The International Puppet Theatre Festival, celebrating this year its 26th edition, will take place between August 6-10, 2017 in various cultural hubs in Jerusalem.
With the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, the children’s show “Once upon an egg” produced by Hopa Trop Company and directed by Beatrice Iordan, will represent Romania in the international program of the festival.
Event program:
August 8, at 22:00 –Trei Parale Concert during the musical evenings organized under the title „Cabaret” at the Khan Theatre in Jerusalem (free entrance to the concert)
Trei Parale group will perform traditional Rumanian music under the musical direction of Florin Iordan (pipes, kobsa), an ethnomusicologist who will take the audiences on an exciting adventure to the world of Wallachian and Moldavian inns and taverns of the 19th century.
The concert will be a musical tour influenced by the Gypsy, Jewish, Turkish, Greek, Armenian, and Italian communities whose mixed cultural world is reflected in the rich musical repertoire of the period.
August 9, at 10:00, 11:00 și 16:00 – performances of the non-verbal show “Once upon an egg”, at YMCA, hall no. 2
August 10, at 10:00 and 11:00 – performances of the non-verbal show “Once upon an egg”, at YMCA, hall no. 2
Details and tickets:
http://traintheater.co.il/en/festival/2017/event/1755
http://traintheater.co.il/en/festival/2017/performance/1733
“Once upon an egg”
The show is for children aged from 1 to 5 years
Length: 35 minutes
Direction: Beatrice Iordan
Performance: Beatrice Iordan, Ana Maria Cucută, Daniel Mircea Pop, Florin Iordan
Stage puppet design: Beatrice Iordan, Ana Maria Cucută
Music: Daniel-Mircea Pop, Florin Iordan
Lighting: Beatrice Iordan
This wordless play features puppet and shadow theater with traditional Romanian folk music. “Once upon a time, there was an egg.” So begins our story because it is common knowledge that practically everything in our world starts off life as an egg—even music. Through the use of sound, movement and shadow theater, the audiences enter a poetic world where everything emerges from an egg. The Hopa Trop Company specializes in fusing music and visual theater for young children.
This year the International Puppet Festival, produced by the Train Theater, is celebrating its 26th anniversary.Held annually in August, the International Puppet Festival offers performances for children and adults representing a wide array of contemporary and traditional puppet theater, as well as visual theater and image theater.Since its founding, the Festival has hosted many renowned artists from Israel and abroad and is recognized internationally as one of the world’s leading puppet festivals.The aim of the Festival is to promote a contemporary puppet theater vernacular, with an emphasis on personal, innovative language and a high standard of development of its dramatical elements. The Train Theater produces original productions for children, and the Festival provides an opportunity to host audiences across a wide spectrum of ages, from young children to adults.
Complete program of the festival: http://traintheater.co.il/en/festival/2017/repertoire
