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Neta Weiner: Efo Yafo
Israel

“Where is Jaffa" is an identity-linguistic journey that combines spoken word and martial arts and tries to discover the layers beneath the layers of the city of Jaffa, Yafa, Yafo, or as it is called in Arabic: "the mother of foreigners". The play was developed as part of the project "The Future of the Theatre" of the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa for the development of new plays. 

 

Text: Neta Weiner

Direction: Neta Weiner

Starring: Neta Weiner, Benny Alder, Samiriya Sariya, Roni Ben Hamo

 

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE OPEN CALL WINNING AUTHORS/TEAMS BEFORE THE START OF THE REHEARSAL AND CREATIVE PROCESS

Why is the topic of Faith important (for you)?

My hometown is a 5000 years old city which has been the heart of a bleeding conflict for decades. In terms of its ancient history and archeology - it is a pile. layer above layer, truth above truth, story above story. In a place where 99% of its stories are hidden from the eye, Faith becomes both the most burning matter and most powerful and inevitable engine for creation.

What do you expect from the project?

I expect to give the audience a true taste of the life in the city of Jaffa and the infinite poetics, pain and inspiration it carries.

What inspires you the most (not only in art)? 

My deepest source of inspiration is language- being the most powerful tool I know for creation and self expression yet at the same time a potential deadly weapon.

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