Comedian Moshe Forster’s new comedic adventure is the play “Western in a Pound,” by Alon Levy and Itai Tor, which is being performed at the Tzavta Theater, in which he was first swept into the rap districts. “‘I lack any sense of rhythm,’ Forrester. “They looked at me in bewilderment. They are not at all interested in what I have or do not have. They want to do, which is awfully beautiful. Thus, a year before my 60s I find myself on the standard of the tribal elder. But I feel that the guys, who are actually half my age, are older than me. “
In the play, Forster plays the character of Noah Ramon, chairman of Shimmon, a fictional kibbutz in the south, during the British Mandate. The musical on stage. “I also told them that I did not know how to sing,” he says. “What to do, I have such a quality, that I straight away disqualify myself.
Where else are you meeting these days?
“Such comedic shows, which I work on with older people on the spectrum. It started as volunteering in the days of the Corona. That’s one of the things I do under the radar. Not everything has to be done with noise. All in all, it can be said that I am now quite upset by what I am going through. “
Beautiful scars
Forrester has never sought to make too much noise. “I’m such a Naharini, the son of Romanian parents – and that says it all,” he believes. Movies, and from what I absorbed there, I became who I am. “
Until Thal Friedman put you on the map?
“We put each other on the map. They kept wanting to throw me out of theater studies at Tel Aviv University, saying it was not for me, until Tal came. We were statisticians there in some show, he’s Mishnah A, I Mishnah B – and there he started abusing me, in quotes of course, when our relationship was enlightened to such Levites. I would tell him about the difficulties I was going through and he would laugh. “Out of this came the play ‘Plots of Moses in the Big City’, which was a great show and published both of us, when each of us is crazy in his own way.”
Tal Friedman (Photo: Rafi Daloia)How would you define yourself as an actor?
“Today I am much more mature and deep. When I see how I work with people, I know I’m worth a lot as a comedian. “
Where are you compared to comedians like Dror Keren or Dov Navon, for example?
“I think more bear wise, because Dror Keren is more colorful. I had a funny meeting with Dov at the “Coupe Rashit”, where it turned out that as much as we are similar, we are also different. “
Dov Navon (Photo: Aviv Hofi)As an actor, do you see yourself playing in a Shakespeare play?
“You never know, what’s more, for everything they offer me, I say ‘yes’ straight away and then consider whether it suits me or not. Every time I am surprised anew by how many people want me, in fact I am also surprised that everyone knows and loves me, with selfies and such. “What to do, Naharini, I have already said.”
In 2012, Forster participated in the program “VIP Survival“, The Sixth Season of Reality:” It stemmed from my tendency to say ‘yes’ to everything, even though I really don’t like reality. Overall I had an interesting adventure there, which did me no special harm. She was another layer in my life even if it was a pretty goofy show, where I was lonely on the island, eating rice and picking twigs. As a pretty monastic type, I was probably in the right place. “
What did you get out of there with?
“I left with a few punches for stand-up and with a strong experience for life, even a good experience.”
Forrester is divorced from his first wife and separated from his second spouse. He currently lives in Kiryat Ono and is a father of three. Uri, his debut, graduated with a master’s degree in clinical psychology.
You spoke in the past and said “my soul is scarred”. Did you receive treatment for this?
“This is a statement that comes from being a pretty dramatic type, although scars can also be beautiful. I have been in psychotherapy all the time, for ten years. Now I understand how much it helps. “Even if friends tell me ‘you have not changed’, I do not stop changing, which brings me to be now in a very good and mature relationship with an interior designer.”
Can you say you are addicted to the stage and the audience?
“Unfortunately yes. I really like my profession and perform a lot. “
What would you be if you were not an actor?
“I must have been something eccentric, strange and miserable.”
What is your dream?
“My biggest ambition right now is to write a play. If it comes out, Walla, I’ll be happy. It’s time, isn’t it? ”