Beit-Hagefen Theater

Established in 1968. Most of Israeli Arab actors started their theatrical careers at the Beit-Hagefen theater.

Existing Repertoire: 12 shows for children and youth. An average of 350 performances per year in Arab villages in Israel. Beit-Hagefen Theater is a member of the “Instituto Internacional Del Teatro Del Mediterranean”.

•          Performances of “Jabber's Head” at the 1991 “Israel the New Generation” Festival in Brooklyn Academy of Music BAM New York.

•          Establishment of the 1992 First Arabic Monodrama Festival in Israel.

•          30 performances for children, youth and adults in the Palestinian Authority in Gaza - 1994. In Jeneen District - 1995

•          Performance of the show “Hamdo and Son” at the 1995 “Middle East the Art of Peace” Festival in Brussels. 

•          First award at the Acre Festival 1996 for the show “Harvest Nights”.

•          Participation in the 1997 Palestinian Spring Festival in Strasbourg and in Paris.  

•          Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian co-production El-Bab-El-Ali financed by the European Commission.

•          Performances of the show “El-Bab-El-Ali” in Jordan 1998 and 14 performances in Israel, of the Jordanian Hisham Yanis Theater, hosted by Beit-Hagefen

•          Moroccan Minister of Culture award at the Meknes Moroccan Festival 2001. Performances of the shows “The Elephant and the Trousers” and “Makamat”(written & directed by Tayeb Saddiki) in Morocco with the financial support of the European Commission 2001-2003.

•          Performances of the show “Aladdin” in Madrid Festival 2003.

•          Performances of the show "Makamat" in Hanover Germany 2004.

•          Performances of the show “Aladdin” in Marseilles France 2005.

Production of the show “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Andersen to mark the 200 anniversary of his birth 2005.