Senior staff member and student prohibited from travelling abroad
The Freedom Theatre senior staff member Mustafa Sheta was recently denied exit by Israeli border authorities to attend a visa appointment at the US Embassy in Amman. Third-year acting student Osama Al Azzeh was denied entry by Jordanian border authorities to participate in community theatre performances in refugee camps. “These incidents testify to the numerous levels […]
The Freedom Theatre’s new board of directors and annual plan
The Freedom Theatre’s staff look forward to a close and fruitful cooperation with our new board of directors! The board was elected at the general assembly on May 26 and consists of: Abed Zubeidi Bilal Al-Saadi, Chairperson Ibrahim Abu Khalifa Ibrahim Radwan Ramada, Secretary of the artistic committee Imad Abu Hantash, Vice chairperson Ghassan Tirawi Mohamed […]
Deconstructing borders: a theatrical call for Palestinian unification and return
Ashtar Theatre and The Freedom Theatre are embarking on a joint journey to perform and hold workshops in Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. The cooperation between the two theatres will combine the interactive and community theatre specialities of The Freedom Theatre and Ashtar Theatre into an action of solidarity to call for the unification of Palestinians and […]
Return to Palestine
Return to Palestine centres 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 the news. Return to Palestine is directed by Micaela Miranda and devised together […]
68 years of Al Nakba
“People who live here originally came from Haifa, Akka, Yaffa and the villages. In 1948, they were forced out of their own homes and the land by the Israelis. When people first came to this area, UNRWA gave them tents to live in, assuming their expulsion from the land would be temporary—maybe one or two […]
The Freedom Theatre and Ashtar Theatre bring interactive theatre to the streets
In a joint project, The Freedom Theatre and Ashtar Theatre will use community theatre as a tool for social mobilisation and empowerment, through performances and trainings in interactive theatre methods. Both theatre companies will give workshops and performances in Palestine and in Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. The aim is to create long-lasting networks among Palestinian populations fragmented by […]
Join us for another 10 years of cultural resistance!
What we have achieved in our first ten years is nothing short of a miracle. While facing multiple layers of oppression, The Freedom Theatre has created a generation of artists and leaders, who we believe one day will be at the forefront of the Palestinian liberation movement. We have made theatre and other art forms available […]
The heart of teaching – Stephen Wangh at The Freedom Theatre
Stephen Wangh, renowned playwright, director, author and teacher of acting, is currently doing a workshop at The Freedom Theatre School. Wangh was trained in 1967 by Jerzy Grotowski and is the author of An Acrobat of the Heart, a physical approach to acting inspired by the work of Jerzy Grotowski (2000) and The Heart of Teaching: […]
The Freedom Theatre at Festival Ciné-Palestine
The Freedom Theatre’s documentary Journey of a Freedom Fighter will be screened at Festival Ciné-Palestine in Paris, on Sunday May 29 at 17:00 in Cinema Luminor Hôtel de Ville, 40 rue du Temple. Ahmad Al Rokh, actor at The Freedom Theatre, will be present at the Q&A following the screening. Journey of a Freedom Fighter follows Rabea Turkman on his journey from […]
An oud, a boy and a homeland
Al Oud, العود (al-ʿūd) is an ancient musical instrument that until today remains one of the most popular instruments in the Arab world. For Palestinians, the oud is as much part of the collective identity as the olive tree. Below is an account from a participant of The Freedom Theatre’s ten-year anniversary celebrations in April. She is of Palestinian origin but […]