Looking forward to the 2013 – 2014 season, the Cameri Theatre celebrates its 70th anniversary! There is much to celebrate as the Cameri welcomes Guri Alfi, who will adapt and direct a new production of Ephraim Kishon’s Blaumilch Canal, in collaboration with Eli Bijaoui. Prepare to have fun, as Alfi will also be performing in the lead role. Kishon’s hilarious cautionary tale of bureaucracy gone mad should be a perfect vehicle for Alfi, who is skilled at imbuing the outrageous and bizarre with intelligence and subtlety. Originally released in 1969, the film Blaumilch Canal was written and directed by Kishon, and featured many Israeli stars of its day, including Bomba Tzur as Blaumilch and Shaike Ophir as a police officer.
Another Israeli classic to look forward to seeing is Nathan Alterman’s Ghost’s Inn (Pundak Ha-Ruchot), directed by Yehezkel Lazarov, who will also star as Hananel. Lazarov recently co-directed with Edna Mazya the Cameri production of Stempenyu, “a celebration of art and its allure, the way it leads us on and eludes our grasp, appearing and disappearing in the ordinary days.” (read more here) Starring as the seductive Klezmer musician Stempenyu, Lazarov also created the choreography for the play. His past multi-tasking success bodes well for Ghost’s Inn, which is scheduled to premiere in February 2014.
The Cameri will also be taking on that play, the Scottish play, directed by the theatre’s artistic director Omri Nitzan. Macbeth will premiere in July 2013, starring Gil Frank as Macbeth; Ruti Asarsay as Lady Macbeth; Rona Lee Shimon, Edna Belalius, and Yarden Bracha as the witches; and Eli Gorenstein as Duncan.
International plays on the Cameri stage will include:
Brecht’s Mother Courage, translated by the late Anat Gov, directed by Udi Ben Moshe. Tiki Dayan will star as Mother Courage; Gadi Yagil as the Chaplain; and Rami Baruch as the Cook. The play is scheduled to premiere in August, 2013.
Gilad Kimchi will direct Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, translated by Dori Parnes. Itai Tiran will star as Cyrano; joined by a cast that includes: Kinneret Limoni, Dudu Niv, Yossi Tzabari, Guy Alon, Yoav Levi, Tal Weiss, Ido Rosenberg, Gilad Shmuel, and Gil Weinberg. The comic-romantic adventures of the poet-duelist will premiere in September 2013.
Oded Kotler will direct Peter Morgan’s play Frost/Nixon, with Oded Teomi as former US President Nixon, and Aki Avni as journalist David Frost. The play is slated to premiere in November 2013.
The Cameri will join with Habima National Theatre for a co-production of Polish dramatist Tadeusz Słobodzianek’s Our Class. The play will premiere in December 2013, with a cast of actors from both theatres.
Performance dates/times and tickets may be ordered on the Cameri Theatre website, check for more news and updates on the Cameri facebook page.
