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She-Rah, poems of power

The works of Agi Mishol and Dorit Weisman will be put to music and read aloud – very loudly – at an unconventional female-oriented production.

Dorit Weisman
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If your idea of a poetry session is a writer politely reading his or her works, solo, to a hushed and reverent audience, then you’re in for something completely different at the She-Rah (a feminist-inclined play on the Hebrew word for poetry, “shira”) show at Beit Mazia.

The majority of the on-stage protagonists are the allwoman cast members of the Theatre Company Jerusalem under the directorship of Gabriella Lev, company founder and the person responsible for conjuring up the idea behind She-Rah. The show is based on works by two of Israel’s leading female poets, both multi award winners, Agi Mishol and Dorit Weisman, who will also be on hand to read from their works, but in a none-too-conventional a manner. The musical offering will be substantially underpinned by the Jerusalem Oratorio Capella Choir.

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