After the world premiere in 2000 of SAUL's first show entitled, 'Now You're Talking', hosted by Pieter Toerien, the show sold out its London UK Premiere and has since toured 35 cities in 7 countries, including a season Off Broadway. Critics around the world have raved: “The Stories are a pleasure to hear ... Mr Reichlin is a pleasure to behold.” New York Times and “Astonishing, hilarious ... a towering performance.” London Evening Standard, Critics' Choice.

Now, in his loving characterisation of the great man himself, we follow Sholom Aleichem as he returns to his roots, in Saul Reichlin and Pieter Toerien's NEW WORLD PREMIERE. Brilliant, never before seen material, in Saul’s latest adaptation of the beloved Sholom Aleichem. 

"inspirational... a brilliant and flawless performance... The most exciting Jewish storytelling in the world!"    Edinburgh Jewish Telegraph

"To watch Saul Reichlin create dozens of different characters in the detailed oration of ten stories is a visual wonder for both children and adults, and a master class in oral storytelling for actors…"    Show Business New York

“Astonishing, hilarious ... a towering performance.” London Evening Standard, Critics' Choice.
 

The second half of the evening, “Gimpel the Fool” is the masterpiece by author Isaac Bashevis Singer, which led to his Nobel Prize for Literature. East European theatre at its 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. There can be no more natural interpreter of this special work that the “Brilliant and flawless” (Edinburgh Telegraph) exponent of Sholom Aleichem, SAUL REICHLIN. “Gimpel the Fool” is brought to the English speaking world by the powerful translation of Nobel Prize Laureate, Saul Bellow.

‘Funny and surreal’… ‘Reichlin is an intense story-teller’

The Scotsman ****

‘Magical vibrancy … The most entrancing performance of Fringe’

Edinburgh Telegraph