The Sleeping Thousand: Festival d’Aix‐en‐Provence
About the Event
The composer Adam Maor and the dramaturge Yonatan Levy, both coming from Israel presents a dreamy and eccentric mosaic of emotions. They present their vision of a torn apart country and of a multi‐cultural society.
A thousand prisoners decide to go on a hunger strike. In order to distract international internation attention, they are plunged into a sleep by the Prime minister, causing insomnia for the people of Israel. An emissary is then sent to the world of dreams…
Premiere at the Festival d'Aix‐en‐Provence.
Sung in Hebrew with french and english subtitles.
Cast / Production
Music Director — Elena Schwarz
Director — Yonatan Levy
Set Design — Julien Brun
Costumes — Anouk Schiltz
Light — Omer Shizaf
The Prime Minister — Tomasz Kumięga
Nurit, his assistant — Gan‐ya Ben‐gur Akselrod
S, the head of the secret service — David Salsbery Fry
A Voice of the World: Minister of Agriculture / Demonstrator / Cantor — Benjamin Alunni
United Instruments of Lucilin
