Summary
The Israeli stage adaptation of Chiquititas — the legendary Latin American musical franchise beloved by generations — arrives at Expo Tel Aviv as a large-scale family musical. At its scenographic heart is a monumental LED wall, for which Nick Dreyden creates the full visual world of the show as video designer and screen scenographer.
Creative Team
- Director: Shachar Peretz
- Video Design & Screen Scenography: Nick Dreyden
- Producer: Maor Maimon (toMix)
- Set Designer: Batya Segal-Pick
- Lighting & Technical: Uri Morag
- Production Coordination: Hani Yechezkel
Premiere
August 12, 2026 — Expo Tel Aviv, Pavilion 2 (additional performances August 14 and 16).
Visual & Multimedia Concept
The production's screen world is conceived as a living, hand-drawn animated universe in a retro-illustration aesthetic — the LED wall becomes the emotional barometer of the narrative. Dreyden's video score (developed scene-by-scene across the full show) is built from "Living Interiors" — animated environments breathing behind the performers, constructed on the depth-and-perspective illusion principles of the Renaissance masters; "Fantasy Tableaux" — full-screen imaginative sequences; and "State Morphs" — seamless transitions between emotional states of the same space. The content is engineered for live theatrical playback, with the video layer cued to the musical structure of each number.
Impact
The production premiered on August 12, 2026 to a sold-out run at Expo Tel Aviv, with Argentine entertainment press reporting full houses across all performances and audiences singing along to every number. Israeli critics received the show warmly: reviewers for Srugim described an impressive, precise production that stands on its own beyond nostalgia — praising the spectacular set design ("התפאורה מרהיבה") and noting that the staging read clearly even from the farthest rows of the pavilion — while Reshet 13 called it a well-crafted, engaging production. The Israeli staging quickly became an international reference point: within a week of the premiere, Argentine media reported that Cris Morena and RGB Entertainment are preparing a large-scale Chiquititas revival at Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires, explicitly modeled on the Tel Aviv production.
On Stage — Expo Tel Aviv
Concept — The Screen World
