Adina Tal

Adina Tal was born and raised in Switzerland, and immigrated to Israel at the age of 20. For many years she worked as an actress, playwright and theater director. In 2002 she founded the world-renowned Nalaga’at Theater Company, the world's first deaf-blind professional theatre. She is now sharing stories from her life-journeys through “Every Wall has a Door”: talks, workshops, and sustainable social entrepreneurship mentoring.
Erua Theater.
Erua Theater was established in 1985 by Adina Tal and Rina Padua. An independent theater company specializing in interactive theater with a strong social engagement. Focus of the theater company was to deal with serious issues in a humorous way.
In almost 15 years at Erua, Adina Tal wrote and directed multiple theater plays, including plays about violence, old age and Jewish identity and writing for Radio and Television programs.
"How are you?" - a play about a woman - went to become a big hit with over 2500 performances.
Nalaga'at Theater Company.
Adina Tal founded the world-renowned Nalaga’at Theater Company in 2002 together with Eran Gur after accepting an invitation to teach drama to a group of deaf-blind individuals, an experience that changed her life. Through her work with Nalaga’at (which means “Please Touch” in Hebrew)—the only professional deaf-blind theater company in the world—Adina developed a new theatrical language.
The incredible international success of the 2007 debut performance “Light is Heard in Zig-Zag” led to the opening of the Nalaga’at Center in Tel Aviv. The company's piece "Not by Bread Alone" toured the world.
In its new home the repertoire company went on to open the Blackout restaurant (where patrons sit in the dark and are served by blind waiters), and the Kapish coffee shop which employs an all-deaf team of food servers.
The performances of Nalaga’at have been experienced by hundreds of thousands in Israel and worldwide, and no one walks out of a performance without having been deeply touched, often in completely unanticipated ways.
Lectures & Workshops.
Adina Tal's lectures and workshops are inspired by her incredible journey with the world's first professional deaf-blind theater company Nalaga’at (do touch). In her talks and workshops Adina shares the story behind this unique successful social cultural venture. She shares inspirational and motivational details about she ventured with her team into the so-called impossible and how they pushed the borders to great success.
She lectures at conferences, social institutions and enterprises worldwide. Some of her talks are available online, for example some TEDx talks.
Awards and Distinctions.
Honorary Doctorate from Tel Aviv University; Honorary Fellow at the Ruppin Academy; Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 - The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship which was recognized by the World Economic Forum; and named one of the “50 Most Talented Social Innovators” at the World Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Day in Mumbai, India, 2015.