{"id":2979,"date":"2023-10-04T20:56:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exposure.dramaisrael.org\/?p=2979"},"modified":"2023-12-05T00:26:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T22:26:11","slug":"the-labour-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exposure.dramaisrael.org\/2023\/the-labour-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Labour of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One fine day \u2013 or one night \u2013 Yona Popukh decides that he\u2019s done with being married to Leviva. He sets out to find a different life, and perhaps a new love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus begins this witty play by one of Israel\u2019s best playwrights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A funny and touching bedtime story about the possibility of realizing a dream we all have \u2013 starting a fresh life at a not-so-fresh age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/871202427?h=21df3d5e21&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Hanoch Levin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1943-1999) wrote plays, sketches, songs, stories, and poetry, and directed most of his own plays. He developed a unique dramatic and theatrical language, created by combining poetic text with images designed with the actors, the set, costume and lighting designers, the composer, and the choreographer. His plays are characterized by his ability to combine the work of different artists, and have always been a celebration of words and visual images, based on a great love for the theatre and all who take part in the performance. Levin left a spiritual-artistic legacy: fifty-six plays, only thirty-three of them performed in his lifetime (his political satires have all been performed), two books of prose, two collections of sketches and songs, a book of poems, and two books for children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Moshe Kepten<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the most renowned directors in Israel, currently Artistic Director of Habima National Theatre. For three consecutive years, he was the artistic director of the Israel Festival in Jerusalem, an interdisciplinary celebration of art from around the world. He graduated with honors from Tel Aviv University\u2019s Master\u2019s in Theatre Program. Kepten has directed numerous plays and musicals for all Israeli theatre companies, including <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spring Awakening<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bent<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Behind the Fence<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shakespeare in Love<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love Love Love<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Evita<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Taken at Midnight<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Fair Lady<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fatal Attraction<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birthmark<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Beaufort<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Dinner Game<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and many others.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One fine day \u2013 or one night \u2013 Yona Popukh decides that he\u2019s done with being married to Leviva. He sets out to find a different life, and perhaps a new love. Thus begins this witty play by one of Israel\u2019s best playwrights. 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