Enemy opens to full house – and large online audience
Alf mabrouk to our first-year Theatre School students Alia Alrusan, Ihab Talahmeh, Raneen Odeh, Osama Al Azzeh, Ismail Aloul, Samah Mahmoud, Ibrahem Moqbel, Ameer Abu Alrob and Ahmad Al-Rousan who made their stage debut with Enemy! The directors Micaela Miranda and Nabil Al-Raee, the students and the whole creative team worked so hard to make […]
Presenting: Theatre School class of 2014!
On the 6th of January, a group of 18 aspiring actors, theatre workers, dramatists and filmmakers commenced the eight-week trial period for The Freedom Theatre School, a three-year educational program. The participants came from Jenin, other parts of the West Bank and from Palestine ’48, today Israel, to be introduced to all aspects of the […]
The Freedom Films
We proudly present five brand new short films, fiction and documentary, made by our talented crew of aspiring filmmakers. Their common aim has been to record the humanity and the truth of the Palestinian situation. The Freedom Films will be launched at an event on the 26th of February at 15:00 at Cinema Jenin in […]
A gift that keeps on giving
What an incredible year 2013 proved to be! Never in the history of The Freedom Theatre have we achieved more or pushed further. This year, we introduced six new theatre productions, held hakawati (storytelling) workshops and performances, and invited other artists to perform in our theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp. We led a Drama in […]
Spectrum
A Freedom Theatre Photography Exhibition Generating cultural resistance one frame at a time… Our multimedia students have engaged in a five month photography course where they honed their technical and storytelling skills to produce an exhibition that documents the spectrum of their lived experience. Spectrum is made possible through the generous support of the Swedish […]
In loving memory of Rabea Turkman
“I used to tell Juliano: I am happy because I have found a new path for resistance after having lost so much in the armed resistance. I lost my sister, lots of friends and beloved ones, and I think this chain of loss will stop here with the path of cultural resistance. But here came […]
Commedia dell’arte with Teatro Punto
Arabic will follow English The Freedom Theatre Acting School is proud to announce the opening of applications for actors for the commedia dell’arte workshop that will take place in Jenin from the 14th April to the 19th May. About Teatro Punto Teatro Punto is a theatre company under the artistic leadership of Carlos García Estévez […]
The Freedom Films – 6 new revolutionary films
With the launch of The Freedom Films – a slate of 6 new films to be produced through 2013 – we take an exciting step forward in our evolution and put the tools of both cinema and the internet to our task of living out the revolution possible through art. The Freedom Films aims to bring you a […]
Help us generate cultural resistance – this year too
We look forward to a new year of restless struggle for a free and equal Palestine; a struggle in which we take front position by continuing to generate a cultural resistance. During 2013 we will present a new class of Acting School students and new Freedom Bus rides, joining populations facing forced evictions and ethnic […]
Zakaria Zubeidi released on bail
Today, October 1, Zakaria Zubeidi was finally released on bail and is on his way home to Jenin from Jericho where he has been held in punitive detention for almost five months. Our sincere gratitude to everyone who has worked so hard for Zakaria’s release! A press conference will be held at The Freedom Theatre […]