{"id":26059,"date":"2013-05-15T10:35:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T17:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=26059"},"modified":"2013-05-15T10:38:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T17:38:24","slug":"gesher-international-theatre-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=26059","title":{"rendered":"Gesher International Theatre Festival: June 20 &#8211; 29, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gesher Theater will host their 7th Annual International Theatre Festival from June 20 &#8211; 29, 2013. Three new plays fresh from the Russian stage will be performed in Israel, offering\u00a0 the perspective of Russian directors on the works of Hanoch Levin,\u00a0 Meir Shalev and Arthur Miller. The plays will be performed in Russian with surtitles in Hebrew.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26060\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/suitcase-packers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26060\" alt=\"Hanoch Levin's Suitcase Packers - Mayakovsky Theatre Production \" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/suitcase-packers.jpg\" width=\"588\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/suitcase-packers.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/suitcase-packers-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanoch Levin&#8217;s Suitcase Packers &#8211; Mayakovsky Theatre Production<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hanoch Levin&#8217;s <em>Suitcase Packers<\/em> will open the festival. A production of the Mayakovsky Theatre in Russia, staged by\u00a0 Alexander Koruchekov,\u00a0 the play revolves around several neighboring families, living out the cyles of life: birth, marriage, new birth and death, that is the best case scenario; for some there is nothing between birth and death but a long stretch of loneliness and longing. Performances will take place on June 20th &amp; 21st at the Noga Theatre. These performances are part of the program for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=26053\" target=\"_blank\">International Hanoch Levin Festival<\/a> taking place in Tel Aviv from June 17 &#8211; 26, 2013.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26061\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/the-price.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26061\" alt=\"Arthur Miller's The Price, directed by Leonid Hefetz\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/the-price.jpg\" width=\"588\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/the-price.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/the-price-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arthur Miller&#8217;s The Price, directed by Leonid Hefetz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>The Price<\/em>, Arthur Miller&#8217;s play on family relationships and the price of furniture and other, less tangible commodities, staged by Leonid Hefetz. The performance will take place on June 22nd at the Noga Theatre.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26062\" style=\"width: 441px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/kansu-kansu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26062\" alt=\"Fomenko Theatre production based on Meir Shalev's novel The Four Meals\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/kansu-kansu.jpg\" width=\"441\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/kansu-kansu.jpg 441w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/kansu-kansu-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fomenko Theatre production based on Meir Shalev&#8217;s novel The Four Meals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Closing the festival will be the Fomenko Theatre production of <em>Kansu Kansu<\/em>, an adaptation Meir Shalev&#8217;s novel <em>The Four Meals<\/em>. This is one of the last productions developed under the artistic direction of the late Pyotr Fomenko, the theatre&#8217;s founder. Performances will take place on June 27, 28, &amp; 29 at the Gesher Theatre Hangar.<\/p>\n<p>To reserve tickets, call: 03-5157000 ext. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gesher Theater will host their 7th Annual International Theatre Festival from June 20 &#8211; 29, 2013. Three new plays fresh from the Russian stage will be performed in Israel, offering\u00a0 the perspective of Russian directors on the works of Hanoch Levin,\u00a0 Meir Shalev and Arthur Miller. 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