"The Squirrel" Wins Best Play of the Year at the 2026 Golden Hedgehog Awards

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At the 2026 Golden Hedgehog Awards ceremony, held in Tel Aviv, prizes were presented to this year's winners in Israeli theater. "The Squirrel" won the Play of the Year award, and it was written by Sara Sigal and Lior Pinsky.

"The Squirrel" is based on a true story and tells of a woman who inherits an apartment in Jerusalem and finds herself struggling with a hoarding neighbor and the municipal bureaucracy. At the ceremony the play also won the Direction and Playwriting awards.

The play "Black Alive in the Forest" by Oren Lipshitz won four awards. "Gever Cannot Fall in Love" won three awards: Playwriting, Actor of the Year and Supporting Actor. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Sini Patar for his contribution to Israeli theater.