Theatre Workshop HaTikva Neighborhood: An Independent Community-Based Theatre in Israel

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Abstract

This article offers a rereading of Theatre Workshop HaTikva Neighborhood's activity as a unique troupe in the field of community-based theatre in Israel. There are three interrelated factors that account for this group's distinctiveness: (1) it functioned as an independent theatre without public subsidies; (2) its repertoire shifted from a politics of distribution to a politics of recognition; (3) it underwent a transition from amateurism to professionalism. This is a rare status in relation to the common model of community-based theatre in Israel. The study explores these three factors within the theatrical and historical-political contexts of the period.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)169-187
Number of pages19
JournalTheatre Research International
Volume50
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2025

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International Federation for Theatre Research.

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