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ROOTS ... SHMOOTS! is the return of Saul Reichlin in his acclaimed dramatisation of the stories by the adored Sholom Aleichem.
In his celebrated telling of these funny, touching, forever optimistic tales of yesterday, Saul entices us back to what one critic referred to as a "lost world of poverty, foolishness, misfortune, and the love of life".
After his world premiere hosted by Pieter Toerien in 2000, SAUL's first show, Now You’re Talking! totally sold out its London UK Premiere, and has since toured 35 cities in 7 countries, including Off Broadway. "The stories are a pleasure to hear and Mr Reichlin is a pleasure to behold." New York Times.
The second half of the evening, "‘Gimpel the Fool", is the masterpiece by Isaac Bashevis Singer, which led to his Nobel Prize for Literature. East European theatre at it’s finest, this is human comedy, saturated in the passions of life, an indelible tale of blazing imagination, a battle ground of the wicked, the grotesque, of simple faith and the elusive truth. We can think of no more natural interpreter of this special work than the "Brilliant and flawless" (Edinburgh Telegraph) exponent of Sholom Aleichem, Saul Reichlin. It is brought to the English speaking world by the powerful translation of Nobel Prize Laureate, Saul Bellow.
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