Ulysses in Gaza by Gilad Evron

The play Ulysses in Gaza was born from the distress felt by an Israeli facing a crisis of conscience: how to morally and intellectually assume the siege that his country, Israel, is inflicting on the Gaza Strip? "Ulysses" is the nickname given by the Israeli military authority to this odd prisoner, caught in the middle of the sea on a raft made of plastic bottles, who wanted to force the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip to go and teach Russian literature there. Through the character of Isakov, the court-appointed lawyer to defend Ulysses, cornered in his professional and personal life by a cynical governor, a shady partner, and a fickle wife, the author evokes situations that resonate The company "Le Bar de la Poste" develops work around the concept of " documentary theater " and relies on several years of practice around this type of creation. It has created and staged several plays, based on original texts or authors' texts, which address current social themes. It has created and staged several plays, based on original texts (Maire Ubu, about people "displaced" in Marseille) or authors' texts (Fracassés de Kae Tempest, Réveillon de Daniel Kehlmann), which address current social themes. In July 2022, it launched the first documentary theater festival in Marseille, named Scènes docu.