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Festival/Tokyo 2017

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"Palestine, Year Zero"

Genre:
  • Theater / Dance
Photo: David Kaplan

Out of the rubble, excavating the reality in Palestine today

Fresh from its acclaimed premiere last year, Israeli actor and human rights activist Einat Weizman brings “Palestine, Year Zero” to Tokyo, starring George Ibrahim of Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque and F/T14’s “Rashomon | Yabunonaka.”

The play is set in the office of a Palestinian real estate appraiser dealing with homes destroyed by the Israeli armed forces. On his desk are boxes that he empties one by one. We watch as he goes from house to house, writing reports on the damage. These at times humorous scenes are all based on actual incidents. Not surprisingly, the play caused considerable controversy when it was first staged at Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre, with the culture minister ordering the script be vetted before the premiere.

As the play unfolds, the office fills with rubble. For the appraiser, who originally wanted to be an archaeologist, this destruction is symptomatic of both the history and present reality of the Palestinians.

Running Time: 60 min.
Language: Performed in Arabic and Hebrew with Japanese surtitles

Related Events
F/T Film Screenings “Unheard Voices: Palestinians, Israelis, and the Occupation”, “Rashomon | Yabunonaka”

Dates

Friday, October 27 2017, 19:30*
Saturday, October 28 2017, 19:30*
Sunday, October 29 2017, 14:00**

*Pre-show talk
**Pre-show and post-show talk

Cast & Creative

Written & Directed by Einat Weizman
Cast: Georges Ibrahim, Gassan Ashkar, Amjad Badr, Rebecca Telhami
Text Supervision: Eyal Weitzman
Translation: Abed Natour
Stage Manager: Tamara Habash
Dramaturge: Avner Ben-Amos
Lighting Design: Amir Castro
Lighting Operator: Eyas Natour
Music: Suleiman Faraj
Stage & Costume Design: Salim Shehade
Surtitles Operator: Hanna Habash
Producer: Nana Traub

Tokyo Production
Technical Manager: Eiji Torakawa
Assistant Technical Manager: Chizuru Kouno
Stage Manager: Kohei Ogawa
Stage Assistant: Shiori Fukuzawa
Stage Design Coordinator: Tomomi Nakamura
Props: Hikari Osanai
Lighting Coordinator: Naoki Kinoshita (Factor Co., Ltd.)
Sound Coordinator: Akira Aikawa (Sound Weeds Inc.)
Surtitles: Yumiko Yokoo
Translator & Technical Interpreter: Maho Watanabe
Publicity Design: Taichi Abe (GOKIGEN)
Photography: Tsukasa Aoki
Video Documentation: SAIKOUDO Co., Ltd.
Production Coordinator: Akiko Juman (Festival/Tokyo)
Production Assistant, Front of House: Niina Sugai
Interns: Mayu Umemura, Zhuoran Rong, Natsuko Nishi, Ayano Nishimoto, Kotono Horikoshi　 　
Program Coordinator: Maho Watanabe
　 　
Presented by Festival/Tokyo

Tickets

All seats reserved
Advance: 4,000 yen
Same Day: 4,500 yen
Students: 2,600 yen

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Contact

Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee office
4F 5-24-12 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0031 Japan
TEL: 03-5961-5202
E-mail: contact@festival-tokyo.jp

Period

Friday, October 27 - Sunday, October 29 2017

Venues

Owlspot Theater

Credit

Organized by
Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee,
Toshima City, Toshima Future Culture Foundation, NPO Arts Network Japan (NPO-ANJ),
Arts Council Tokyo & Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)

Festival/Tokyo 2017 is organized as part of Tokyo Festival 2017.