INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE OF ISRAELI THEATRE NOVEMBER 22-26, 2017, TEL AVIV PROGRAMME Dear Guests, Greetings from Seventeen years have passed since the establishment of The Hanoch the Chairman of WEDNESDAY, 18.00 OPENING RECEPTION Levin Institute of Israeli Drama which marked a breakthrough in the NOVEMBER 22 CINEMA HOTEL The Hanoch Levin exportation of Israeli drama to the world. First and foremost was Levin Institute of Israeli himself who became a household name in numerous countries including 21.00 GULLIVER Poland, France, Germany, Russia, South America, and others; additional HABAIT THEATRE Drama playwrights whose works are produced abroad and are represented by THURSDAY, 10.00-12.00 PRESENTATION 1 the Institute are Edna Mazya, Anat Gov, Hadar Galron, Hillel Mittelpunkt, NOVEMBER 23 THE CAMERI THEATRE DROP DEAD | THE PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT | Shmuel Hasfari, Hanna Azoulay-Hasfari, Gilad Evron, Gur Koren, Maya CAFÉ I, ANGELINA JOLIE | THE CONVERSATION PIECE Arad-Yasur, Dror Keren, Ina Eisenberg, Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon, Oren 13.00 RELEASE DAY Yaakobi, and others. TZAVTA THEATRE Israeli drama engages with the highly-charged issues unique to its society 15.00 UNDER CONSTRUCTION and multifaceted culture and their reflection in family life, interpersonal HABAIT THEATRE relationships, and attitudes towards the different and the other. The 16.30-18.30 PRESENTATION 2 conflicts which are the fuel of the stage can be found in abundance in JAFFA THEATRE LIVING PATHOLOGICAL MUSEUM | DEMONSTRATE | our society: remembrance of the Holocaust, relations between Jews and MY LIFE – THE MUSICAL VERSION | SWEETIE, YOU AIN’T GUILTY Arabs, the trauma of war and its effects on all the parties to it, relations between religious and secular Jews, and the struggle to find a personal 21.00 A HORSE WALKS INTO A BAR identity at intersections of contradiction. THE CAMERI THEATRE From all the above material the creators choose their theatrical language FRIDAY, 11.00 AQUARIUM and find their own unique voice in Hebrew which, until about a century NOVEMBER 24 HAIFA THEATRE ago, was considered a dead language, a language of ritual and prayer, and 15.30-17.30 PRESENTATION 3 which today is a multilayered spoken language. HABAIT THEATRE SUDDENLY | HE WALKED THROUGH THE FIELDS | Contemporary Israeli Theatre has gained immense popularity: five million UNREADABLE |YOU DON’T FIGHT A DUEL NOWADAYS tickets are sold annually by the various theatres, and relative to the size of 17.45 FOOD FIGHT the country’s population of some eight million, this is a most impressive HABAIT THEATRE achievement. Every evening throughout the country plays are performed 19.00 NOT LETTING IT IN - THE EXPOSURE to full houses, and at any given moment one can choose from a multitude HABAIT THEATRE of possibilities in various genres and artistic styles. Among audiences the success of Israeli Theatre even surpasses that of soccer! SATURDAY, 10.30 GIRLS IN ARMS In recent years, theatre professionals from a variety of countries have NOVEMBER 25 TMU-NA THEATRE visited Israel both for the International Exposures of Israeli Theatre and 11.00 SurFace for the events of IsraDrama: Spotlight on Israeli Drama. The countries TMU-NA THEATRE represented include Germany, Poland, France, Hungary, Russia, Denmark, 12.30-14.30 PLAY DATE The Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Austria, Spain, China, TMU-NA THEATRE Finland, Sweden, Norway, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, 15.00 CUT.LOOSE Thailand, Cyprus, Greece, Canada, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Croatia, TMU-NA THEATRE and the United States. 18.00 IN THE TUNNEL I hope that the International Exposure of Israeli Theatre 2017 will provide GESHER THEATRE new experiences for you and will lead to artistic collaborations and a 21.00 PA'AM continued dialogue throughout the global village. HABAIT THEATRE Yours, SUNDAY, 10.00 RADIO PLAY BASCULA NOVEMBER 26 Noam Semel, Chairman 15.00 SCHREBER The Hanoch Levin Institute of Israeli Drama JAFFA THEATRE 18.00 THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY HABIMA NATIONAL THEATRE 21.00 TO THE END OF THE LAND THE CAMERI THEATRE / 2 / / 3 / Hanoch Levin 1943-1999 Dear Guests, The Hanoch Levin Hanoch Levin - playwright, author, poet, and director. Levin was The artistic On behalf of the Artistic Committee I am pleased to welcome you to the Institute of Israeli without doubt the most important and prolific playwright in the committee's International Exposure of Israeli Theatre 2017. history of Israeli theatre, an outstanding artist, whose oeuvre stands Drama Greetings to the The International Exposure facilitates a concentrated encounter with a as one of the basic foundations of Israeli cultural history. He wrote International broad spectrum of the best of Israeli theatre in the past year, both in the more than sixty plays and published books of poetry and prose. form of repertory theatre productions and fringe theatre productions. Levin wrote in varied dramatic styles and directed only his own work. Exposure of Israeli His plays are performed in many theatres in Israel and around the world. Theatre 2o17 This year’s program comprises fifteen full-length productions that are For further reading: www.hanochlevin.com accompanied by three complementary presentations. First and foremost in this year’s full-length productions are adaptations of Israeli literature that is also gaining approbation overseas. Thus you will be able to see The Hanoch Levin Institute of Israeli Drama was founded by Mr. Noam two productions adapted from novels by David Grossman, who we Semel, former Director General of the Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv, in the shall meet for a talk in the course of the Exposure: A Horse Walks into a year 2000. Bar and To the End of the Land. Theatrical adaptations of world literature The Institute has set as its goal to promote Israeli drama and raise are also represented, and included in the Exposure are two productions awareness of its crucial role in the formation of Israeli culture, both in adapted from well-known novels: Gulliver and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Israel and abroad. The Institute, in cooperation with the Playwrights Union To complete the picture there will be a presentation on adaptation of of Israel, operates in the following fields: literature to the theatre at which we shall discuss this artistic challenge and present excerpts from productions adapted from additional novels. Translation of Contemporary Israeli Drama This enterprise set the purpose of exposing Israeli drama and encouraging One of the most notable aspects of this year’s Exposure is the diversity of its staging in theatres throughout the world. Ever since the Institute's works that challenge the boundaries of a theatrical event. Aquarium, for establishment, Israeli plays are staged in major theatres around the world. example, is a play in lip sync; Pa’am is a theatrical work without actors; Radio Play is, as its name suggests, a radio play performed live onstage; in International Exposure of Israeli Theatre Schreber theatrical fiction confronts live corporeality; Cut.Loose transforms An event designed to expose Israeli theatre to the international theatre everyday intimate relationships into dance theatre; and Not Letting It In is community. During the five days of the Exposure, we present the best a confession performance that blurs the boundaries between audience of Israel's original productions, accompanied by surtitles. Our guests are and performers. The new trends in theatre will also be accompanied by a invited to panels and discussions, and have the opportunity to meet and presentation primarily of young creators seeking new forms of theatrical talk with our leading theatre creators. expression. International Exposure of Israeli Theatre is produced with collaboration A large proportion of these productions touch upon local political issues, and support of the Ministry of Culture and Sport - Culture Administration; but for some this is their prime objective, whether In the Tunnel by a Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Department of Culture and Science Relations; repertory theatre, or the realistic Release Day or the performance SurFace, and Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo. both of which are fringe theatre productions. Israeli Dramatist Website - dramaisrael.org Two more clownish productions (albeit sociopolitical depth is evident in Our aims are: accessible information on plays to production bodies in Israel them) are Under Construction and Food Fight. and abroad; to encourage the translation of Israeli plays; to facilitate open The program will be completed with a presentation dedicated to the access to texts; to maintain a central arena to discuss questions with which various ways of presenting sexual assault issues onstage - a recurring topic playwrights engage, to encourage grants, and translation and production in numerous recent productions. possibilities around the world; and to provide up to date news on Israeli “Play Date” is an additional event in which a large selection of productions drama: new productions, study days, calls for festivals, development plans. will be presented in brief sessions and enable you to see the wide selection for yourselves. Exposure 2017 offers a very wide range of productions that strike a balance between their local-Israeliness and the theatrical universality they offer, with diverse subjects and means of expression. We hope they will find their way to your heart, and by so doing theatre can function as an artistic bridge over both the language barrier and the cultural distance. I wish you all enjoyable and enriching viewing. Moshe Perlstein Chairman, Artistic Committee, International Exposure of Israeli Theatre, 2017 / 4 / / 5 / GULLIVER HaZira Performance Arts Arena By Zvi Sahar / PuppetCinema Based on Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels WEDNESDAY, After sixteen years at sea, Lemuel Gulliver returns home. NOVEMBER 22, 21.00 Isolated in his room, he refuses to meet anyone, and only talks HABAIT THEATRE with two horses that he brought back with him. He is repulsed by everything and ponders the fate of the human species.