Tmu-na Theater ( he, תיאטרון תמונע) is a

community theater Community theatre refers to any theatrical performance made in relation to particular communities—its usage includes theatre made by, with, and for a community. It may refer to a production that is made entirely by a community with no outside hel ...

and performance center, featuring acts that veer towards the

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and

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. The theater is situated on Soncino Road 8 in the Montefiore neighborhood of

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, and contains four event halls. The theater's artistic director is Nava Zuckerman. The theater was founded in 1987 by Nava Zuckerman, with the help of Micky Zuckerman and Ilan Rozental, at first as a place for fringe productions of the ensemble of the theater, which Nava Zuckerman had established in 1981. The "Tmu-na" Ensemble had a repertoire of circa 30 plays and participated in various festivals in Israel and the rest of the world, among them the Acre Festival, the

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, Theatronetto, the

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, and others. The ensemble has roughly 140 performances per year. Since 1999 the place has developed into a

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center for

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and the

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as well. It annually exhibits more than 550 theater shows, around 80 dance acts, 50 literature and

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

nights and over 350 music events and more.

References

External links

Tmu-na Theater's websiteInterview
with artistic director Nava Zuckerman, HaBama 2006
Video: The German Season - Theaterstunde @ Tmuna Theater
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