The Golem

A 1915 novel by Gustav Meyrink, The Golem tells of a psychic phenomenon sweeping the Jewish ghetto in Prague during the early years of the twentieth century. The centuries-old myth of the Golem, a superhuman figure made out of clay and animated by kabbalistic words, re-asserts itself violently in the thoughts and actions of the inhabitants of that quarter once a generation. This is traced through the experiences of the novel's narrator Pernath, and those he encounters.

An original script matched to choreographed movement and music, The Golem works with only the essential elements of performance, drawing them together in a tangible synthesis in which every word, movement and tone counts. Broken Glass Theatre Company will bring the Golem legend to a 21st century audience, in a unique production re-telling the tales, mysteries, and magic surrounding this age-old story.

The Golem will be performed at The Roundhouse Studio Theatre, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH from the 13th-16th August.

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Entertainment

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• golem
• meyrink
• salon
• loitscheck
• broken
• glass
• brokenglass
• theatre
• company
• ltd
• flood
• vicky
• buckingham
• alex
• mandolin
• prague
• camden
• fringe
• 2009

[nre4d]

Wrong from the very first frame! Men and women couldn't dance together -- in 1915, in the time of the Golem or even in some modern communities -- among Orthodox Jews.

[T0mWard]

The Golem runs at the Roundhouse Studio Theatre, Chalk Farm, from the 13th - 16th August 2009 at 7.30pm.