VHS

Imagine having the opportunity to revisit a moment in your past. Now imagine what this encounter would have looked like… on stage.

VHS – Blast from the Past invites artists of various fields to go back in time, find meaningful moments in those old VHS tapes and process them into a living, breathing theater piece. Deep in storage is that box filled with tapes from the 1980s and 1990s. Time capsules with faded colors and flickering frames, containing snippets of life: family events, trips, lost memories, over-the-top hairstyles, celebrations, class parties, first loves… What happens to us in the present when we return to these family archives? What imprint did the recorded moment leave upon us? What will reuniting with our fading past look like on stage? Can we truly re-engage our times gone by, and have a meaningful experience through it?

A new stage version of the hit show will be created especially for the 2025 Israel Festival.