Grey Rock
Would you like to see a Palestinian on the moon? Graduates of The Freedom Theatre’s acting school, Alaa Shehada and Motaz Malhees are involved in the new play called ‘Grey Rock’, directed by renowned Palestinian director Amir Nizar Zuabi. The play is in English and the rehearsals take place in Ramallah, the West Bank. ‘Grey […]
Palestinian Performing Arts Showcase 2018
We are proud to be a part of the Palestinian Performing Arts Showcase 2018! The Palestinian Performing Arts Network (PPAN) cordially invites you to attend the “Palestinian Performing Arts Showcase 2018” from Thursday November 29th – Saturday December 1st, 2018 in Ramallah. The Opening Session will commence at 10:00 AM at the Palestine Red Crescent Society, […]
The Hands Up! From Gaza to Jenin
We had a game-changing experience as we hosted brilliant young girls from Gaza in Jenin. A string of short plays in English was performed by the three winning groups of the playwriting competition organised by The Hands Up Project. The groups of children are from UNRWA schools in Gaza and spent a few days in the […]
Mustakbalna Reunites Palestinian Women
Yesterday was an important day for us, as we held a conference with women from the Palestinian National Coalition and our women participants of Mustakbalna project. At the conference which was held in the city of Ramallah, a dialogue took place between our trainees and women from decision-making positions in Palestine. Our Project Mustakbalna aims […]
Mustakbalna: Empowering Palestinian Women
It is tremendously fulfilling to observe the outcomes of our joint project with Interpeace in Palestine, Mustakbalna, which aims to promote the implementation of the UN Security Council resolution 1325, calling for the achievement of fair guidelines in line with the recommendations of the International Cooperation and Development Agency. These promote equal participation of women […]
European Tour of ‘Return to Palestine’ – Autumn 2018!
We are excited to announce the European tour of Return to Palestine which will embark on a string of performances in Sweden, France and Luxembourg this autumn. This play was originally produced in 2016 and has been performed internationally at various festivals over the past two years. Earlier this month, our team travelled to Egypt to take part […]
New white comedy show brings laughter to Jenin!
Graduates of the The Freedom Theatre’s acting school, Faisal Abualheja and Alaa Shehada spent the first half of 2018 touring in the UK with renowned political comedian Mark Thomas. They devised and performed ‘Showtime from the Frontline‘, a comedy show about a comedy show, one that demonstrates the radical power of giving a voice to the voiceless, all […]
Cairo International Theatre Festival for Contemporary & Experimental Theatre
The Freedom Theatre is excited to represent Palestine at the 25th Cairo International Theatre Festival for Contemporary & Experimental Theatre. Graduates from the 3rd generation of the theatre school will present two performances of Return to Palestine between 20th & 30th September in Cairo. Since its opening, this production has toured all over the West Bank […]
The Professional Theatre School – applications now open!
And September sees the launch of The Freedom Theatre’s Professional Theatre School. After a year and half hiatus, we have opened registrations for the next cohort of aspiring actors to join our theatre programme. The Freedom Theatre offers an intensive educational program in theatre, with a focus on acting, devising and the concept of cultural resistance. […]
West Bank tour of ‘Jinan’ starts today!
The production of Jinan began in February 2018 and had eight performance at The Freedom Theatre in the same month. This is the second performance schedule for the play, touring around West Bank this time to reach more communities and audiences in Palestine. Jinan is based on the world famous Swedish children’s book Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid […]