Can be performed in Hebrew or in English.
Based on poems by Shlomit Cohen-Asiff
Every poem is a dream. Mr. Jijema is a dream catcher. The dreams he catches he keeps in a very special place: a big magical fan. Sometimes the fan opens wide and when it is tickled, a dream awakens. Each dream has a poem. These are some of the poems: "A Girl in a Flower Pot", "Witch Ulai-La", "Princess Shin Shin", "Midday", and more. "A Girl in a Flower Pot" is a theater packed into a puppeteer's pockets. The performance is carried on the performer's body, unfolds and emerges gradually from many pockets and surprising places in her costume. In each pocket is hidden a "trigger" for one short act: a story-poem-dream. The performer reminds us of a troubadour-story teller, who sometimes handles the props with a touch of a magician. This is a mobile show resembling a one-man band suitable for intimate spaces.
Duration: approx. 45 minutes
Created and performed by
Alina Ashbel
"A magical and modest play based on poems by Shlomit Cohen-Asiff and presented in a unique manner by Alina Ashbel one of the founders of the Train Theater Cohen-Asiffs poems naturally combine real and imaginary worlds Ashbel succeeds to create an encounter between the spoken work and her rich inventive theater It is a beautiful play Recommended"
Yoram Rotem, Horim VeYeladim (Parents and Children magazine)
"Alina Ashbels solo play succeeds in creating quality theater for young audiences particularly in the way Ashbel is able to captivate the young viewers Through tiny activities she flows through poems and stories where the main event is the communication between performer and children There is chemistry between them"
Yehuda Biton, Ha\'aretz Newspaper
* The International Festival of Puppet Theater, Holon, 2006.
* The International Festival of Puppet Theater, Jerusalem, 2001, 2004.
* Performed in festivals in Turkey, Hungary, Czech Republic and Germany.
* "The Magic of Fairy Tales" Festival, Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv, 1997 [Premiere].
Audience maximum: 100 people
Duration: 45 minutes
Performing space: 3m x 3m (not on a stage)
Seating on carpets in an enclosed and intimate space
Performance space should be darkened
Electric outlet needed
Set up time: 1 hour (1.5 with lighting)
Dismantling time: between 1/2 to 1 hour
Staff: 1 actor
