| AQUARIUM
World Premiere 19 May 2019 | Salzburger Landestheater
Aquarium is a documentary theatre performance inspired by conversations with elderly residents of Salzburg. Based on interviews conducted over several months, the production weaves together memories, personal histories and reflections on aging into a poetic theatrical collage. The performance explores the fragile relationship between memory and identity while asking what remains of a life once its stories begin to fade.
The production received warm critical attention for its originality and emotional depth.
Critics praised its sensitive documentary approach, the ensemble's performances and Brodetzky's ability to transform authentic testimonies into theatrical poetry.
Reviewers highlighted the production's humanity, visual precision and understated emotional power.
Written and Directed by: Ronnie Brodetzky
Dramaturgy: Lea Mantel
Set and Costume Design: Ruth Miller
Music: Ran Bagno
From the reviews
"Circus-like, grotesque and wonderful... with a group of talented young people from the Cameri Theatre, the musical ensemble adapted five of Etgar Keret's stories into a performance that paints reality in bright, strange and wonderful colors... a show that is easy to fall in love with."
Oren Weinberg, YNET
The stage adaptation of the stories was directed by Brodetsky with great sensitivity and talent. So is the performance of all the creators. Happiness may not be contagious, but beauty is not a dirty word. When we hear beautiful music and look at this beauty in art, we experience happiness, even if temporarily. And that is a lot.
Nano Shabtai, Haaretz.
