Read all about what The Freedom Theatre got up to in 2013 in our Annual Report!
In 2013, we introduced six new theatre productions, held hakawati (storytelling) workshops and performances, and invited other artists to perform in our theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp.
We led a Drama in Education course for teachers, graduated a group of psychodrama practitioners with an international certification, gave workshops in playback theatre both in the West Bank and Egypt – and we became registered as the only centre in the Middle East to certify playback theatre practitioners.
We held filmmaking workshops that resulted in six new short films, curated a photo exhibition and published new issues of our youth magazine, Voices.
We organized a Freedom Ride and several Solidarity Stays in marginalized communities in South Hebron Hills and the Jordan Valley, and toured all around the West Bank with the performance Our Sign is the Stone, based on testimonies gathered from the village of Nabi Saleh.
We received thousands of international guests and reached out to many more through our social media channels and presentations abroad. Two of our theatre productions, The Island and Suicide Note from Palestine, went on international tours to the US, Brazil, Italy and Sweden!
Throughout the year, we had a special focus on children and youth, improving our methods and our awareness of children’s perspectives, in order to become even better at empowering children and youth in the community.
None of this would have been possible without the contribution of individuals, organisations and foundations all over the world. To all of those who donated, fundraised, spread the word, volunteered their time: A heartfelt THANK YOU for being the best supporters anyone could wish for!