Child & youth theatre project continues!
After last summer’s hugely successful summer camp, the participants were invited to join ongoing theatre workshops. “We are running two workshops a week with different age groups. The commitment from the children and youth is inspiring”, says Alaa Shehada, one of the trainers who is a graduate of The Freedom Theatre School. The summer camp was an initial introduction to […]
Brecht workshop at The Freedom Theatre
Our Theatre School students have begun their autumn term with intensive training in Brecht theatre. The course is led by Robert Lyons, Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at Gothenburg University. The course will alternate lectures and discussions with practical workshop sessions. Russian political/experimental theatre and art from 1917 through the 1920s and European theatre and art from […]
For Palestine – Freedom Jatha!
In the first ever India-Palestine theatre collaboration, The Freedom Theatre will join forces with the legendary street theatre group Jana Natya Manch (Janam), for a three-month residency in India. Intensive workshops involving The Freedom Theatre’s students and some of India’s foremost theatre experts will result in a unique theatre production, telling stories of freedom and resistance […]
Join The Freedom Theatre in celebrating 10 years of cultural resistance
Save the date – because you don’t want to miss this! In March and April 2016 The Freedom Theatre will commemorate its ten-year milestone, in honour of Juliano Mer Khamis and his legacy. We are calling on friends and comrades in Palestine and around the world to join us in celebrating the power of creative resistance. The ten-year anniversary […]
What can art do?
What can art do when babies are burnt alive, when homes are bombed to pieces, when teenagers are shot to death, when children are left without a father or mother, because they dared to challenge oppression? What can art do when faced with one of the world’s mightiest armies funded by the most powerful states […]
Summer camp and painting workshop
More than 45 children aged five to thirteen are currently participating in The Freedom Theatre’s summer camp. Five leaders, including former Theatre School students, volunteers and staff, are focusing on enabling the children to play constructively and creatively to later continue with introducing theatrical themes. “The younger group has been responding particularly well to being told sorties and painting, and the […]
The Siege receives outstanding praise on UK tour
The Siege UK tour is over, and what a journey it has been! The play received exceptional reviews during the tour, which included ten venues across Britain and twenty performances of which almost all were completely sold-out. “One would struggle to find a more authentic piece of theatre, or indeed one that speaks to such a brutally […]
‘Juliano’ attacked on its way to break the siege on Gaza
Passengers of the Freedom Flotilla III bound for Gaza have announced that one of the boats, named Juliano after the co-founder and director of The Freedom Theatre, Juliano Mer Khamis who was assassinated in 2011, has been sabotaged. Divers damaged the boat’s propellers, causing it to take in water and the boat barely made it […]
The Freedom Theatre at Glastonbury Festival
Our UK tour of The Siege may be over but we’re still in the UK, participating in events and among them the legendary Glastonbury Festival. On Sunday June 28th at 20:30, there will be a screening of our documentary film Journey of a Freedom Fighter, followed by a discussion with The Freedom Theatre actor Ahmed Tobasi and The […]
Ramadan Kareem
Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It is a time when Muslims around the world fast from dawn until sunset, and turn their focus to prayer and spiritual reflection. This year, Ramadan will start on the 18th of June and continue for 30 days. During Ramadan, The Freedom Theatre will have limited opening […]