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Love, death and music

Despite the subject matter, ‘Translunar Paradise’ is not a morbid piece of theater.

Translunar parade
Photo by: Alex Brunner
When it comes to universal concepts, it doesn’t get much more all-embracing than love and death. Add to that music and striking visual dynamics that transcend language and cultural barriers and you’ve got a definitively inclusive and communicative offering.

This, in a nutshell, is what the audiences of the London-based Theatre Ad Infinitum’s Translunar Paradise performances will get at the Khan Theater on June 4 and 5. Translunar Paradise, part of this year’s Israel Festival program, tells the story of William, who is so distraught at the death of his beloved wife that he is willing to follow her to Paradise. The show is the brainchild of George Mann, who founded the theater company and serves as its co-artistic director together with Canadian Amy Nostbakken and 29-year-old Israeli actor Nir Paldi, who has been living in London for the past five years.

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