ARMA THEATRE
Founded and Directed by Lisa Jacobson & Gil Becher
ARMA Theatre- main productions
2010- About Life, About Death, Acco fring festival, Israel
2010- The Resurrection of Honcivalldina, INFANT festival, Novi-Sad, Serbia
2009-The Resurrection of Honcivalldina, FETA festival, Gdansk, Poland
2008- Paradise Lost, Weekend of Contemporary physical theatre, Ein Hod, Israel
2008- Shpooka- Syrenka Tours, Malta international theatre festival, Poznan, Poland
2008- Comverse Innovations, Porto, Portugal
2007- Susita Tours- Bat Yam Int. festival (Best Show Prize)
2007- Honcivalldina- Puf Festival, Pula Croatia
2007- Feel-Fool- Impro. Night- at the Red Clipa Festival
2006- Vacation In Israel- Site specific & street, Bat-Yam, Acco and Haifa festivals
2003-2004- Point of Departure Theatre, dance and fine arts project, Ein Hod gallery
2003-2004- The Clown Underground- Theatre-Circus project, Tel-Aviv, Binyamina
2003- The wonderful Karaoke of the Shpooka Family- Ein-Hod
2001- Government of Fools- Bouffon site specific spectacle, Acco festival
2000- Honcivalldina, Bouffon spectacle, premier at Israel Festival Jerusalem, Acco, Haifa, Raanana and Bat-Yam festivals, Tel Aviv design expo
1998- Made in Israel, for the 50th anniversary of Israel, Haifa & France -Aurillac & La-Vilette Paris
1998- Tamuza – Bouffon site specific spectacle, Bat-Yam international Festival
1996- Azazel, Bouffon site specific spectacle- following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, received the design award at Acco festival
1996, 1997, 1998 - The Red M.C's, (Honorable mention), Haifa, Acco, Tel-Aviv,
1995- Armalacco- Bouffon site specific spectacle, Acco festival
1994- Casltemondo- Bouffon site specific spectacle, Acco fringe festival
1993-4-5-6- Shpooka Family, Haifa, Tel-Aviv, Acco, Rishon Lezion,
1992-present- The Golden Calf- theatrical- biblical ritual, once a year, Ein Hod
ARMATheatre- "custom-made" projects- 1990-2006
Comverse innovations, Rafael, Tadiran, Motorola, American Joint Organization, Sheraton Plaza Jerusalem, Janco-Dada museum, National semi-conductor, Elscint, Oreq high-tech, Ashdod museum, Art Focus events Jerusalem, Tourism conference Galilee, The Dead-Sea marathon, The Teddy Kolek congress Hall Jerusalem, Hecht museum, The Haifa film festival, The French Cinema week in Tel-Aviv, Dolphin Reef Eilat, Herod's hotel Eilat, The Ramon Crater Arts events, Arts Fair Givataaim, Tel-Aviv Bauhaus events, Teatronetto festival Tel-Aviv, official openings at theatre festivals, arts exhibitions and events, and more… than we can remember….
Artistic Direction in Festivals
2009+2010- Bat Yam International festival, Gil Becher on the artistic commitee.
2008- Paradise Lost, Weekend of Contemporary physical theatre, Ein Hod, Israel (by Lisa Jacobson)
Acco Fringe festival- Street Theatre, artistic directors, producers and designers, of all street theatre events, in the years- 1995 & 1996
Haifa Children's Theatre Festival- artistic directors and producers of street theatre from Europe program, in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2001
Art exhibitions
Theatre Masks (By Lisa Jacobson) and Hats (by Gil Becher) - presented as an installation at the "Haifa in Mask" exhibition, Hecht culture house, Haifa, 2006
Greek Masks, by Lisa Jacobson, at the Haifa university library, 2001-2003
Point of Departure- Curators of exhibition in the interdisciplinary project, the Ein-Hod Artists' village gallery, 2003-2004
Short-circuit -Sculpture presented at the "Art on the Line"- exhibition, HaifaCityMuseum, 2002
Vehicle - Sculpture by Gil Becher, in the group exh. "I have a dream", The Holon interdisciplinary center for art & science, 2000
Made In Israel- Curators and designers of exhibition with performers, Haifa theatre 1998. Eclat festival, Auriallc, France, 1998 , Acco festival, 1998
The Shpooka family sukkah- An Installation with actors presented at "Seven Artists in Seven Sukkoth" exhibition at the Eretz Israel museum Tel-Aviv, 1998
Hat for the goddess Anat by Gil Becher, in the group exh. "Local Goddesses", Tower of David museum, Jerusalem, 1995
Theatre Conferences
EON- European Off Network- Istanbul, Turkey, 2010
EON-European Off Network- Vienna, Austria, 2008
EON- European Off Network- Brescia, Italy, 2007
EON- European Off Network-Vienna, Austria, 2006
EON- European Off Network- St. Polten, Austria 2005
Childrens' Arts & Theatre Summer camp
The "Children of the Arts" summer camp (ages 5-13) was founded and led by Lisa & Gil between the years1996-2002
Awards, grants, scholarships
1st Prize for Best Show "Susita Tours"- at the Bat Yam Int. Festival 2007
1st prize for Best costumes and space design- "Azazel", Acco festival, 1996
Honorable mention-" The Red M.C's", Haifa festival, 1996
Travel grants,: Resurrection of Honcivalldina, Serbia 2010, "Shpooka Tours" Malta festival, Poznan Poland 2008, "Escena Poblenou" festival , Barcelona Spain 2007, "Honcivalldina", Croatia 2007, "Made in Israel", France 1998 , "Azazel", France, 1997
