Theatronetto is an annual

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that exhibits monodramas, and takes place in the city of

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since 1990. The festival establishes a direct dialog between the solo actor and the viewing audience. The festival takes place during the

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of Passover, usually in April. Its main event is a contest, to which's finals only few monoactors manage to reach. The festival's name is a mix of the

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words ''theatron'' (meaning

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) and ''netto'' (meaning only, just). The name emphasizes the essence of the festival, which is exposing the audience to

monologues In theatre, a monologue (also known as monolog in North American English) (in , from μόνος ''mónos'', "alone, solitary" and λόγος ''lógos'', "speech") is a speech presented by a single character (arts), character, most often to expres ...

, the rawest and of the oldest forms of theater, and testing the actors' verbal delivery abilities and presenting the monologue as an enjoyable and crowd-swaying story and play. Some of the finest actors in Israel have performed on the festival's stage and have promoted the difficult form of monologue in Israeli theater. Traditionally the festival took place at the

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, and later on moved to

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; once to

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as well; and included only Israeli plays, but in 2008 it moved to the alleys of Old

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and since then, it has been taking place there. Also, from 2011, accepting foreign plays and guests as well. In 2009, the festival was expanded as a children's competition was introduced. Yankale_agmon11

The festival's initiator and chairman is

Yaakov Agmon Yaakov Agmon (; 24 June 1929 – 16 December 2020) was an Israeli theater producer, manager, and director. Biography Yaakov Agmon grew up in Tel Aviv, and was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. He later moved to Kibbutz Harel, Isra ...

. The following is a quote of his in regards to Theatronetto's uniqueness: The festival awards competition winning artists the "Theatronetto Prize", named after Nisim Azikari and funded by the Tel Aviv Yehoshua Rabbinovich Foundation for the Arts and Matan Project.

External links

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