The play "Beresheet" is a vibrant presentation that reflects the emotions and yearnings for peace of these special youngsters. It is the product of co-operation by all the participants, resulting from training, monologues, and a journey into the very soul of each and every actor.

Using their bodies, through music and pantomime, the actors, from the Arab villages, the kibbutzim, the moshav and the settlements in the area, express their inner thoughts and burning desires to accept people and be accepted as they are.

The actors wanted to convey a message of tolerance and a deep aversion to war. The joy of creativity resulted in a sense of cohesion and deep kinship among the actors. The process they underwent gave them meaning and hope for a better future.

All issues relating to the performance - costumes, colours, the name of the play - were decided upon by the group after thought-provoking, in-depth discussions.
The name “Beresheet” comes from the hope that their message will bring about change in the world.

The play is valuable for its message to a wide-ranging audience: high-school students, community centres, organisations and youth overseas, Jews and non-Jews, in Israel and in the world. It conveys a message of criticism as well as optimism and great hope.

"The Adventures of Pinocchio" by the Arcobaleno-Rainbow Theatre is the fruit of a collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Embassy in Israel who invited Beresheet LaShalom to contribute in honour of the publication of a new translation of Pinocchio in Hebrew at the International Book Week in Jerusalem.

A presentation for children, parents and the entire family. It is a dynamic performance, accompanied by music that is stimulating to the senses and the imagination. There is a large and varied group of actors, and guidance in several languages according to the location of the performance (Hebrew or Arabic or English, combined with Italian).

The story of Pinocchio is a pedagogical poem, touching with gentleness and humour, upon the most sublime and profound of human values: respect for parents and family, friendship, social involvement, truth and honesty, loyalty and industriousness.

The young spectators will experience, during a magical journey together with the young actors, the miracle by which the wooden puppet without a conscience transforms into a human being, possessing values and a soul.