Etgar Theatre (ISR)
Eshet  UK Premiere

Purcell Room, Southbank Centre >
Sat 16 > Tue 19 Jan
Sat, Mon, Tue 8pm, Sun 6pm
Meet the Artists: Mon 18 Jan

Runs approx 55 mins/no interval
Not suitable for children under 12

£14
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‘Wonderful use of puppets combined with excellent movement work… sensitive restrained and touching’.
Ha’aretz

Five life-size puppets and their human doubles play out the Old Testament story of Tamar, a young widow forced by convention to marry one of her dead husband’s brothers. Echoing the treatment of women in many societies today, Eshet is a powerful drama that mixes puppetry and movement to denounce male oppression and the harshness of laws concerning women.

Originally created for the Acco Festival, Israel’s leading alternative theatre season, Eshet was most recently seen in Europe at the Mimos Festival in 2009.

Conceived, directed and designed by: Elit Veber
Performers: Renana Raz, Yuval Fingerman

Co-production: Etgar Theatre, Acco Theatre Festival 2002.

Presented in association with Southbank Centre