\u201cIn my end is my beginning\u201d concludes T. S. Eliot in his poem \u201cEast Coker\u201d. The same might be said of Janusz Wi\u015bniewski\u200f\u2019s \u201cNoah\u2019s Ark: The New End of Europe\u201d appearing this week at the Cameri Theater from May 4th \u2013 6th.\u00a0\u00a0 .\u00a0 In it\u2019s exploration of imminent disaster; this unique co-production is in itself a new beginning, with a cast of 24 actors from six different theaters, speaking six different languages onstage.<\/p>\n
Two actors from the Cameri \u2013 Liat Glick (Antigone, Death of a Salesman) and Shredi Jabarin (Gefen Baladi, The Bubble), joined actors from Teatr Nowy im. Tadeusza \u0141omnickiego in Pozna\u0144, Poland, Nuova Scena \u2013 Arena del Sole \u2013 Teatro Stabile di Bologna, Italy, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Germany, Schauspielhaus Graz, Austria, and The National Theatre of Kosovo, Pristhina, Kosova, for an intense three month period of rehearsals which began in July 2008. The languages spoken onstage are: Polish, Hebrew, German, Italian, Albanian, and Hindi, with translation into Hebrew. The play premiered on September 13, 2008 at Teatr Nowy in Pozna\u0144..<\/p>\n
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Director Janusz Wi\u015bniewski\u200f\u2019s first production in Israel was ten years ago at the Israel Festival with \u201cThe End of Europe\u201d. Wi\u015bniewski, who began working in the 1970s, early 80s, is regarded as the successor of Tadeusz Kantor\u2019s style of theater: expressive, rich in movement and visual imagery. Taking the Biblical story of Noah as a reference point, Wi\u015bniewski describes the text as made up of \u201csacred words which <<on the days of terror, when values pass away>>, have always brought people to a new dry land where regeneration was possible.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Noah\u2019s Ark is a theatrical event that is not to be missed.<\/p>\n