Acco Festival: Between Celebration and Confrontation

By Naphtaly Shem-Tov

This research follows the history ofthe Acco Festival for Other Israeli Theatre from 1980-2012, chronicling it as a site of celebration as well as confrontation. The Acco Festival is presented as a borderland that brings together established mainstream directors and actors, alternative artists from the fringes, and Acco's Jewish and Arab residents. The book explores the festival's artistic direction; repertoire; organization, budget, and infrastructure; reception; and the Acco host community.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1618115111
• ISBN13: 9781618115119
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"