But they were not tears of sadness, rather the realisation that there was an exciting world outside her crime-hit Israeli home town.

And, more than 30 years later, Ofra has made her dreams come true as an acclaimed multi-disciplinary artist and creator.

She will bring her production A Song of Songs to London’s Park Theatre from May 9 to June 15.

A winner of The San Francisco Critics Award for the best new production, Ofra plays young wife Tirzah, who is in a loveless marriage, but discovers she has an unseen admirer.

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