Old Stock. A Refugee Love Story. A contemporary Jewish folktale superbly performed!
Old Stock. Ben Caplan as the narrator. Photo: National Arts Centre English Theatre
Old Stock : A Refugee Love Story written by Hannah Moscovitch. Songs by Ben Caplan and Christian Barry. Directed by Christian Barry.
An old man emerging from the smoky top of an apparently abandoned train, the suggestion of a painful transportation that took place during WWII, suddenly transforms this structure into the site of a travelling theatre, resounding with music, that has “appeared” out of the past with its lively Klezmer Rumanian Jewish /Gypsy background bringing together a huge audience ready to hear its tales, including a love story that must be told. With music that brings much to the dramatic intensity of the show, this theatrical company of theatre within theatre, is transported into the present with its four musicians/actors and a narrator-superb singer, dancer and actor Ben Caplan- under the direction of Christian Barry.
