The Birth. A Play from the Future

The first Hebrew science fiction playWhat happens when a couple has a child… in another dimension?By: Roi Maliah Reshef (Dam Dam Da Dam)Direction: Efim Rinenberg (Shimshon, Dam Dam Da Dam)Friends in another dimension: Yosef Albalek, Gal Israeli, Gabriel Lichman and Noah Zenkel   

The New Ghetto by Binyamin Ze'ev (Theodor) Herzl

Not everybody knows that Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl, "the Visionary of the Jewish State," was a famous playwright whose plays were produced in Vienna, Prague, and Berlin. He wrote - alone or in collaboration with others - around 15 plays, primarily light-hearted comedies.We are now presenting a staged reading of The New Ghetto, Herzl's only play on a Jewish subject, which has, surprisingly enough, has not yet been performed in Israel.Herzl wrote The New Ghetto in 1894, in a fantastic 17-day burst of...

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Judith's Angels

The new play of the theatre is based on the mythical story of Judith (Book of Judith)A martyr or just a woman? Hero or a cold blood assassin? This is a fantasy story on a woman in a world of men.Two angels fight on the soul of one woman who died 2000 years ago and until this day its not sure to which next world she will enter – the Christian one or the Jews one?Each of the angles has his own version of history, but what Judith thinks about that?Mikro theatre re-creates the myth of Judith...

A Dumbhead like Hamlet

A tragi-comic play based on the work of Rubén González GallegoDirected by Irina GorelikSeverely paralyzed by cerebral palsy, Gallego has survived hellish adolescence in a Soviet orphanage for the disabled. His play is a brilliant autobiographical work that resonated worldwide and was translated into many languages. The show portrays the development of Gallego's personality and strong spirit and takes us to a world both dark and comic, tragic and ridiculous, disheartening and...

The First King

Herzlmania

Herzl's diary is one of the most magnificent texts in Jewish culture that has yet to be discovered. Imagine you could read the private thoughts of a nation's founder! This outstanding text reveals the initial, wild and fantastic stages of what would evolve to be Herzl's vision. It shows the ups and downs, the doubts and resolutions, the foolishness and the prophecies that moved the Viennese writer Theodore Herzl and that made him the leader of his people.The play Herzlmania is based on the diary...

Samson

For the first time, a theatrical adaption of the great novel by Jabotinsky. It revives the tragic figure of the biblical hero Samson, the warrior, the leader with the artistic soul, a gifted man that his own people could not take. Everybody want's something from him and he is being teared apart, between two cultures. From his marriage to Smadar , through his attempts to unite the tribes of Israel and the famous story of Samson and Delilah.December 14th 2019- Last show 

The World of Yesterday

Adapted and directed by: Irina GorelikTranslation: Efim RinenbergCast: Almog Guriel, Oren Habot, Ran Cohen, Lilach Cnaan and Josef AlbalakDuring the first third of the twentieth century, Stefan Zweig was considered the most successful writer in Europe. But the 1930s erased all that. His books were burned by the Nazis.

Lia and Miriam Put on a Show

The two divas in a funny film… and a live encounter Lia Koenig and Miriam Zohar, two Israel Prize laureates for theatrical achievements, have reached the age of 90. The gals have undoubtedly seen a thing or two and done some things together and separately. But never have they put on a joint show. So isn't it about time?! In an evening combining a film and a live meeting, the two address the really vital issues in life: Is a black outfit actually slimming? Who Invented Crocs? In a...

The Jerusalem Center for The Performing Arts

The Jerusalem Theatre is a cultural venue that brings together all the arts of stage, screen, visual and plastic arts. We work to present a contemporary artistic idiom and to create original initiatives and fascinating connections that express the meeting between idea and art.Every year nearly a million visitors come to the Jerusalem Theatre to enjoy the hundreds of artists and actors from Israel and abroad in over 1,000 cultural events.Each evening the theatre presents plays by the fines...

Mr. Mouse's Lover

A new play about strong passion, biting humor, and the animals that live in our heartsPlaywright: Roy Reshef Maliach | Director: Efim RinenbergCast: Josef Albalak, Gal Israeli, Gabriella Lichman, Sari Azsez, Galit Tzabari and Masha ShmulianHere's a story about a chicken, a cuckoo, a squirrel, and a cat living in a building somewhere. Animals that all boys and girls know. Or do they? Have you ever asked yourself why they live segregated but together, four females and one male? Did Mr. Mouse...

Cultural institutions at the Jerusalem Theatre

The Jerusalem Theatre is the permanent home of key cultural institutions: the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Jerusalem Orchestra East West, the Mikro Theatre and the Israel Festival.The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBAFounded in the 1940s as the national radio orchestra, it was known as the Voice of Israel Orchestra. In the 1970s, the orchestra was expanded and became the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA (Israel Broadcasting Authority). As a radio orchestra, most of its concerts are...

Miracle on South Division Street

A comedy about what happens when we begin to question our storiesBy: Tom DudzickDirection: Yael ValierCast: Sarit Brown, Mordechai Buxner, Devorah Jaffe, and Andrea KatzMiracle on South Division Street tells the story of the Nowak family, living amidst the urban rubble of Buffalo, NY. Clara, the family matriarch, happily runs her soup kitchen and tends to the family heirloom – a twenty-foot shrine to the Blessed Mother which adjoins the house. This neighborhood beacon of faith...

Accessibility and Orientation at the Theatre

The Jerusalem Theatre works to promote accessibility, with the aim of making it possible for all audiences to reach the compound, including the disabled, to enjoy a cultural experience.In charge of accesibility in th the Jerusalem Theatre is Ido Eilav ido@jth.org.il 02-5605757.Full access to the physically disabled to all halls and to most of the lobbies, including disabled parking, elevators, stair lifts, platform lifts, toilets for the disabled and spaces reserved for wheelchairs i...

About the Building

Photo Emka, 1970'sConstruction, 1970'sPhoto Emka, 1970'sOn October 10, 1964, the cornerstone for the Jerusalem Theatre was laid. From the remarks given by Zalman Aran, Former Minister of Education and Culture:   "To me it appears that the municipal theatre whose cornerstone we set today should be used first for this important role: to give cultural service to the same sector of the Jerusalem population that for various reasons has little opportunity to enjoy the arts. Life experience...