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Pascal Theatre Company presents

Crossing Jerusalem

by Julia Pascal

"A crucial piece... 'Timeless' is a word that is  tossed around extremely frequently these days, but it is certainly the most appropriate word to describe Julia Pascal’s Crossing Jerusalem."
★ ★ ★ ★ Public Reviews

"Very Deep...A powerful account of a complex issue."
The Arts Desk 

 

Jerusalem at the height of the last intifada. A wife wants to celebrate her 30th birthday. A husband does not want to have a son. A businesswoman wants to sell an apartment block.  A daughter wants to shock her mother. A brother wants to kill soldiers. A soldier wants to stop soldiering.  Israeli Jews, Arabs and Palestians all meet on one day as bombs explode. 

Reviews from the first production:

"…one of the virtues of this engrossing piece is that it reminds us that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is both shadowed by the decisions of the past and played out in a state roughly the size of Wales.Pascal very successfully breaks through the stereotypical idea of a homogenised Israeli society. By confining the action to a single day, Pascal captures the pressure-cooker intensity of Israeli life and shows how present actions are shaped by past guilts."
Michael Billington, The Guardian

 

"Pascal has long interrogated Jewish attitudes and experiences without ever denigrating them. Here, too, she is even-handed .Israelis and Palestinians - all are subjected to the unblinking gaze of Pascal's writing."
Ian Shuttleworth, The Financial Times