Noam Semel, director of the Habima Theater, spoke today (Thursday) with Alon Gal and Liat Ron on 103FM, and sharply criticized the government’s conduct over the past year. In addition, Semel referred to the debts the theater found itself in even before the Corona crisis. Theater personnel on the return of culture to activity early next week.
While many industries in our lives have managed to operate, albeit partially, throughout the Corona crisis – why exactly has the culture industry been almost completely shut down?
“It was a political decision. We were not given the chance to bring the crowd through our gates, while the malls and chapels were given,” Sergeant claimed. “You do not know that Rabbi Kanievsky is above the government? You do not know that there are all kinds of sectors, including the Arab population and other populations, that accept all kinds of things? Culture has no lobby.”
Protest of the world of culture workers in Jerusalem (Photo: Yonatan Zindel, Flash 90)“The Philharmonic Orchestra was given a week-long outline during which they brought 500 people to the audience. No one got infected, so why haven’t they opened the Philharmonic to this day?”, Continued Sergeant, adding that “the Corona did an X-ray for us. “Painters, these are neither Zubin Mehta nor A. B. Yehoshua, the strongest people in Israel are the owners of the lobby.”
On the opening of the culture halls early next week, Semel said: “The culture is active and will be forever, and it will win over all politicians. I am very happy to finally open the culture halls, the work has bubbled over the last 12 months more than any other period in recent years. “And I know of new books and musical works that have been created. We are a cultural empire.”
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“To the credit of Culture Minister Hili Trooper, I can say that they have guarded all the cultural institutions over the last few years, the theaters, the museums, the orchestras and the choirs,” said a sergeant who also explained how the theater intends to ensure We are sophisticated, I held a press conference yesterday and we presented a special machine that will locate the vaccinated. “
Alongside the optimism and joy, the Habima Theater is still trying to deal with the difficult economic debts that the institution found itself in even before the outbreak of the corona crisis. “Habima has been on a moratorium on proceedings for about a year, and I hope there will be light at the end of the tunnel next weekend,” said Sergeant. “I am a partner in negotiations with the Tel Aviv Municipality, with Ron Huldai and with the director general of the municipality, Menachem Leiba, who are ready to take the theater and turn it into a municipal corporation.”