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Habima theater performance in London

Despite the presence of pro-Palestinian protesters disrupting Israel's Habima theater company’s performance in London on Monday, the actors maintained their performance.

29 May 2012 - Last updated 07:23AM
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Photo: Israel most famous theater company Habima performs ‘The Merchant of Venice’ at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London.

The Hebrew-language performance was part of the Globe Theatre’s Cultural Shakespeare festival. Calls for the Globe to cancel the show didn’t deter the public and it went ahead with a sell-out performance.

But in the middle of the performance of The Merchant of Venice, some 10 pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the audience suddenly began waving Palestinian flags and signs calling for an end to the "Israeli Apartheid regime" as well as for a boycott of Israeli products.
 
The actors carried on with the show.
 
Security personnel removed the protesters from the theater. Later on, another group stood up with band-aids plastered to their mouths.
 
At the same time, pro-Israel supporters demonstrated outside the theater waving Israeli flags with signs that read: “Culture unites, Boycotts divide.”
 
They also expressed their support for the Israeli actors.
 
“You're not watching politicians or policymakers. You are watching artists who are here to tell a story,” said Dominic Dromgoole, Globe Theatre artistic director .
 
Founded in Moscow in 1913, the Habima theater settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s. Since 1958, it has been recognised as the National Theatre of Israel.
 
Source: EJPress
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