This announcement from the Scottish Friends of The Freedom Theatre and prominent Scottish cultural figures is featured in the upcoming issue of THE LIST – the Glasgow\/Edinburgh events guide. The Freedom Theatre is deeply grateful to all the signatories for their support!
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\nA Statement From The Scottish Theatre & Arts Community
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\nWe, Actors, Directors, Poets and Artists of Scotland, wish to express our wholehearted support for the courageous, compassionate, artistically important work of THE FREEDOM THEATRE in Jenin, the West Bank, Palestine.
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\nWe further express our deep concern at the ongoing harassment and attempted intimidation of the Freedom Theatre and its founders, staff and students by both the Israeli Army and the Palestinian Authority.
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\nWe call on the Palestinian Authority to immediately free Mr. Zakaria Zubeidi, co-founder of the Freedom Theatre, who has been detained without charge since May, and repeatedly arrested and released without charge in the months before that.
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\nThe children and young adults of all refugee camps need more Theatre and creative endeavour, not less. The work of The Jenin Freedom Theatre is vital to these children, young people and adults in Jenin, and essential to a more peaceful, just and equitable world.
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\nThe Scottish Friends of the Freedom Theatre
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\nLiz Lochhead – National Poet of Scotland,
\nMary McCluskey – Artistic Director, Scottish Youth Theatre,
\nPaul Laverty – Screenwriter,
\nDavid Grieg – Playwright,
\nDavid Harrower – Playwright,
\nDave Anderson – Actor\/Writer\/Director\/Songwriter,
\nAonghas Macneacail – Poet\/Songwriter,
\nGerda Stevenson – Actor\/Writer\/Director,
\nCora Bissett – Actor\/Director,
\nBrian Ferguson, Henry Bell, Henry King, Dr. David Archibald – School of Culture and Creative Arts\/University of Glasgow,
\nFrancis McKee – Centre For Contemporary Arts, Glasgow,
\nPauline Goldsmith – Actress\/Director,
\nPaul Birchard – Actor\/Director,
\nTam Dean Burn – Actor Director,
\nMandy Sykes – Actor,
\nPeter MacDougall – Screenwriter,
\nWilliam Letford – Poet,
\nEuan Sutherland \u2013 Visual Artist,
\nJay Benedict – Actor\/Director,
\nMark Mackie – Regular Music,
\nKaren Douglas – Artistic Director, SpartakI Theatre Co.
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