There Will Be No Wedding
About the project
"There Will Be No Wedding" is an original play by journalist Alina Farkash, specifically written for the Fulcro theatre in collaboration with Zhenya Berkovich, who authored the poetic texts for the play.
This is a story of people in a small town who survived the apocalypse — what they did before, during, and after the cataclysmic event.
The play draws inspiration from the recollections of the hibakusha (Japanese for “people who survived the light”), the surviving victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Rather than engaging in a documentary reconstruction of the historical experience surrounding one of humanity's most monstrous disasters, the theatre endeavors to explore, based on this poignant experience, what lies ahead for us.
Despite the harrowing discrimination faced by the hibakusha community post-explosion, they emerged as the first significant humanist movement in Japan. The play confronts a central and uncomfortable question: Is it conceivable to achieve such a humanistic transformation without the preceding inhumane act?
We presented a sketch of our future show at the 2023 Jaffa Festival hosted by the Gesher Theatre. At the 2024 Jaffa Festival, we are planning to present a full-scale production.
This is a story of people in a small town who survived the apocalypse — what they did before, during, and after the cataclysmic event.
The play draws inspiration from the recollections of the hibakusha (Japanese for “people who survived the light”), the surviving victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Rather than engaging in a documentary reconstruction of the historical experience surrounding one of humanity's most monstrous disasters, the theatre endeavors to explore, based on this poignant experience, what lies ahead for us.
Despite the harrowing discrimination faced by the hibakusha community post-explosion, they emerged as the first significant humanist movement in Japan. The play confronts a central and uncomfortable question: Is it conceivable to achieve such a humanistic transformation without the preceding inhumane act?
We presented a sketch of our future show at the 2023 Jaffa Festival hosted by the Gesher Theatre. At the 2024 Jaffa Festival, we are planning to present a full-scale production.
Cast and crew
Director: Dasha Shamina
Playwright: Alina Farkash
Music: Alexey Dragunsky
Production designer: Beata Fershtman
Costume designer: Ksenia Sorokina
Mamma Jet and the Bomb’s costumes: Frau Blau
Video artist: Ilya Delyatisky
Choreographer: Polina Dreyden
Cinematographer: Nick Dreyden
Sound: Andrey Mirny
Light: Maxim Dov
Producers: Sonya Gromova, Anya Ginzburg, Liza Shkolnik
Actors:
Alya Goldman, Nikita Goldman, Nastya Gordymanova, Nikita Oleynikov, Grisha Katsenelson, Ruslan Barabanov, Polina Vingorodova, Anya Grinfield
Playwright: Alina Farkash
Music: Alexey Dragunsky
Production designer: Beata Fershtman
Costume designer: Ksenia Sorokina
Mamma Jet and the Bomb’s costumes: Frau Blau
Video artist: Ilya Delyatisky
Choreographer: Polina Dreyden
Cinematographer: Nick Dreyden
Sound: Andrey Mirny
Light: Maxim Dov
Producers: Sonya Gromova, Anya Ginzburg, Liza Shkolnik
Actors:
Alya Goldman, Nikita Goldman, Nastya Gordymanova, Nikita Oleynikov, Grisha Katsenelson, Ruslan Barabanov, Polina Vingorodova, Anya Grinfield