Upcoming Freedom Bus performances
The Freedom Theatre is happy to invite you to Freedom Bus events in Nabi Saleh, Faquaa and Ramallah. ACCOUNTS FROM LEBANON In this Freedom Bus event, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon will connect with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank via Video Conference. Participants will share personal stories from daily life, and watch as the Freedom […]
A pixel is worth a thousand words
A PIXEL IS WORTH A THOUSAND VERBS – The Contemporary Palestinian Poster The Freedom Theatre in collaboration with the Ramallah Municipality “Wein a Ramallah 4” and PARC – Ramallah invite you to an interesting lecture about the contemporary Palestinian poster. American researcher Dan Walsh will speak about The Palestine Poster Project, which […]
Photography Exhibition
The Freedom Theatre’s photography students will be having an exhibition of works that they made over the course of their workshop. The photographs are a compilation of works from places that include Jenin, Jenin Refugee Camp, Nablus, Tulkarem, Faquaa, Ramallah and Ofer Prison. When: Sunday, June 17th, at 4:00 pm Where: The Freedom Theatre, […]
The Freedom Bus
The Freedom Bus, an initiative of The Freedom Theatre, uses interactive theatre and cultural activism to bear witness, raise awareness and build alliances throughout occupied Palestine and beyond. For the Palestinian people, artistic expression is an integrated part of the struggle for justice, equality and freedom. Joining the September freedom ride means joining this struggle! […]
Action Alert: Free Al-Raee and Zubeidi
Zakaria Zubeidi held in unlawful detention by the Palestinian Authority Zakaria Zubeidi, co-founder and avid supporter of The Freedom Theatre, was arrested by Palestinian security forces on the 13th of May and taken to Jericho prison. Since then Zakaria has not been allowed to meet his lawyer Farid Hawash or have any contact with […]
Artistic Director of The Freedom Theatre taken by Israeli Army
Press Release by The Freedom Theatre, June 6, 2012 At approximately 03:15 am this morning the Israeli army entered the home of Nabil Al-Raee, Artistic Director of The Freedom Theatre, and took him to an unknown location. Nabil’s wife, Micaela Miranda explains what happened: “The dog started barking so I went outside and saw soldiers […]
In order not to forget
The Freedom Theatre and Cinema Jenin welcome you to a day of remembering and honouring experiences from Al Nakba, the Catastrophe when more than 700 000 Palestinians were made refugees, to this day denied their right of return, and more than 500 Palestinian villages were destroyed. The day will contain interactive theatre, film screenings, music […]
Jo Salas joins the Freedom Bus
Jo Salas co-founded Playback Theatre in 1975 and is also the founder and artistic director of Hudson River Playback Theatre. Jo Salas came to The Freedom Theatre in April to teach the Freedom Bus troupe. During her time in Occupied Palestine, Jo Salas wrote this piece, describing her experiences of traveling with the Freedom Bus […]
Egypt Tour
“It really, to me, shows how art can and sometimes should be at the same time the most political and most aesthetic of acts. […] I would add that I think what was most special was that so often [the actors] were smiling, there was joy, which is crucial, especially around here – Cairo, Gaza, […]
Judith Butler and Etienne Balibar visit the theatre
Members of the Board of The Freedom Theatre Foundation, Etienne Balibar and Judith Butler, came to visit the theatre this week. They met with the Palestinian Board, the staff and students of the theatre. This was Balibar and Butler’s first visit to Jenin after the murder of Juliano Mer Khamis and they both expressed great […]