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The Eichmann Trial opera will premiere at the Romanian National Opera

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The Romanian National Opera in Bucharest will premiere The Eichmann Trial on March 29, 2025. The opera, composed by Gil Shohat, features a libretto by renowned playwright Motti Lerner, based on his stage play of the same name, which was performed last year at Bucharest’s National Theatre. Set against the backdrop of the 1961 trial of… Read more

ISRA-DRAMA 2024: Building Cultural Bridges

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ISRA-DRAMA 2024 is holding the Exposure online this year because of the war. This year’s theme is “Building Cultural Bridges,”because it feels more urgent than ever. While politics and “The News” are set on creating more conflict in the “divide and rule” style – art creates a space for empathy, dialogue, and shared humanity. ISRA-DRAMA 2024… Read more

Hanoch Levin’s comedy, The Hesitator, in Bratislava

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THE HESITATOR – PREMIERING TONIGHT IN BRATISLAVA AT THE ASTORKA THEATRE  Hanoch Levin’s comedy, The Hesitator, explores the humorous yet poignant struggles of a man perpetually caught between his ailments and his entangled relationships with women. Torn between three potential partners, he secretly yearns for a fourth—an unattainable beauty. When he finally makes his choice, he’s… Read more

Isra-drama November 26-30 2019

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 Isra-Drama – Spotlight on Israeli Drama An event designed to expose Israeli drama to the international theatre community: festival directors, theatre directors, stage directors, artistic directors, dramaturges, translators, and journalists. During the week-long Isra-Drama, we present the best of Israel’s original playwriting on stages, accompanied by subtitles. Our guests are invited to panels and discussions… Read more

A Winter Funeral by Hanoch Levin has been performed in Brussels

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It seems that weddings, funerals, and family members who will go to any lengths to avoid a funeral they’d rather not attend, or to not miss a wedding they’ve been waiting for their whole life – are universal subjects. A Winter Funeral by Hanoch Levin has been performed at Théâtre du Rideau de Bruxelles in… Read more

The Eurodram Hebrew committee selected three plays for 2018

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Eurodram is a European theatre translation network covering European, Mediterranean and Central Asian languages. The network is organised into roughly 30 language-based committees. Eurodram’s main objective is promote contemporary plays from across the wider European area to theatre professionals and theatre audiences. The plays are selected through two biennial competitions The Eurodram Hebrew committee selected three plays for 2018:… Read more

Maya Arad Yasur’s latest play AMSTERDAM in Theatertreffen Stückemarkt in Berlin

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Maya Arad Yasur‘s latest play AMSTERDAM is one of six plays selected for the  Theatertreffen Stückemarkt in Berlin which will take place in May 2018. AMSTERDAM will have a staged reading in Festival d’Avignon in July 2018, in the context of the France-Israel events (translated to French by Laurence Sendrowicz) Her play SUSPENDED will have a German… Read more

New productions of plays by Hadar Galron

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  17/3/18 was a first World Premiere of I❤MAMMA  by Hadar Galron A comedy with dramatic streaks about the challenges of modern Motherhood. Originally written for and with (via improv.) third year students at Beit-Zvi schol of dramatic arts, I made a new version of the play – (changed the outline story) especially for ABC… Read more