Solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers
Today, The Freedom Theatre joins organisations in Jenin camp and city to show solidarity with the hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who are undergoing a hunger strike to protest against being held without charge or trial – so called administrative detention – in Israeli prisons. A first group of around 100 Palestinian administrative detainees launched a […]
The Freedom Theatre UK Speaking Tour
The Freedom Theatre is coming to the UK this week! Throughout June, Nabil Al-Raee (Artistic Director) accompanied by Zoe Lafferty (Associate Director) will present cultural resistance and The Freedom Theatre’s struggle for creation under occupation; accompanied by screenings of short films and documentaries about the theatre. The Freedom Theatre was built in the heart of the Palestinian resistance in Jenin Refugee Camp in […]
Enemy opens to full house – and large online audience
Alf mabrouk to our first-year Theatre School students Alia Alrusan, Ihab Talahmeh, Raneen Odeh, Osama Al Azzeh, Ismail Aloul, Samah Mahmoud, Ibrahem Moqbel, Ameer Abu Alrob and Ahmad Al-Rousan who made their stage debut with Enemy! The directors Micaela Miranda and Nabil Al-Raee, the students and the whole creative team worked so hard to make […]
In loving memory of Maya Angelou
The Freedom Theatre family mourns and takes the time to remember our great supporter Maya Angelou, who died this past week. She was a key adviser to the US Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre. Maya Angelou is known throughout the world as a supporter and fighter for civil and human rights: from working for […]
Yom al Nakba
For Palestinians, 1948 marks the Catastrophe, known in Arabic as Al Nakba, when more than 700 000 people were forced to leave their homes, many killed and many hundreds of villages were depopulated and destroyed. During 1947-49, around 80 percent of the Palestinian inhabitants of what became Israel fled or were expelled. The state of Israel was […]
Meet & Greet – student presentation
On April 28th The Freedom Theatre held a Meet & Greet for the upcoming student presentation, Enemy which is set to open on June 7th. The presentation will be the first by the theatre’s first-year students. This internal meeting is made in the beginning of each new production, in order to gather everyone who is […]
New production: Enemy
As a first practice for the new students of The Freedom Theatre School, we proudly present: Enemy Opening: Saturday June 7 at 16:00 Performances: June 8, 9 and 10 at 16:00 The Freedom Theatre, Jenin Refugee Camp Using the myth of Medusa as a guide, our student actors go through a voyage of personal investigation, gathering […]
The Island in Norway
The Freedom Theatre’s acclaimed play The Island, inspired by a true story from the days of apartheid in South Africa, will be performed during Vårscenefest in Tromsø, Norway. Vårscenefest – Tromsø Performing Arts Festival is a collaboration between RadArt and Rådstua Teaterhus. This year’s theme is Performing arts as resistance. The Island at Rådstua Teaterhus – Provisoriet 29th […]
Launching event, Performing Arts Program
. . . . . . . Launching Event Performing Arts Program A Pathway Towards Self-Expression and Democracy The A.M. Qattan Foundation and the European Union cordially invite you to attend the launching event of the Performing Arts Program “A Pathway Towards Self-Expression and Democracy”. The event will be held on Thursday April 10th at […]
Graduation and Memorial
After three years of study, practice and performance, our Theatre School students Saber Shreim, Alaa Shehada, Motaz Malhees and Anas Arqawi graduated on April 4th; a day of profound meaning to The Freedom Theatre. Not only is it the anniversary of the invasion of Jenin Refugee Camp by the Israeli army in 2002; on April […]