It is Not a Legend

Additional Details: The Multi-Disciplinary Outdoor Festival at The Train Theater 2026

What is your favorite legend? A story hatching from an egg? A tall tale emerging from a cauldron? A tale wandering through the forest? A fable with feet? An invention of imagination, a recipe book, or a painting in progress? A tune in rhymes, or perhaps a fantasy about fairies and goblins?

Once a year, it happens: the legendary and secret gate in Liberty Bell Park opens wide, inviting everyone to peek into a world that exists only in legends. Who is already waiting there? A pair of witches dreaming of becoming fairies, a hundred-year-old storyteller who tells his tales through poetry, and a house that walks through the forest. You might hear a story hatching from an egg or meet the chef responsible for all the legendary dishes. You can help build the summer home of the forest creatures and meet a clown looking for inspiration from a painting. And maybe, if you arrive just in time, you'll also meet Herzl the Barber — who always says: if you will it, it is no dream.

Many adventures await you among the olive trees in Liberty Bell Park in Jerusalem during the multi-disciplinary project of the festival — it is no dream! Nine works encounter each other, each touching upon the world of legends from a different perspective — in content, form, and language — inviting the audience to wander among the live happenings.

Artistic Directors: Rotem Goldenberg, Shirley Marom

Artists: Avital Dvory; Ayala Shaked; Alexander Fish, Reanan Amir, and Or Aloni; Bardalas Circus - Yasmin Weiss, Simona Louis, and Naaman Shlitzer; Yasmin Weiss and Simona Louis; Liza Shor; Michal Svironi; Keren Katz and Haver Perlmutter; Renée Mazor; The Lady Theater - Yonatan Solaj