Acco Theatre Center

Smadar Yaaron

Smadar Yaaron - Multidisciplinary creator, one of the founders of the Acco Theatre Center (1985) and a development partner of the unique working language of the Center and the methodology of the work language of the total creating artist. Engages in the development of artistic encounters between extended genres of the performing art such as music, dancing and intercultural practice in these fields. Art director of the Acco Theatre Center, the Dance Greenhouse, and The Arabic Monologue Masrahid Festival of the Acco Theatre Center. Co-Director of the Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre together with Moni Yosef in the years 2008-2012. Art Director of the Tools Testing Festival 2013 Teacher at the Western Galilee College and at the Academy of Performing Arts. Performs frequently with her works of art (The Anthology, Wish upon a Star, Um Muhammad) in international festivals. Recently won the Michael Landau's Performing Arts' actress award of Mifal Hapayis.

The Anthology

The mythical work of Moni Yossef and Smadar Yaaron

Zelma Greenwald, a holocaust survivor, is alive and kicking at the Acco Theater Center. Two things keep her alive, her only son, with whom she has a complicated relationship, and the piano.

"When they ask me how I survived those years, I always say it was the piano that saved me… We can tell a story of a period, a people, an individual, through music." The audience is welcomed around Zelma's piano, to sip a glass of cognac and witness her thoughts as an active partner dialoging with her.

Critics say:

"A moment of kindness… Smadar Yaaron has a magical power… She hypnotizes her audience…" Elyakim Yaron, Maariv

"A brave show… Exciting and original…" Hong Kong

"A powerful work that penetrates and sips into all of us…" Hamburger, Germany

"Hypnotizing actors… give us substantial contents through humor and lightness…" Le Marseille, France

"They bring to life our demons and the skeletons in our closets without inhibitions and with a lot of love…" Swiss Paper, Switzerland

The show was part of international festivals:

Berlin, Hamburg, Saltsburg, Brussels, Lubin (Belgium), Dijon, Avignon (France), Parma and Volterra (Italy), Linz, Munich, Japan and Hong Kong and more…