Events

The Iranian poet and author in exile, Fatemeh Ekhtesari, will be hosted at the Weizmann Institute of Science. 

In 2015, Ekhtesari was sentenced to 11.5 years in prison and 99 lashes after being accused of censorship violations in her poetry. She managed to escape Iran and now resides in Norway. Ekhtesari has published ten books, including poetry collections, short stories, and multi-genre works. Her poems have been translated into various languages and have even been adapted into musical pieces.

She is visiting Israel to work on a dance and poetry project in collaboration with Israeli choreographer Inbal Oshman.
The evening will feature a discussion of her poetry, a glimpse into a creative process in progress, and a joint conversation with Ekhtesari, Oshman, and author Yannets Levi, who serves as the translator and dramaturge for the project. 

The conversation will delve into topics such as modern Persian poetry, the spirit of freedom, life under overt and covert censorship, experiences of migration, alienation and belonging, and the connection between poetry and dance. Additionally, there will be a live demonstration from the ongoing creative process.
 

Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Following a box-office record-breaking run in cinemas in 2019, the one-woman show on the big screen.
Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose. 

The hilarious, award-winning play that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, was filmed live on stage in London’s West End in 2019.
Presented by DryWrite, Soho Theatre and Annapurna Theatre

Dir: Vicky Jones  Written and performed by: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

80 minutes | English | Hebrew subtitles

★★★★★

‘A triumphant return for Phoebe Waller-Bridge's hilarious, relatable and painful one-woman show.’ The Stage, London ‘The theatrical event of the autumn, perhaps even the year.’ Broadway World Reviews from previous runs in New York and London 'Witty, filthy and supreme.'
Guardian 'Never has being a modern woman seemed so painfully funny, brutal, and hopeless all at once.'  Atlantic
 

Avner Biron conductor
Choir The Israeli Vocal Ensemble

Nielsen | Little Suite, op. 1 
Seter | Sabbath Cantata
Tchaikovsky | Serenade for strings, op. 48