The Arab and the Jew

We have seen our fathers shouting and waving their arms in the air. 
We have watched from a distance and hidden from the news.

Allel Nedjari and Amit Lahav grew up on opposite sides of the Arab-Israeli divide. Here they celebrate their brotherhood and laugh and cry at their reflections. The Arab and The Jew is both a riot of sound, image and movement and an ambitious dance of reason and conciliation.

“A finely executed and not easily forgettable production indeed.” The Stage
★★★★ The Guardian

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“Amit Lahav and Al Nedjari’s danse macabre bypasses politics, illuminating the Arab-Israeli relationship as scorched fragments in a sometimes ravishing display of theatrical fireworks.”

Brian Logan, The Guardian

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  • Created by Amit Lahav and Al Nedjari

    Devising Performers: Amit Lahav and Al Nedjari

    Lighting Design: Jackie Shemesh

    Producer: Fuel

    Gecko Producer: Anna Silman

    Production Manager: Stuart Heyes
    Technical Managers:
    Rachel Bowen, Jeremy Walker and Billy Wolf
    Relighter: Rachel Bowen
    Rigger/Technician: Joe White

    Photographs by Ed Collier and Jaimie Gramston

  • ★★★★ The Guardian
    “Amit Lahav and Al Nedjari’s danse macabre bypasses politics, illuminating the Arab-Israeli relationship as scorched fragments in a sometimes ravishing display of theatrical fireworks.” Brian Logan

    Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard
    “A bleakly funny, brutally painful comedy. Imagine Newsnight performed by the Marx Brothers and script-edited by Beckett.”

    Donald Hutera, The Times
    “Brilliantly vaudevillian two-hander with tragic underpinnings… dazzlingly unpredictable.”

    Rivka Jacobson, British Theatre Guide
    “This is a superlative production, exhilarating in its ability to highlight without words one of the world’s most complex conflicts.”

    Keith Watson, Metro
    “Lahav and Nedjari stick an absurdist tongue out at the craziness of prejudice … it’s hard not to be haunted by a fleeting glimpse of how the world might have been.”

    Emma Barnett, The Stage
    “A finely executed and not easily forgettable production indeed.”

  • 2008
    Ruhrfestspiele, Recklinghausen, Germany
    West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds UK
    Drum Theatre, Plymouth UK
    Contact Theatre, Manchester UK
    Lyric Hammersmith, London UK

    2007
    Northbrook Theatre, Worthing UK
    New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich UK
    Watford Palace Theatre, Watford UK
    Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry UK
    The Junction, Cambridge UK
    Trestle Arts Base, St Albans UK
    COS Festival, Reus, Spain
    The Hat Factory, Luton UK
    South Hill Park, Bracknell UK
    British Council Showcase, Edinburgh Festival UK