The Khan Theatre Presents: The Rich and Intriguing Repertoire for the 2026-2027 Season

The news came out of Jerusalem and reached Tel Aviv, on a press tour with the talented team of The Khan Theatre, to present its rich and intriguing repertoire for the 2026-2027 season.

Participating in the event held at the ZOA House (Beit Tziyonei America) in Tel Aviv were: Moshe Bibi – Chairman of the Board, Yoram Braverman – Theatre CEO, Udi Ben Moshe – Artistic Director, Maayan Even – Theatre Dramaturg, Ariel B. Wolf, Orian Lipshitz, Yotam Gottle, Itai Salhov, Eitan Tzuk – the directors of the new season, playwright Udi Rothschild, and The Khan Theatre actors. The atmosphere was moving and it was evident that the participants were very excited. The media members present greeted them with applause and were curious to hear what the new repertoire holds. During the meeting, segments and songs from the current season's plays were performed by the theatre actors, and a discussion was held with the creators.

In the 2027-2026 season, The Khan Theatre presents a diverse repertoire of original Israeli playwriting, stages a Shakespearean tragedy with a modern interpretation, and gives a stage for the first time to the masterpiece of our time, "The Lehman Brothers." The plays "Towards a Bride," "The Monkey," and "The Lehman Brothers" explore different perspectives of the Jewish experience, bringing the stories of an ultra-Orthodox family, German Jews just before the rise of the Nazis, and a family of Jewish immigrants who established themselves in America and built a financial empire, one of the largest the world has known. Alongside this, the new repertoire examines complex social issues such as in "Macbeth," which deals with the pursuit of power and political systems; "Towards a Bride," which touches on the treatment of sexual abuse in the ultra-Orthodox community and in general; "The Lehman Brothers," which looks at the rise of American capitalism; and "The Monkey," which creatively deals with issues of strangeness, identity, and community belonging.

Yoram Braverman, Theatre CEO: "Beyond the fact that The Khan Theatre is an important asset in the cultural world of the State of Israel, what makes The Khan unique is its extensive community activity. In my opinion, every cultural institution, beyond its artistic role, must take on an additional role. For many years, The Khan has also been an institution that operates on many levels to strengthen the social resilience and cohesion that is so necessary, especially these days." In 2025, revenue stood at over 17 million [NIS]. The subscription growth rate was 14%. During this year, 200 performances were staged at the home hall and 60 performances across the country.

Udi Ben Moshe, Artistic Director of the Theatre: "The Khan's upcoming season, in the Jerusalem spirit, is like a mosaic: a Shakespearean tragedy, an original ultra-Orthodox drama, a postmodern historical poem, an adaptation of a classic Israeli novel, and an Israeli absurd comedy inspired by Kafka. Each work has a different color and a different theatrical language, but they are all connected by a common thread of questions about power, community, and identity. In this mosaic, it was important for us this year to give a special place to original playwriting. Alongside the Israeli premiere of a contemporary classic by Stefano Massini, a surprising interpretation of Shakespeare's great classic, and a stage adaptation of Yoram Kaniuk's book, we will stage on The Khan's stage, for the first time in many years, two original plays we developed, by an Israeli male and female playwright for whom this is a debut in repertory theatre, out of a belief in the writers and the power of the written word."

Sleight of Hand (Ahizat Einayim) - Special Project:
The Khan Theatre in collaboration with the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio Jerusalem
Written and directed by: Itai Salhov and Eitan Tzuk
An interactive theatrical experience of an original immersive psychological drama.

A stone's throw from the audience, among the mysterious spaces and unique architecture of The Khan Theatre, 1930s New York comes to life. A group of magicians and mentalists meet for a prestigious illusion competition in the heart of the big city, where each of them is determined to prove they are the next great master and win the coveted title. But it soon becomes clear that behind the scenes, a cruel and passionate power struggle is taking place, saturated with dark secrets from the past that threaten to break out and shuffle the deck. The play follows a complex and charged network of loyalties, interests, and betrayals: a veteran and calculated mentor, an ambitious student who will stop at nothing to win, a mysterious medium, and young apprentices who are pushed into a corner and forced at the moment of truth to take their fate into their own hands.

"Sleight of Hand" offers an interactive theatrical experience where the audience is not a passive spectator, but enters the drama at eye level. The audience is invited to move freely between the various rooms and passages of the building, closely follow parallel plot lines, and choose their own perspective on the events and the plot twists. No evening is like another, and the cumulative choices throughout the show navigate the story to one of 8 different possible endings.

This play was born as a direct continuation of the success of the play "Lost and Found," the work of Itai Salhov, as a continuation of previous artistic collaborations between The Khan Theatre and the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio.

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(Photo: Shosh Lahav)