Theatre events

The Animation Theatre presents ‘Musical Box’ at the International Puppet Theatre Festival in Jerusalem
11 – 13 August

The plot is simple: focussed on a couple whose lives are dominated by work – they spend more time buried in their tools of trade than with their child, resulting in constant arguments. The only thing that can bring them back together is the long lost sound of a music box which once filled their home with joy. Will the little boy’s ingenuity help to fix the broken down mechanism?

Established in 1945, this famous Poznan puppet theatre has virtually become a Polish institution. Its high standard of artistic performance has been confirmed by the numerous awards and prizes received both by the entire team and by its individual members at national festivals and presentations. The theatre makes use of both classic pieces and contemporary Polish and foreign literature. Due to its careful selection of the repertoire and cooperation with outstanding artists, its productions hold the interest of both children and adult audiences.

Date: 11.08 (for invitees only) & 12.08 at 21.30                    
Venue: Khan Theater 2 David Remez Square, Jerusalem
Date: 13.08 at 21.00
Venue: The Lab, 28 Derech Hebron, Jerusalem

Further information:                    

FFestival’s webpage: www.traintheater.org.il                 

Animation theater’s webpage:www.teatranimacji.pl

Poland guest of honour at the Israel Festival
3-20 June
The Dybbuk directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski
June 3, 4 Jerusalem Theatre

In this staging, Krzysztof Warlikowski juxtaposes The Dybbuk by S. Ansky, a folk-tale-inspired story of a tragic love between the two young protagonists: Lei and Chanan, with a short story Dybuk by Hanna Krall from the volume Proofs of Existence which presents the story of an American who carries in himself the spirit of an inborn brother who died during the war in the ghetto. The hero of the story, despite having a perfect occasion, does not free himself from that spirit, the same way he does not want to forget about the Holocaust and the culture of his ancestors – Polish Jews.

"The Dybbuk by Warlikowski is entirely different from all the sentimental representations and Oscar-winning films "about the Jews and the Holocaust" which enable the viewer to shed a ritual tear and peacefully return home. It is piercingly moving voice, filtered through its own sensibility and, in a sense, through its own corporality, relating the experience of forty-year-olds who lack any experience of the Holocaust and God, but are still tormented by the Jewish dybbuk."                                                                      (Tadeusz Sobolewski, Gazeta Wyborcza)

Co-production: Teatr Rozmaitości in Warsaw, Teatr Współczesny in Wrocław, THEOREM, Festival d’Avignion.

Adaptation and direction: Krzysztof Warlikowski.

Stage design: Małgorzata Szczęśniak.

Music: Paweł Mykietyn.

June 3, 4 at 20:30, Jerusalem Theatre, Marcus 20

Tickets and further information can be found at  www.israel-festival.org.il

Cosmos directed by Jerzy Jarocki
10-13 June, Jerusalem Theatre

Photographed by Stefan Okolowicz

The master of Polish theatre, director Jerzy Jarocki, has produced a performance based on the novel Cosmos by the renowned author Witold Gombrowicz who is considered among the greatest Polish writers of the 20^th century. This metaphysical detective story is marvelously performed by the greatest actors from Warsaw’s National Theatre. The play has received awards at the Baltic House festival in St. Petersburg and was presented at the international Europalia festival in Brussels, 2007

 “Cosmos is no ordinary novel (…). The novel refers to the very making of history, the making of reality, the situation in which it is awkwardly and gracelessly born out of our associations… In an ordinary way Cosmos introduces us to an extraordinary world, as if taking us to its backstage. And since a detective story is precisely this – it is an attempt at organizing the chaos – then Cosmos is, to some extent, a detective romance.”

                                                                                                                 (Witold Gombrowicz)

Directed by: Jerzy Jarocki

Stage design: Jerzy Juk-Kowarski

Music: Stanisław Radwan

Meeting with the actors: : June 12 at 19:30

Performances:

June 10-12 20:00

June 13 11:00, Jerusalem Theatre, Rebecca Crown Hall, Marcus 20

www.israel-festival.org.il

Table
Innovative musical-theatrical project by Karbido Group
11-14 June

Photographed by K. Zwik

The musical space which provides a meeting place for Karbido artists has been narrowed down to a single yet curious instrument… a table. However it is not an ordinary piece of furniture but a specially constructed musical object equipped with apparatus sensitive to vibrations of even the smallest amplitude. Each musician performs parts originally played on standard instruments. At times the overall rhythm of the piece is enhanced by sound values of objects placed on the table. Silence is likewise important for the process of creating the sonic space. This peculiar theatre of sound is an outstanding, psychological tale of an individual “sitting at the table”, full of cultural references.

The play had its premiere at the 27^th Review of Stage Songs in 2006 and and received an enthusiastic response from the press. The play also received the TUKAN OFF award for the best off theatrical play. Following performances at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh and Assembly Aurora Nova in London were likewise a huge success.

   Photographed by K. Zwik

Music and performance: Paweł Czepułkowski, Igor Gawlikowski, Michał Litwiniec, Marek Otwinowski
Sound technician: Jacek Fedorowicz

June 11, 12 - Mediatheque, Holon, 6 Golda Meir St., Holon, (03) 50 21555

June 13, 14 - Hamaabada, 8 Hevron Road Jerusalem, (02) 629 2000

Tickets: www.israel-festival.org.il

For further info see: www.karbido.com

First reading
Poor Me, the Bitch and Her New Buddy by Michal Walczak
February 22, at 12:00 at the Cameri Theatre
 

Michal Walczak (born in 1979) – one of the most interesting drama writers of the young generation and the hope of Polish theater. His drama “The Sandbox” was his debut. His most recent play Poor Me, the Bitch and Her New Buddy shall be read by the actors of the Cameri Theatre in Hebrew in the framework of the project First Reading.

 

Three characters - Poor Me, the Bitch and Her New Buddy - are looking for their history. They arrange events to which they subsequently succumb almost passively. The fictitious story begins devouring its heroes. The drama is a study of male-female relations in different constellations and an attempt at diagnosing until which moment we can try being the masters of our own destiny.

February 22, at 12:00 at the Cameri Theatre, 19, Shaul Hamelech St., Tel Aviv
Information and tickets: 03-6060990

In cooperation with the Tel Aviv University and the Cameri Theatre

Carpe Diem - Polish Dance Theatre from Poznań
Spring Festival in Rishon LeZion
5-9 April

One of the best know Polish dance ensembles will present its newest project Carpe Diem. The performance has been prepared out of the inspiration of the whole ensemble. It is a result of a series of quests and is not a pre-defined model for the realization of particular tasks – commissions. The artists are interested in the momentary – a time that is impossible to repeat and reconstruct. A moment without which there is not past and out which the future is born.

Idea and choreography: Ewa Wycichowska

Music: Zbigniew Górny, Marcin Górny

Stage design: Bohdan Cieślak

Costumes and photography: Ewa Łowżył

April 5 21:00, Rishon LeZion Performing Arts Center, Tel. (03) 948 86 88

April 7 20:30, Modi’in Performing Arts Center, Tel.  (08) 973 73 33

April 8 20:30, Petach Tikva Performing Arts Center, Tel. (03) 912 52 06

April 9 20:30, Herzliya Performing Arts Center, Tel. (09) 972 99 72

www.springfestival.co.il

Special discount code for friends of the Polish Institute: 100