imported>Monkbot: Task 20: replace {lang-??} templates with {langx|??} ‹See Tfd› (Replaced 1);

2024-10-25T10:12:27Z

Task 20: replace {lang-??} templates with {langx|??} ‹See Tfd› (Replaced 1);

New page

{{short description|Israeli theatre company}}
{{Infobox theatre
| native_name = התיאטרון הקאמרי
| native_name_lang = he
| image = Image:Tel Aviv Performing Arts 02.JPG
| address = Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
| city = Tel Aviv
| country = Israel
| capacity = Cameri 1: 930 seats, Cameri 2: 430 seats, Black Box: 250 seats, Rehearsal Hall: 160 seats
| opened = 1944
| othernames = HaTeatron HaKameri
}}
'''The Cameri Theatre''' ({{langx|he|התיאטרון הקאמרי}}, ''HaTeatron HaKameri''), established in 1944 in [[Tel Aviv]], is one of the leading [[theatre]]s in [[Israel]], and is housed at the [[Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center]].

==History==
The Cameri Theatre was founded with the purpose of promoting local theatre, in contrast to [[Habima Theatre]], which had roots in Russian theatre. The Cameri presented works about the daily life of persons in the fledgling state of Israel. The Cameri is the theatre where the Israeli nationalist play ''[[He Walked Through the Fields]]'' premiered just two weeks after the state of Israel was formally established in May 1948. ''He Walked Through the Fields'', written by [[Moshe Shamir]], was later adapted to film starring [[Moshe Dayan]]'s youngest son [[Assi Dayan]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilmer|first=S.E.|title=Writing and Rewriting National Theatre Histories|date=November 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvnkTm1LnvMC&pg=PA177|page=177|publisher=University of Iowa Press|isbn=9781587295218|access-date=2019-02-07|archive-date=2023-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110153704/https://books.google.com/books?id=mvnkTm1LnvMC&pg=PA177#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Cameri, Tel Aviv's municipal theatre, stages up to ten new productions a year, in addition to its repertoire from previous years. The theatre has 34,000 subscribers and attracts 900,000 spectators annually.<ref name="official">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cameri.co.il/index.php?page_id=8 |title=About the Cameri |access-date=2009-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628233913/http://www.cameri.co.il/index.php?page_id=8 |archive-date=2009-06-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2003, the Cameri moved into the [[Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center]] complex, adjacent to the New Israeli Opera, the Municipal Library and the [[Tel Aviv Museum of Art]]. The new theatre has five auditoriums: Cameri 1, the largest auditorium, has 930 seats; Cameri 2 has 430 seats, the Black Box seats 250, and the Rehearsal Hall seats 160.<ref name="official" />
[[File:Inside space of Cameri Theater 002.jpg|thumb|Cameri interior]]
The Cameri's social action programs include the Peace Foundation, which brings together young Israelis and Palestinians to watch theatre performances, and Theatre in Education, which brings high school students, university students and special needs audiences to the theatre. The Cameri also offers ticket subsidies for senior citizens and simultaneous translation of its productions into English, Russian and Arabic.<ref name="official" />

The director general of the Cameri, Noam Semel, founded the Institute of Israeli Drama, which promotes Israeli theatre in Israel and abroad.<ref name="official" />

==Awards and recognition==
In 2005, the Cameri won the [[Israel Prize]], for its lifetime achievements and special contribution to society and the State of Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cameri.co.il/index.php?page_id=554 |title=Israel Prize |access-date=2009-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720065109/http://www.cameri.co.il/index.php?page_id=554 |archive-date=2008-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=prizeJR>{{cite web|url=http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsah/Cameri/NimokimCameri.htm |title=Israel Prize Judges' Rationale for the Award (in Hebrew) |publisher=Israel Prize Official Site |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021012515/http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsah/Cameri/NimokimCameri.htm |archivedate=21 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Israel Prize recipients]]
*[[Culture of Israel]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150715152408/http://www.cameri.co.il/en/ Cameri Theatre website]
*[http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsah/Cameri/KorotHaimCameri.htm Israel Prize Official Site - CV of the Cameri Theatre (in Hebrew)]
*[https://haifa-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/collectionDiscovery?vid=HAU&inst=972HAI_MAIN&collectionId=81174212920002791&lang=en_US Cameri Theatre Archive 1944-1948] on the Digital collections of [[Younes and Soraya Nazarian Library]], University of Haifa

{{Jewish theatre}}{{Tourism in Tel Aviv}}{{authority control}}

{{coord|32.0769|34.7849|format=dms|type:landmark_region:IL|display=title}}

[[Category:Organizations established in 1944]]
[[Category:Israel Prize recipients that are organizations]]
[[Category:Israel Prize for lifetime achievement & special contribution to society recipients]]
[[Category:Jewish theatres]]
[[Category:Theatres in Tel Aviv]]
[[Category:Theatre companies in Israel]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Tel Aviv]]
[[Category:Yaakov Rechter buildings]]

Cameri Theatre - Revision history

imported>Monkbot: Task 20: replace {lang-??} templates with {langx|??} ‹See Tfd› (Replaced 1);