The Freedom Theatre is coming to the UK this week! Throughout June,\u00a0Nabil Al-Raee\u00a0(Artistic Director) accompanied by\u00a0Zoe Lafferty\u00a0(Associate Director)\u00a0will present cultural resistance and The Freedom Theatre’s struggle for\u00a0creation under occupation; accompanied by screenings of short films and\u00a0documentaries about the theatre.<\/p>\n
The Freedom Theatre<\/strong>\u00a0was built in the heart of the Palestinian resistance in Jenin Refugee Camp in 2006. The aim was to create a political and artistic movement of theatre and filmmakers who could fight oppression through art. Due to the provocative nature of the work the theatre has received numerous threats, had its building attacked, its members interrogated and imprisoned and in 2011 the theatre\u2019s General Director Juliano Mer Khamis was murdered. The theatre has nevertheless managed to continue to grow and has received international acclaim for its productions, some of which have toured internationally.<\/p>\n Nabil Al-Raee<\/strong>\u00a0was born in Al-Aroub Refugee Camp in Palestine and is a musician, actor, director and teacher. He has worked across the world including Europe, the Middle East, Japan and America. Nabil has been based at The Freedom Theatre since 2006 and took over as artistic director after Juliano Mer Khamis was murdered in 2011. In 2012 he was arrested by the Israeli army for his work and spent forty days in prison.<\/p>\n Zoe Lafferty<\/strong>\u00a0is a British-born theatre director, whose work has led her to Palestine, Japan, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Europe and America. She is Associate Director at The Freedom Theatre where she has worked since 2009.<\/p>\n PROGRAM OF EVENTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n NOTTINGHAM The Freedom Theatre is coming to the UK this week! Throughout June,\u00a0Nabil Al-Raee\u00a0(Artistic Director) accompanied by\u00a0Zoe Lafferty\u00a0(Associate Director)\u00a0will present cultural resistance and The Freedom Theatre’s struggle for\u00a0creation under occupation; accompanied by screenings of short films and\u00a0documentaries about the theatre. The Freedom Theatre\u00a0was built in the heart of the Palestinian resistance in Jenin Refugee Camp in […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-theatre-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/ar\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTIME: 7pm
\nDATE: 12th June
\nVENUE: Cappuchaino Cafe 44 Carrington Street Nottingham NG1 7FG<\/strong>
\nCCA, GLASGOW<\/strong>
\nTIME: 6pm
\nDATE: 13th June
\nVENUE: Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD
\nBELFAST, IRELAND\u00a0<\/strong>
\nTIME: 7pm
\nDATE: 14th June
\nVENUE: Cult\u00farlann McAdam \u00d3 Fiaich, 216 Falls Road, The Gaeltacht Quarter, Belfast, BT12 6AH
\nSOAS, LONDON<\/strong>
\nTIME: 6pm
\nDATE: 16th June
\nVENUE: MBI Al Jaber Seminar Room, 12 Russell Square SOAS, Centre for Palestine Studies and London Middle East Institute, LMEI,
\nFRIARGATE THEATRE, YORK<\/strong>
\nTIME: 7:30pm
\nDATE: 17th June
\nVENUE: Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate, York YO1 9SL
\nTHE YOUNG VIC, LONDON<\/strong>
\nTIME: 7pm
\nDATE: 18th June
\nVENUE: The Young Vic, 66 The Cut, London SE1 8LZ
\n(for Young Vic Genius Directors only)
\nCOVENTRY UNIVERSITY<\/strong>
\nTIME: 6pm
\nDATE: 19th June
\nVENUE: Jaguar Building, Room JA152, Coventry University.
\nOrganised by Global Leadership Programme, Coventry University and Coventry Friends of Palestine.
\nWILTON MUSIC HALL, LONDON<\/strong>
\nTIME: 7:30pm
\nDATE: 23rd June
\nVENUE: Wilton Music Hall, 1 Graces Alley, E1 8JB
\nFOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND BOOKINGS:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe Freedom Theatre UK Friends
\ninfo@thefreedomtheatreukfriends.com<\/a>
\n+44 777 5697202
\nwww.thefreedomtheatreukfriends.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"