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Israeli theatre to be invited to the prestigious Festival d’Avignon. The French media praised Director Yevgeny Arye and Gesher's actors, who played Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the festival. In late August 1993, the play was staged at the Basel Festival.
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in Poland. It is tough to describe the amazing experience of playing “Adam
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In February 2007, the play “The Elder Son” by the popular and well known Russian playwright Alexander Vampilov, was staged. The play is a sensitive and moving comedy. The play was directed by Lena Kreindlin and in the main role
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The production was invited to the Kennedy Center in Washington and was the highlight of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the State of Israel. The play was staged in Paris, at the London Barbican, and in Berlin.
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Gesher Theatre adopted Yehezkel Lazarovs’ one man play – “Hezi”. The play was staged in December 2005. The play was written and directed by Yehezkel Lazarov who also Yankaleh Jacobson acted as art consultant.
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In 2004, on its thirteenth birthday, Gesher was invited to perform in the prestigious festival of Lincoln Center in New York. The tour achieved incredible success with the plays “The Slave” and “Shosha”.
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In May 2005, Gesher Theatre, under the direction of Yevgeny Arye, staged a production - “Variations for Theater and Orchestra” – an anthology of Russian songs as a mirror of the Russian culture.
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In October 2003, following a formal invitation from the Russian Ministry of Culture, the theater went on a tour in Moscow with “The Slave”, “City” and ”Village”, plays that were staged at “
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