Pumi HaTapir - Children's Theater at Heichal HaTarbut Modiin

Comedy for kids filled with songs, a play about friendship, growing up, accepting others, the need to belong and the simפle courage to just be who you are. Based on the book 'Pumi - A Story about a Tapir' by Roni Hefer. Produced by HaTeatron HaArtzi LeNoar.

Suitable for ages Gan to Kita Bet.

Pumi, the curious tapir, loves to read and listen to stories. One night, Pumi asks his mother why there are no stories about tapirs.

The next day, he goes to the library to look for a story about tapirs and to his disappointment discovers that there is no such story. Tuli the librarian tells Pumi about Yehoyachin Krupnik, the famous author who writes about animals, and Pumi decides to go through the dangerous forest to the writer’s house and find out why he never wrote a book with a tapir as the hero.

On the way, Pumi meets other animals who join him on his adventure: Bruno the bat, who is afraid of the dark, Mika the pig who is getting fit, and Hezi the turtle who dreams of becoming a dancer. At the end of their journey, Pumi the tapir manages to become the hero of s story, and even the hero of a play.