edith & me
A pain so strong that cracks her voice and paralyses her body, depriving a singer of the “tools” she needs to express herself. Surrendering to this profound discomfort and escaping from the world is the protagonist’s initial choice.
Until she manages to gain a new perspective by allowing herself to be touched by the notes sung by Edith Piaf, gradually untangling the knot that had wrapped itself around her and whose cause she had forgotten.
Winner of the Grand Prix for Best Performance at the 2025 International Festival Serbia, the show is based on the true story of Rasooly, who was spiritually saved by the famous French singer at a turning point in her life, turning silence into a cry against injustice and trauma which, thanks to friendship, music and love, find meaning the moment they’re translated into art.
Concept and direction: Yael Rasooly
Co-direction: Neville Tranter (Netherlands), Yngvild Aspeli (Norway), Angélique Friant (France)
Assistant director: Vanessa Valliere (USA)
Dramaturge consultant: Elizabeth Wil- liamson (USA)
Design: Eduardo Felix (Brazil), Revital Arieli (France), Aurora Majnoni (Italy), Ran Daniel, Kopiler (Israel), Yael Rasooly (Israel), Jérémie Legroux (France), Einat Landau (France)
Composer: Iliya Maglnyk (Israel)
Music designer: Ran Daniel Kopiler (Israel), Binya Reches (Israel)
Lighting designer: Boualeme Bengueddach (France)
With: Yael Rasooly
Production: Yael Rasooly productions
Tickets
Standard ticket: 10,00€
Reduced ticket (under 25 and over 65) : 8,00€
The ticket office will open 30 minutes before the start of the show.
Information and bookings:
+39 0481 537280
+39 335 1753049
also via Whatsapp
The performance is part of the Art&Puppets Project; an initiative designed to promote a new, “borderless” approach to puppetry and live contemporary art. It is specifically aimed at the cross-border region of Gorizia and Nova Gorica.
The Art&Puppets (ARTPUP) project is funded by the European Union through the GO! 2025 Small Project Fund of the Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia 2021-2027 Programme, managed by the EGTC GO.
Learn more about the project
Director, actress, puppeteer and singer, Yael Rasooly developed her unique creativity at the School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem, staging shows and performances that have been featured at major festivals around the world since 2006. She has received the New York Frinpe Festival Grand Prize for a solo show, the UNIMA diploma of distinction, as well as other prestigious international awards in the field of visual theatre, receiving widespread acclaim from French critics Telerama and the New York Times.