Itim Ensemble’s production of Eugene Ionesco’s Exit the King took the honors this year at the Kipod Zahav Awards, winning the award for Best Play of the Year, Best Director for Rina Yerushalmi, and Best Lighting Design for Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi). The Kipod Zahav (Golden Hedgehog) Fringe Theatre Awards ceremony, took place on October 25, 2013 at the Karov Theatre at 12:00.
Kipod Zahav Awards 2013:
Best Play
Exit the King – Itim Ensemble
Best Director
Rina Yerushalmi – Exit the King (Itim Ensemble)
Best Playwright
Eldad Cohen – Repertory Theatre (Eve)
Best Actor
Gil Ben David – Shiur LeDugma (Tmuna Theatre)
Best Actress
Ilya Gross – Oedipalit (Eve)
Best Supporting Actor
Avraham Horovitz – Gelem (Tmuna)
Best Supporting Actress
Maggy Azarzar – Oedipalit (Eve)
Best solo performer
Chen Ashrov – Zipor HaEsh (Eve)
Best Adaptation
Bilha Mass – Tzipor HaEsh (Eve)
Best Set Design
Vadim Kasharsky – The Black Monk (Malenki Theatre)
Best Costume Design
Shira Weiz – Oedipalit (Eve)
Best Lighting Design
Bambi – Exit the King (Itim Ensemble)
Best Composer
Mira Awad – Eyes (The Arab-Hebrew Theatre of Jaffa with Alamina)
Best Ensemble Performance
Hamor Ochel Tapuz – Tmuna Theatre
Best Stage Language
Zu Hi HaAretz – Eve
