“The Teacher” (or: How I Got Fired from the Ministry of Education?) is a new play by the Tmuna Theatre ensemble, written and directed by Odem Radai, produced with the support of the Polish Institute. The play offers a multi-sensory, emotional experience that challenges the audience to reflect on memory, education, trauma, and personal identity. It takes the viewer on a journey aboard Bus No. 2 of an Israeli youth delegation to Poland, where a young teacher decides to go with 37 high school students and discovers that the educational trip quickly becomes a journey of confronting national and personal memory, repression, and intertwined traumas. The audience is invited to wear headphones and experience a hyper-realistic soundscape surrounding the story, bringing them closer to the teacher’s inner world and providing a deeply personal, contradictory, and simultaneously humorous and heartbreaking experience.

The play explores the connections between personal and collective memory, education and trauma, and the ways personal stories are intertwined with culture and society. It is a captivating, moving, and complex work, offering a deep insight into both an inner and communal journey. The play is produced and presented by Tmuna Theatre, a home for creators and audiences engaged in cultural and community discourse in Tel Aviv and Israel.

Upcoming Performances:

• 27/01/2026 (Tuesday) – 19:00

• 28/01/2026 (Wednesday) – 19:00

• 26/02/2026 (Thursday) – 20:00

• 27/02/2026 (Friday) – 14:00

Duration: approx. 90 minutes. The performance includes a trigger warning due to references to various types of trauma.

Address: Tmuna Theatre, Soncino St. 8, Tel Aviv

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