Posts Tagged: Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv

Kastner (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama , Historical Play

A political/historical drama about the tragic negotiations conducted by the Jewish community in Hungary during World War II with Adolph Eichmann, head of the Gestapo unit 4-B on rescuing the remains of European Jewry. Winner of “Play of The Year” award (1985) The play was published in English in the anthology “Israeli Holocaust Drama” edited by… Read more

Pollard (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

 A political drama about the scandal created by the Israeli intelligence services that hired an American Jew employed by the American navy to spy for Israel. The story is told from Pollard’s point of view in jail, and his wife’s point of view, tied to her bed, in a mental hospital in Israel.

Pangs of the Messiah (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

A political drama about the right-wing settlers in the West Bank who oppose the peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and blow up the holy mosques in Jerusalem to sabotage it.  

Century (Yigael Sachs)

Genre: Comic Drama , Drama

שלמה בר שביט, אלי דנקר

On the 100’th birthday of Abraham Goldman,  one of  the first settlers in  “Givat Yehushua”, his family gathered to celebrate. The next morning Goldman is found in critical condition after being poisoned. The struggle    to reveal the truth about his life and death becomes a struggle for the fate of the land.   The… Read more

Best Friends (Anat Gov)

Genre: Comedy

Thirty years of close friendship between Sophie, Tirzah and Lelly come to a painful end. A year later they are forced to meet again for one evening during which their entire relationship is viewed with wit, humor and sadness, love and hate, envy and mutual respect. This is a story of three women who grew… Read more

And the Rat Laughed (Nava Semel)

Genre: Drama , Fantasy , Poetic Drama

And the Rat Laughed is an original opera in Hebrew based on Nava Semel’s accliamed novel from 2001. The music was composed by Israeli comopser Ella Milch-Sheriff. This novel dealing with the horrors of the Holocaust and the influence of this harrowing chapter of human history was highly praised for its courage in employing original… Read more