The Jewinator - 3 day workshop
12-14 April 2013 - Budapest, 2nd district, Juranyi street 1

12nd April

16: 30 SHIMON LEVY: THE BIBLE AS THEATRE (Lecture in English)

Although the Old Testament has been thoroughly analysed as literature, and many of its highly dramatic chapters, stories, poetry and prophecies have been adapted for theatre, THE BIBLE AS THEATRE has hardly been dealt with. As a "threshold-medium", ancient theatre hovered between the holy and the profane. The hostility the Hebrews expressed toward the "indecencies" of theatre was the result of religious, cultural and economic oppression they suffered from Greeks, Romans and other peoples whose theatre was well developed. This lecture is dedicated to the theatrical potential of the Old Testament, exposing a refined sense of theatricality.

Shimon LevyShimon Levy: Shimon Levyis Professor at theTel Aviv University Theater Department, His recent publications include The Israeli Theatre (Madar/Ramalla 2007), The Sensitive Chaos, a book on Samuel Beckett's dramatic works (Sussex Academic Press 2002) and on Hebrew drama - The Israeli Theatre Canon (Hakibutz Hameuchad, 2002) and The Bible as Theatre, (Sussex Academic Press 2000). He has published numerous articles in Hebrew, English and German. Levy has been the Artistic Director of the Akko Theatre, dramaturg for the Habimah Theatre and the Jerusalem Khan Theatre, and has translated over 140 plays into Hebrew. He has directed plays for theatre and radio. Presently he also serves on the Israeli Arts Council ashead of the theatre section, and on the Theatre Committee of the Ministry of Culture.

20:00 GOLEM THEATRE: IF A MAN WILL HAVE...(PERFORMANCE IN HUNGARIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES)

13RD OF APRIL

10:00 SHIMON LEVY: THE IMAGE OF THE ISRAELI IN HEBREW THEATRE

The emergence of Hebrew theatre predates the state of Israel by nearly 50 years. Since then we have can witness changes in almost every aspect of the image of the Israeli. How we see ourselves? This is thy main question Prof. Shimon Levy will try to answer. We guarantee that you will like it (the lecture and not the answer)!

11:30-16:30 ACTING WORKSHOP WITH DORI ENGEL

46985763_doriengel226x170Dori Engel got his BA in Acting from Tel-Aviv University. Graduate of the course Acting Shakespeare in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, 2009. Played in many theatres, among them Haifa Theatre, the Yiddish National Theatre, Malenki, Tmuna, Hasimta, Zygota Dance-Theatre Ensemble and the Ruth Kanner Theatre Group. Among his main roles: Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment, Antony in Antony and Cleopatra, Yoram in Children of Shadows and Yoshke in Yoshke Muzikant. Directed the musical play A Portrait of a Bird, based on the poetry of Jacques Prevert, in Tmuna Theatre, and the opera The Lesson, based on the play by Ionesco, in the Jerusalem Music Centre. Directed and plays in Youth and Will, which was invited to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011.

Source and tickets: golemszinhaz.hu