{"id":54177,"date":"2017-10-20T19:20:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T17:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/?p=54177"},"modified":"2017-10-20T19:20:52","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T17:20:52","slug":"raw-theatrical-power-the-siege-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/ar\/2017\/10\/raw-theatrical-power-the-siege-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Raw theatrical power’ – The Siege in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

On October 12, The Siege<\/i><\/a> opened to a full house at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.\u00a0<\/span>It was, in the words of Aviva Stahl in The Village Voice<\/a>, “a momentous cultural occasion: the entrance of a Palestinian theatre company onto the New York stage, performing a Palestinian work that hinges on the voices and political perspectives of Palestinian people.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the first time in decades on a US stage, Palestinians present their reality. As expected,\u00a0<\/span>The Siege<\/em>\u00a0stirred controversy before it even entered the stage, with online campaigns mounted against both The Freedom Theatre and NYU Skirball, unsuccessfully pressuring the university to cancel performances. Nevertheless, The Siege<\/em> has been praised by audience and critics alike. Ryan Leeds writes in\u00a0Manhattan Digest<\/a>: “To create art from a place of destruction and despair is perhaps one of the most inspiring things I can imagine. Theatre often speaks the language of understanding that ordinary human communication cannot. Nothing supports this belief more than the work produced by [The] Freedom Theatre.” Max McGuinness, Financial Times<\/a>, calls\u00a0The Siege “<\/em>a work of raw theatrical power”. Read more about The Siege <\/em>and find a full list of reviews.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Each performance of The Siege<\/em> is accompanied by a post-show conversation<\/a> with cast members, directors and an engaging array of artists, activists and academics, including Palestinian musician Shadia Mansour, New York Theatre Workshop’s\u00a0Linda Chapman, Tony Award-nominated actress Kathleen Chalfant, Samer Al-Saber of FSU’s School of Theatre, Ari Roth, Mosaic Theater Company, Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Kushner and Oskar Eustis,\u00a0Artistic Director of The Public Theater.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the run ends on October 22, over 3,500 people will have seen The Siege<\/em>. We are deeply honoured that so many people in New York step up to insist that Palestinian voices must be heard!<\/p>\n

There are still some tickets available for the last performances of The Siege!\u00a0Get your tickets online<\/a>\u00a0or call (212) 998-4941.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“The Siege does exactly what great art should: It destabilises and upends the fundamental assumptions that shape our moral and political world. It\u2019s uncomfortable, and it should be.” Aviva Stahl,\u00a0The Village Voice<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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