Cleaning Jenin Camp
Residents of Jenin refugee camp cleaned the streets on Saturday morning. Students, staff and board members from The Freedom Theatre participated in this day of action, organized by a new camp committee dealing with camp issues. We hope this day was the first of many to come!
Eyad Hourani’s “Omar” nominated for Oscar
Eyad Hourani, graduate of our Theatre School, will be going to the Oscars this year! Eyad stars in the film Omar, nominated for best foreign language film. Alf mabrouk Eyad and the whole Omar team! Omar is a powerful political thriller interwoven with a tragic love story set against the backdrop of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It is directed by Hany Abu-Assad, known […]
Magic Note – it’s time to book your seat!
It is said that in the eyes of a child, there are no seven wonders of the world; there are seven million. On that magical note, isn’t it fabulous that you can make stars sparkle in a child’s eyes by booking seats to our upcoming theatre show! Magic Note, our very first professional play for children, opens […]
Magic Note opening January 25
Music City is a beautiful place where everyone spends their days playing music and dancing. Each year the King organizes a big music festival, inviting musicians from all over the world to perform. But this year things starts to go wrong: the people who have spent all their life dancing and playing music have not […]
In memory of Josef Harringer
Josef Harringer, Swedish actor and filmmaker, passed away in late November 2013 in the wake of an aggressive form of cancer. Prior to the funeral Josef’s parents, actor Ewa Harringer and film producer Bo Harringer, asked people to donate money to The Freedom Theatre for the benefit of young Palestinian theatre students. Josef’s mother will visit The […]
Coming soon: The Freedom Films
The Freedom Films campaign in 2013 was one of The Freedom Theatre’s first ventures into the world of crowd-funding. We hoped it would lead us to a community of supporters around the world who share our cause, and that collectively we might work towards a culture based on principles of equality and justice. The support […]
Presenting: our new Theatre School class!
On the 6th of January, a group of 15 students started the eight-week integration period for The Freedom Theatre’s three-year educational programme in acting. The students have come from all over the West Bank to embark upon a journey that will undoubtedly be both life-changing and challenging, bringing them into the world of theatre and […]
The countdown begins!
Tomorrow (Tuesday December 31st) is the last day to make a charitable donation for the 2013 tax year. If you are considering supporting The Freedom Theatre and our many projects this year, now is the time to make your donation! Here you can read more about what we have accomplished in 2013 and what we […]
Hip hop event 31/12
Not to miss! Celebrate the New Year with a grand show of hip hop, rap, robot dance, beat box and more! Mad Micz Band, December 31st, at 14:00. At The Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp, of course! … ………….. …….
A gift that keeps on giving
What an incredible year 2013 proved to be! Never in the history of The Freedom Theatre have we achieved more or pushed further. This year, 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 […]