Fire in the Head - Orna Porat Theater for Children and Youth

In order not to spoil your children's viewing experience, children and toddlers under the recommended viewing age will not be permitted to enter the hall. Play: Mor Anter. Directing and writing consultant: Yossi Goz Cohen. Set and costume design: Roni Vilozny. Props: Narkis Alba. Music: Naama Radler. Lighting: Guy Glili. Karate instruction: Barak Gonen. Text coaching: Margalit Gaz. Assistant director: Naama Bason. Caroline has fire in her head. In another month she'll turn 12. She doesn't understand why they're forcing her to grow up, why everyone makes such a fuss over the coming-of-age ceremony, and how she's supposed to get through it with a father who doesn't understand her, classmates who torment her, and a mother who passed away before she had the chance to get to know her. All this makes her lose her temper and resort to violence, and the school counselor identifies a behavioral problem in Caroline. Before the school decides to expel her, the counselor suggests to Caroline the option of joining a club that might help her — a club... karate. She decides to join the karate club, but there too she runs into kids who mock her and fight her mercilessly, and only Danny, the introverted boy in her class, teaches her that according to karate philosophy, every time you fall you have to get up and try again until you succeed. Caroline learns to love the fire in her head and give it positive expression. She excels in the karate club and achieves results no one expected — not her father, not the school counselor, and certainly not her. "Fire in the Head" is a personal, social drama about a teenage girl's stubborn struggle to channel herself toward positive places on the way to achievements and a new path. Critics praise it: Fire in the Head is an intelligent one-woman show — "Thanks to Mor Anter, this small production becomes a moving experience not only for children but also for the parents, who get a chance to look at reality through the eyes of the teenage girl yearning for love and recognition." Shai Bar Yaakov, Yedioth Ahronoth, 10.5.17. The lead heroine you'll fall in love with: Fire in the Head is a complex, multi-layered play that touches the heart and manages to make both young and adult audiences laugh and feel moved, but what makes it a stunning theatrical experience is the amazing, precise acting. Anter is a versatile actress who pours her soul out on stage and displays comic timing, dramatic range and boundless energy.... The end result is an emotional roller-coaster ride into the heart of one truly special girl. Nurit Assayag, Achbar Ha'ir, October 2016. Go see it: "It seems the whole audience that watched fully identified with Caroline, played by the talented Mor Anter. Both the parents and the children in the audience were riveted to what was happening on stage throughout the entire hour of the show... In short — go see it, and I truly hope this important and moving show will be performed in every elementary school in Israel."