chatelet, Kelly Claudette, Céleste Girot and Cécile Trémolières.
