Performance

Punch comedy festival: Laugh lines in Tel Aviv coming in December

Punch, Tel Aviv’s first-ever stand-up and comedy festival, will take place December 11-13.

YONATAN BARAK will be doing stand up in English.
RICHARD STRAUSS’S ‘Salome,’ directed by Itay Tiran.

A season of reflection: The Israeli Opera at 40

EHUD BANAI (right) with guitarist Nushi Paz.

Sderot to light up in blues for Music, Soul, Cinema and Resilience Festival

PUCCINI is on the way to Jerusalem.

An evening of Puccini opera in Jerusalem


Music from another dimension: Tuval Haim honors slain hostage brother with new album, show

Achim (Brothers) is a nine-song project that communicates messages of growth, pain, and maintaining hope in the face of hardship. 

TUVAL HAIM

Kevin Spacey to headline 'One Night Only' concert at Tel Aviv’s Hangar 11

Kevin Spacey will headline a special Tel Aviv show, performing jazz standards and recounting stories from his decades in film and theater.

 Kevin Spacey to perform in Tel Aviv .

Spell ‘highly entertaining’: Encore! Youth put on wonderful performance of 'Spelling Bee' - review

Although the show’s message is that life is not all about winning, to me everyone involved in the production was a winner.

Olive, William, Marcy, and Mitch in 'Spelling Bee.'

Turkey bans Jewish singer Enrico Macias’s concert citing fears of anti-Israel protests

The Istanbul governor’s office late on Wednesday said that Macias’s performance scheduled for Friday evening in the city has been banned “after intense calls for protests against the concert.”

ENRICO MACIAS.

A dance of redemption at Tel Aviv ballet

St. Petersburg's Eifman Ballet returns to Israel for a production of ‘Crime and Punishment’ in Tel Aviv.

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, Eifman Ballet.

All the world’s a living stage: The 34th Int'l Puppet Festival is here

The forthcoming festival takes place August 17-21 with a veritable cornucopia of productions and other items lined up over the five days.

A PERFORMANCE at the upcoming International Puppet Festival.

Is this for real? Food for thought at 4th Israeli Comedy Fesitval

Ephraim Kishon Israeli Comedy Festival takes place at its perennial base of Beit Mazia, and various other locations dotted around town, for the fourth time, August 17-21.

‘DONALD AND ABDUL’ and Attention, Sergeant Major! will be two of the performances at the Israeli Comedy Festival.

Royal Opera House cast member raises Palestinian flag during performance

Videos of the incident show a besuited official attempting to take the flag from the protester, but did not succeed.

 Cast members bow as one holds a Palestinian flag, during the curtain call of Il Trovatore at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in London, Britain, July 19, 2025 in this still image taken from social media video.

Moving through life: Tel Aviv Dance Festival returns to Suzanne Dellal Centre

The annual Tel Aviv Dance festival will open next month at the Suzanne Dellal Centre.

 HANI SIRKIS in ‘Take Off.’

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath delight adoring fans in emotional farewell gig

One of music's wildest frontmen, who once chewed off the head of a bat on stage, Osbourne performed sitting on a black throne.

 People visit the Ozzy Osbourne exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ahead of Black Sabbath's upcoming concert in Birmingham, Britain, July 2, 2025

Jerusalem highlights: June 27-July 3

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 ‘A Sick Day for Amos McGee.’