Happy Eid Al-Adha!
The Freedom Theatre will be closed from Wednesday September 23 until Monday September 28. The Freedom Theatre family wishes you happy Eid al-Adha!
Auditions
The Freedom Theatre will soon start work on a new play for children. This comes after a six-month research process where we collected many stories from the children of Jenin refugee camp. Auditions will be held at The Freedom Theatre on the 26th and 28th of September, starting at 10:00. We are looking for Arabic-speaking actors who: […]
Voice master classes at The Freedom Theatre
Following voice training during last year, our theatre students are participating in continued voice workshops, as part of our first collaboration with the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Our hope is that this will be a start of a fruitful relationship. The aim of this workshop is to combine the continued […]
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 […]
October 15-28, Playback Theatre intensive in occupied Palestine
This October, The Freedom Theatre will be offering a 12-day Playback Theatre intensive in the West Bank. Applications are invited from cultural activists, community organizers and theatre practitioners from Palestine and abroad. To apply, please email ben@thefreedomtheatre.org. Over 12 days, participants will learn and practice the core elements of Playback Theatre with emphasis upon its […]
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 […]
Art exhibition
The Freedom Theatre is honoured to invite you to the opening of the art exhibition “Freedom”, showcasing the results of a recent painting & drawing workshop at the theatre. Freedom Sunday, August 16th 10:00-15:00 The Freedom Theatre Centre in Jenin City (in front of the courthouse)
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 […]