Vera Berzak  

Vera was born in Russia in 1987. She moved to Israel with her family in 1990. Since 2017 she has been living in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Graduated from the School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem (2008-2012) and completed performance studies in Miklat 209 in Tel Aviv in 2013.

 She was a member of performance group Ensemble 209 from 2014 to 2016.

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In her works she combines elements of visual theatre and performance art. In addition to writing and directing theatre plays, she is a performance artist.

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Writer and director of Dagar i Warszawa (2022), Alla vindar är stilla (Cinnober theater, Göteborg, Aliasteatern, Stockholm 2021), Director of The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco (Teater Trixter, 2020), Writer and director of The Governor General and I (Göteborgs dramatiska teater, Teater Albatross, Jewish Cultur Festival, Warsaw 2018-2019); Creator and performer of Russian Lullaby (Norköping art museum, 2018); Director of Breathing Backwards (Karov theater, 2017); Creator and performer of A Bay by the Okhotsk Sea (Konstepidemin arts center, Gothenburg, Sweden); Playwright and director of The Parasite (Karov theater, 2016); Performer as part of Ensemble 209 in Mitpashtot (Bamat Meizag 2016); Performer as part of Ensemble 209 in Mesaprot (Bamat Meizag 2015); Creator and performer in performance work "Kaleidoscope" (Haifa art museum, 2016); Creator of performance work Killing Time (Gerard Bechar Center, 2015); Director and stage designer of A Stranger Guest (Akko Festival 2013 and Hasimta theater, BRM Festival, Delhi, India, 2017); Performer and director of False Awakening (Clipa and Hahanut theaters, 2013); Artistic Manager and producer of theater festival Henzel and… (Puppet Theater Center, Holon, 2013); Co-Creator of performance 5 Minutes Inside (with Omer Ginsburg, HaKibutz Festival, 2012); Performer and director of Retro Housewives (Rehovot Live Sculptures Festival 2012); Creator of artistic protest campaign Faceless Women (Jerusalem streets 2011);  Director and animator of Trade Victim (ZDF channel Germany, animation festivals around the world 2012); Performer and director of Sylvia (Hazira theater festival, winner of Performance Competition in Hebrew University 2011)