{"id":39134,"date":"2018-05-03T01:01:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T08:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=39134"},"modified":"2018-05-03T01:01:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T08:01:45","slug":"hullegeb-theater-mini-festival-in-tel-aviv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=39134","title":{"rendered":"Hullegeb Theater Mini-Festival in Tel Aviv"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hullegeb Israeli-Ethiopian Theater ensemble, under the artistic direction of Moshe Malka, will hold a mini-festival in Tel Aviv, from June 12 \u2013 14, 2018 at the Inbal Theatre. Three plays will be presented: Unpleasant Girl for a Serious Relationship<\/em>, Love Story by Chulot<\/em>, and Gi and Go: Premiere Performance<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2004 at the initiative of Confederation House and the Ministry of Culture, the theater’s artistic and social aims: “to provide a stage for actors of Ethiopian origin; to give expression to social distress and problems through artistic works; to show Israeli audiences the complexity and richness of the Ethiopian community in Israel; to create a quality and professional alternative theater on a high artistic level; involvement in the Ethiopian community through drama workshops for youth and the Hullegeb Israeli-Ethiopian Arts Festival; to deal with universal questions related to alienation, minorities, immigration, racism and class discrimination through artistic media.”<\/p>\n

About the shows:*<\/p>\n

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Gi and Go\/Photo: Moshe Malka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gi and Go: Premiere Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n

A performance of modern clowning, dance and physical theater, without words. Two characters dressed in suits and top hats burst onto the stage and move as a single person at a fast pace. The characters embark on a wild journey from freedom and idleness to sisyphic effort in a factory. Both characters move and dance at a hysterical pace creating their own clowning idiom, slapstick and dance, with rock music and sound effects.<\/p>\n

Creation and staging:\u00a0Moshe Malka; Participants:\u00a0Tzvika Hizikias,\u00a0Adam Shapira; Choreography:\u00a0Tzvika Hizikias; Music:\u00a0Adi Hayyat; Sets and Costumes:\u00a0Gili Azran; Video:\u00a0Ariel Cohen; Lighting Design:\u00a0Nehorai Levidor; Stage Assistant:\u00a0Nir Landa;\u00a0Assistant to the Director: Hadas Kidron.<\/p>\n

Performance: Tuesday, June 12th<\/sup> at 20:30<\/p>\n

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A Love Story by Chulot\/Photo: Moshe Malka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Love Story by Chulot<\/strong><\/p>\n

A nonsense comedy created in the overheated mind of the young writer Chulot, about a tough female ex-convict who leaves jail to embark on a journey in the country\u2019s farthest reaches to find her disappeared younger sister. There is a series of colorful characters on this night journey along Israel\u2019s roads. The actors portray wild characters at a dizzying pace, to the accompaniment of rap music and video segments.<\/p>\n

Written by\u00a0Moshe Malka; Actors:\u00a0Tehila Yeshayahu-Adghe,\u00a0Tzvika Hizikias; Music:\u00a0Abate Barihun; Sets and Costumes:\u00a0Gili Azran; Video: Ariel Cohen; Lighting Design:\u00a0Nehorai Levidor; Stage Assistant:\u00a0Nir Landa<\/p>\n

Performance: Wednesday, June 13th<\/sup> at 20:30<\/p>\n

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Unpleasant Girl for a Serious Relationship\/Photo: Moshe Malka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unpleasant Girl for a Serious Relationship<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hullegeb Theater Ensemble under the artistic direction of Moshe Malka presents a comic one-woman play–attempting to begin a new phase in life, the protagonist makes fun of herself, the Israeli-Ethiopian community, and Israel.<\/p>\n

Script and Direction:\u00a0Moshe Malka; Actress and co-author:\u00a0Tehila Yeshayahu -Adghe; Music:\u00a0Adi Hayyat; Set and Costumes:\u00a0Gili Azran; Lighting Design:\u00a0Nehorai Levidar; Assistant to the Director,\u00a0Nir Landa<\/p>\n

Performance: Thursday, June 14th<\/sup> at 20:30<\/p>\n

Ticket prices are 50 \u2013 60 NIS, to order call: 02-6245206.<\/p>\n

*information about the shows is provided by the theatre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Hullegeb Israeli-Ethiopian Theater ensemble, under the artistic direction of Moshe Malka, will hold a mini-festival in Tel Aviv, from June 12 \u2013 14, 2018 at the Inbal Theatre. Three plays will be presented: Unpleasant Girl for a Serious Relationship, Love Story by Chulot, and Gi and Go: Premiere Performance. Founded in 2004 at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}