Trash: kids for kids play at The Freedom Theatre
Every day we live in two different worlds. There is a world of beauty and a world of ugliness, of love and hate, bullying and acceptance. The Freedom Theatre’s young theatre workshop participants present these two contrasting worlds in the kids-for-kids play Trash. We see on one side of the stage a clean street full […]
A martyr in Jenin camp
Jenin refugee camp mourns yet another young man shot dead in the night by occupation forces. His name is Mohammed Mahmoud Abu Khalifeh. He was 19 years old. May he rest in peace.
April events at The Freedom Theatre
April is a month with profound meaning for The Freedom Theatre and for Jenin refugee camp. In April 2002, during the Battle of Jenin, residents of the camp managed to hold against a large-scale invasion by the Israeli occupation forces, resulting in great losses and large parts of the camp being demolished. On April 4, 2011, The Freedom Theatre’s […]
Volunteer with The Freedom Theatre in 2017
Are you interested in volunteering at – or for – a cultural organisation in Palestine? Look no further! To apply for any of the volunteer positions below, send us an email with your CV and cover letter, no later than February 28, 2017. Read more about volunteering at The Freedom Theatre. THEATRE SCHOOL From August […]
Cinema Club at The Freedom Theatre
The Freedom Theatre’s new cinema club with monthly screenings will be launched on January 24, with a screening of ‘Roshmia’ by Salim Abu Jabal. Screening of Roshmia January 24, at 16:30 ‘Roshmia’ centres around Yousef Hassan and his family who live in a shack in Roshmia valley since 1956 when they were displaced from Wadi […]
Comedy Club with Mark Thomas and Sam Beale
The Freedom Theatre has the honour of welcoming Mark Thomas, British comedian, presenter, political satirist and journalist, and Sam Beale, senior lecturer in Theatre Arts at Middlesex University, London, who has developed the university’s Solo Performance programme and taught stand-up comedy for over 20 years. Beale and Thomas will give an intensive comedy workshop at The Freedom Theatre, with the aim […]
New performances of ‘Return to Palestine’
During February 6-23, Return to Palestine will be toured across the West Bank. Return to Palestine is centred around Jad, a Palestinian born in America, who goes to Palestine for the first time in his life. Wanting to know more about his people and identity, he finds out that reality is very different from what he has seen in […]
Join The Freedom Theatre International Theatre Workshop in April
April 2-8, 2017, The Freedom Theatre invites international theatre activists: professional artists, theatre students and teachers, to a seven-day workshop that will offer training of actors of resistance, preparing their bodies, minds and spirits for such work, presenting the practice and theory of the work and pedagogy of The Freedom Theatre. Micaela Miranda and Nabil Al-Raee from The Freedom […]
Performances of kids for kids play, ‘Trash’
The children participating in theatre workshops at The Freedom Theatre are currently rehearsing their play, Trash, originally presented in 2016 as the outcome of a process of raising awareness among children about the environment. Trash will be performed six times in January-February for children, youth and families. The play is directed by Ahmed Tobasi assisted by Alaa Shehada, […]
Winter Camp for children
We proudly announce our very first winter camp with creative activities for children during the winter school holidays! Since the founding of The Freedom Theatre in 2006 we have offered a wide range of activities for children and youth, and we begin this year with a new initiative aimed at children aged 5 years and […]