fish   lady

Premiered in Kc, The Hague, 2011
Written for and performed by Rosa Ensemble
Further performances:
Melkweg, Amsterdam
Intro in situ, Mastricht
Theater Kikker,Utrecht

Original text, Hebrew

Lekulam yesh pilagshim. Hu gar bedira srucha bemartef tza'hov, hu mashtin be'she'rutim tzi'buri'im ve'Yardem mefuteret. hi tza'v'a et hase'ar be'Bordo ve'lo nim'tzet be'hakara. gam lesavta shel'cha haita pilegesh, lachen


Everyone has mistresses. he's living in a smelly apartment, he's peeing in public toilet and Yarden is getting fired. she coluored her hair in Bordeaux and is Unconscious. your grandmother had a mistress too, thats way

k'lavim ochlim k'lavim ve'yesh tehom sgula anakit bein harim, sh'chavot

kulam yotz'im misham, ima, ve'ani mit'mahamahat me'a'chora, rotza latzet aval mefachedet, mistakelet kol ha'zman a'hora, levarer kama ze amok sham. ve'mevina kama ze maf'chid

Dogs eating dogs and theres a huge purple pit between mountains, layers. everyone are getting out of there, mother, and Im behind, I want to come out but Im afraid, looking back all the time, trying to find out how deep is it in there and understanding how scary it is

Ata veDavid koftzim me'hachalon letrampolina o rak letrampolina, ve'af echad lo shover et haragla'im

You and David are jumping from the window to a trampoline or maybe just on a trampoline, and nobody breaks he's legs

Nora me'luch'lehcet, ve'ani yoda'at she'sham yesh minhara she'ani yecholalehikanes letocha ve'mamash lehe'a'lem


Very dirty, and I know that there's a tunnel there to which I can crawl and really disappear

Tehom sgula anakit bein harim, sh'chavot.

A huge purple pit between mountains. layers

Sh'nei mobai'lim matchilim lashir ve'az hazamar

Two mobiles starting to sing and then the singer

Leyado haita bachora she'dibra nora chazak ve'hefri'a.

Next to him there was a girl that was talking very loud and interrupting