Efrat Steinlauf | The Painted Bird

Based on Jerzy Kosiński's novel "The Painted Bird".

Shortly before the end of WWII a Polish boy with the appearance of a gypsy finds himself tied and beaten in the orphanage's shed. The other children threaten to kill him, convinced he would cast a spell on them because of the bad spirits that he inhabits. Struggling for his life, he reveals the terrors he's experienced during the war in Poland's dark, primitive villages – where superstition rules. Conjuring up those memoriesbrings to the surface supressed traumas, a world of superstition and xenophobia and bit by bit the events take on a shocking new meaning.

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The show took part in "Center Stage" Festival, produced by Israel Festival in Jerusalem, June 2015.
 

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Based on Jerzy Kosiński's novel "The Painted Bird".
Adapted and performed by: Ophir Duan
Direction and dramaturgy: EfratSteinlauf
Original music: Effie Shoshani
Lighting design: NadavBarnea
Set design consultant: Daniella Mor
Set manufacturing: Yossi Duan
Movement choreographed withOmer Shemer
Producer and assistant director: Ido Kolton
Duration: 60 minutes