Category Archives: theatre

modern adaptation of Greek tragedy (Theater: ‘Oresteia’ by Aeschylus adapted by Robert Icke at the Gesher Theater)

Robert Icke’s adaptation of classical plays re-open or continue the debate about how we relate to the famous playwrights’ text. The British writer and director brought to stage ‘1984’ (which was also staged at HaBima in Israel), ‘Romeo and Juliet’, … Continue reading

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big promises, partial disappointment (‘Lolita / Jeanne d’Arc’ created by Yehezkiel Lazarov)

‘Lolita / Jeanne d’Arc’ is one of those performances that promise a lot but disappoint at delivery. The Gesher Theater offered the non-conventional space of its Hangar hall reserved for its more experimental productions to the actor, choreographer and  stage … Continue reading

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big children and their toys (Theater: Toys by Noam Gil at the Tmuna Theater)

The Middle East is such a volatile territory. No clear borders. No clear delimitation between politics and private lives. Between leadership and folly. Between fiction and reality. We had a good example last night with the viewing of the fringe … Continue reading

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biased identities (Theater: Wajdi Mouawad – ‘Tous Des Oiseaux’, La Colline (Theatre National))

Tel Aviv has quite a scarce presence of international theater tours, so I had quite great expectations from the presence of the Theatre La Colline, one of the National Theaters of France, which brought here the performance of ‘Tous Des … Continue reading

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Seri de teatru în București

Am folosit, așa cum fac mai întotdeauna, recenta (și prea scurta) mea vizită în București pentru a viziona câteva spectacole de teatru. Mulțumirile mele adresate prietenilor care mi-au recomandat spectacolele și s-au ocupat și de procurarea biletelor le includ încă … Continue reading

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starea teatrului

Mă consider norocos pentru faptul că maturizarea mea intelectuală s-a petrecut în a doua parte a anilor ’60 şi începutul anilor ’70 într-o perioada (vai, scurtă!) de relativă liberalizare ideologică şi culturală în România, şi într-un oraş – Bucureşti – … Continue reading

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‘The Pillars of the Society’ at the Cameri Theater

  Am văzut această seară punerea în scenă a dramei lui Ibsen “Stalpii Societății” la Teatrul Cameri din Tel Aviv, în regia lui Arthur Kogan, cu Itai Tiran în rolul principal. A fost o performanță solidă, o montare care, după … Continue reading

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teatru bun, ca altadata (‘Omul cel bun din Seciuan’ la Teatrul Bulandra in regia lui Andrei Serban)

M-am simtit in acea seara dintre putinele petrecute in scurta mea vizita bucuresteana de acum cateva zile, ca transportat si transfigurat in timp cu vreo patru decenii si mai bine in urma, in anii de vraja in care Liviu Ciulei … Continue reading

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Trei seri de teatru la Bucuresti

Multumita prietenilor care mi-au procurat bilete cele trei seri petrecute in Bucuresti la sfarsitul saptamanii trecute s-au transformat in trei seri de teatru. Am vazut trei spectacole bune, care chiar daca nu au fost toate ireprosabile, au oferit cel putin … Continue reading

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Danger: Mediocrity!

This posting comes instead of two reviews I would usually write about two performances I saw a week one from the other in Tel Aviv. One is a theater play ‘Az BePrag’ (‘Then in Prague’) by Hilel Mitelpunkt at the … Continue reading

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