Theater

Fulcro Theatre looks for happiness in Hanoch Levin’s ‘Suitcase Packers’

Suitcase Packers is the flagship show of the Fulcro Theatre group and its first full show in Hebrew since the company made its move to Israel from St. Petersburg in 2022.

MICHAL WEINBERG and Boris Repetur in ‘Suitcase Packers.’
Lior Berlin as Peter Bergson, who fought to rescue Europe’s Jews from the Nazis, in The Accomplices.

'The Accomplices': Restaging history of efforts to save European Jews from the Holocaust

Tom Stoppard poses with the award for Best Play for “Leopoldstadt” at the 76th Annual Tony Awards in New York City, US, June 11, 2023.

Tom Stoppard, acclaimed playwright of ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,’ dies at 87

AI ilustrative image.

AI, artists, scholars revive 17th-century French playwright Moliere with new play


New theatre production ‘Collective Phenomena’ reveals story of defiant Soviet-Jewish scientists

The director of Collective Phenomena, Semion Aleksandrovskiy, shared a little of this complex history via his own family story.

 ‘COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA’ director Semion Aleksandrovskiy.

Zombies galore at Surround Festival in Tel Aviv

October, a new musical performance by Daniel Sapir and the FTW Orchestra, is a bold attempt to express in music the pain, rage, and sorrow felt after the October 7 terror attack.

 ‘ZOMBIE DRIVE IN’ will be presented at the Surround Festival.

Tel Aviv's Kipod Hazahav festival brings 16 independent productions to the stage

The Golden Porcupine competition for independent theater will return to Tel Aviv next month with some of Israeli theater's best shows.

 Kipod Hazahav offerings include ‘Full Tank'.

Gilat Foundation uses therapeutic theater to uplift children in hospitals

"These children are already in vulnerable situations. That’s why offering them therapeutic theater every week, giving them a space to feel like normal kids, is so vital."

 Theater is medicine no doctor can prescribe

Bullishly cute children's theatre in Beersheba

Keep an eye out for these kid-friendly performances in Beersheba.

 The Story of Ferdinand.

Sderot's festival and its fracture: art healing amid chaos

Amid everything going on in the South, the Adama Center's three-day Festival and Its Fracture promotes unity through creativity.

  ‘I’M STILL HERE’ will open the Arava International Film Festival.

Israeli Opera’s bold 2025 season opener is part opera, part kibbutz

Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore opens the Israeli Opera's 2025 season with a unique Israeli twist.

 THE ISRAELI Opera begins its 2025 season with ‘L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti.’ From Left to Right: Yael Levita (Adina), Anat Czarny (Gianetta), and Oded Reich (Belcore).

'About survival': Ben Shapiro talks of Jewish unity in surprise move to theater - interview

In 'We Will Rise', the conservative commentator tackles a profoundly personal project with added meaning after October 7.

 ‘THE WARSAW Ghetto Uprising was one of those moments in Jewish history where the Jews knew they didn’t stand much of a chance, but they fought anyway. The bravery, the sacrifice – that’s something that should never be forgotten,’ Ben Shapiro insists.

Security restrictions won't stop Sukkot theatre events

Israel has plenty to do during the holiday week.

 The Ruth Kanner Theatre Group at the Janco Dada Museum in Ein Hod.

Gesher Theater's 'Samson' tells biblical stories echoed through current conflicts

Gesher Theater's new production of 'Samson' offers a modern take on Ze'ev Jabotinsky's novel, drawing parallels between the ancient biblical story and contemporary Israeli-Palestinian tensions.

 SEMADAR (YUVAL SCHARF) and Samson (Shlomi Bertonov).