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The Jerusalem-based Incubator Theater company brings its production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth to Tel Aviv.

By BARRY DAVIS
Violin player (illustrative photo) (photo credit: INGIMAGE)
Violin player (illustrative photo)
(photo credit: INGIMAGE)
Shakespeare at Tzavta
The Jerusalem-based Incubator Theater company will bring its production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth to the Tzavta cultural center in Tel Aviv on October 29 (9 p.m.). The Incubator version is based on the street-level spoken word format and will spin the chilling tale of murder and betrayal in which a Scottish war hero assassinates the king and becomes a cruel ruler.
The cast includes six actors, all of whom contributed to the creation of the new version. They translated and adapted the play to a musical format based on the horror movie genre and inspired by the art of the rhyming spoken word.
The Incubator Theater production was conceived and is directed by Amit Ulman, who also acts in the play. The other members of the cast are Dana Yadlin, Omer Habaron, Yiftach Leibowitz, Daniel Shapira and Yoseph Alblak.
For tickets and more information: (03) 685-0156/7 and www.incubator.org.il
Dalia’s ‘Dialogue’
Dalia Segev’s latest exhibition, “Dialogue,” opened at the Efrat Gallery in Tel Aviv last week. The show, curated by Elizabeth Dor, incorporates paintings created using a variety of techniques and various materials, as well as collages. The works present a dialogue between materials, nature and man, reality and imagination, the visible and the hidden, the conscious and the unconscious.
The series of paintings starts with landscapes of various places in Israel and paintings of models.
The works seem to emanate from a personal meditative observation of the wonders of Mother Nature, such as the changes in light, colors and ambience and the special experience they offer. The artist relates to the landscape as an archetype, especially the Earth, which she represents in the form of female energy.
In some of the works, Segev uses a painting technique that emulates the collage format. In some she represents various fragments, while in others she depicts a landscape that appears to be truncated but is also part of the painting language she developed, an idiom through which she offers the viewer an opportunity to explore and discuss the connection between parts and the dialogue between them.
For more information: (03) 523- 7624
Camerata hosts German violinist
The Israel Camerata Jerusalem’s second offering of its new season is a wide-ranging affair, incorporating one work from the 18th century, two from the 20th century and one new work.
The performances will be led by Canadian conductor Boris Brott, with German violinist Kolja Blacher as guest soloist.
The program includes Haydn’s Symphony No. 22 in E-flat Major (“The Philosopher”); Gershwin’s Suite from Porgy and Bess, arranged for a chamber orchestra by Israeli composer Avner Dorman; Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade after Plato’s “Symposium”; and the world premiere of Canti Eleatici by US-based Italian composer Alessandra Salvati.
The performances will take place at the Jerusalem Theater on October 29 (8 p.m.); Heichal Hatarbut in Karmiel on October 29 (8:30 p.m.); the Wix Auditorium of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot on October 30 (8 p.m.); and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art on November 1 (8 p.m.).
For tickets and more information: 1-700-552-000 and www.jcamerata.com
Locals get in on ‘The Magic Flute’ act
Residents of Kiryat Yam will have a chance to get in on some operatic action when the next installment of the Israel Opera’s Community Opera outreach program, Mozart’s The Magic Flute, comes to the Rabin Sports Hall on October 20 and 21.
Gifted amateur singers will be recruited for the project, which follows similar endeavors in the Tel Aviv neighborhoods of Neveh Eliezer and Shchunat Hatikva, which featured Bizet’s Carmen; Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, which was performed in Ashkelon; and Rossini’s Cinderella in Tirat Hacarmel. The Magic Flute has been performed in Nazareth Illit, Kiryat Malachi and Ma’aleh Adumim.
The upcoming production is directed by Shirit Lee Weiss, with Eithan Schmeisser conducting.
The professional side of the singing cast will include sopranos Rinat Goldmann, Hadar Atari and Avigail Gurtler; and mezzo-sopranos Anat Czarny and Limor Ilan. In all, some 100 Kiryat Yam residents will be involved in the show.
For more information: (03) 692- 7777 and www.israel-opera.co.il