Yaakobi & Lidenthal | Khan Theatre
Date:
Wednesday (in 113 days)
December 16, 8:00 – 9:40 at night
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The play tells the story of two elderly friends whose tranquil lives are shattered when one of them decides to truly start living and falls in love with a pianist. This love triangle sparks a touching and comedic struggle for happiness, love, and honesty. Hanoch Levin’s play masterfully blends wild humor with tender lyricism, exploring the timeless question of the nature of human happiness. The performance runs for one hour and forty minutes without an intermission.
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"Yakobi and Lidantel" | The Khan Theatre
A play with songs by Hanoch Levin
Directed by: Maayan Avni
Music for songs by: Alex Kagan
Ithamar Yakobi and David Lidantel, two old friends, have spent years immersed in a quiet, comfortable routine: salted fish, weak tea, and board games, every night on the same balcony. It seemed they would continue like this until the end of their days—until one day Yakobi gets up, ruins their friendship, and goes outside to finally start "living."
While wandering feverishly through the streets, Yakobi meets Ruth Shachash, a pianist with a modest life and big dreams. The melancholic trio of Yakobi–Shachash–Lidantel then becomes entangled in a comical yet touching struggle over honor, love, and happiness. Considered one of Hanoch Levin’s greatest classics and a forerunner of his distinctive artistic voice, the play swings between unrestrained humor and delicate lyricism, picking at an open wound with one biting question: How do we become happy?
Cast: Gil Zak (Yakobi), Shahar Nets (Lidantel), Nitzan Lerebtovsky (Shachash)
Piano: Inbal Rozenhoyz
Duration: About 1 hour and 40 minutes (no intermission)
Wednesday | 16/12/26 | 20:00
