Al-Harah Theatre performs ‘Hetalieh’ at The Freedom Theatre
The Freedom Theatre recently welcomed Al-Harah Theatre from Beit Jala to perform their latest play, Hetalieh. Hetalieh is the story of Yousef, a little child from the small city of Bethlehem, whose biggest dream is a great bowl of Hetalieh – a traditional Palestinian dessert. Although his parents can hardly afford such luxuries, today Yousef, with both […]
The Freedom Theatre’s new show, ‘Jinan’ is coming soon!
The Freedom Theatre proudly presents a brand new production, Jinan based on the world famous Swedish children’s book Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren. Jinan is a young palestinian girl, a feminist, an optimist and a free thinker – this famous character has encouraged countless girls to believe in themselves, both in Sweden and abroad and she has become something of […]
‘Rehearsing Freedom’ wins Publishing Next Award for Best Illustrated Book of the Year in India!
And the award goes to:The Freedom Theatre and LeftWord Books! ‘Rehearsing Freedom: The Story of a Theatre in Palestine’, the most recent photography book extraordinaire, a true labour of love edited by Johanna Wallin and designed by Sherna Dastur, has won the Publishing Next Award for Best Illustrated Book of the Year! The Freedom Theatre’s latest […]
Kids from Jenin camp perform ‘Dreamland’ – a world where all things are possible
What an incredible event at The Freedom Theatre! Our theatre club kids from Jenin camp and Faquah village performed to an audience of over 200, some of whom who had waited almost 2 hours just to make sure they didn’t miss out! The theatre clubs were introuduced to provide a space in which girls and boys […]
Al-Harah Theatre presents ‘Eid with Farid’ at The Freedom Theatre
The Freedom Theatre recently welcomed Al-Harah Theatre from Beit Jala to perform their latest play, Eid with Farid. We had a full house with kids queuing for over an hour to make sure they got a front row seat! The story revolves around the family of Abu Fred, the mailman who delivers Christmas cards around the world […]
‘And Here I Am’ comes to Palestine!
An epic journey of identity and self-discovery is coming to The Freedom Theatre stage, with actor Ahmed Tobasi in his work “And Here I Am“. This series of tragicomic episodes is vividly brought to life by award winning Iraqi writer Hassan Abulrazzak, transporting us to the heart of the hardships, struggles and contradictions of a young […]
Palestinian Performing Arts Network organises first conference of its kind, in Palestine!
The Palestinian Performing Arts Network (PPAN) organised its first conference, focusing on ‘The impact of arts on communities’, the first of its kind in Palestine. It was held in the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Ramallah from 29th November – 1st December. The Freedom Theatre, as as member of PPAN, participated in this conference and […]
Graduation of early childhood training
On Thursday November 16, The Freedom Theatre held a graduation ceremony to celebrate the end of a year-long early childhood training course. This was a pilot for The Freedom Theatre and the first training programme of its kind in Palestine. We are incredibly proud of this achievement, which is indeed a significant step forward in our quest […]
New theatre club in Faquaa
As a part of our Child & Youth programme, we have initiated our first theatre club in Faquaa, a small village outside of Jenin, with a group of incredible young people! We will work with them twice a week for the next 5 weeks on a project about identity. The workshops will end with a […]
Graduation for the early childhood training programme
The participants in our early childhood pedagogical training programme are about to graduate! After a year of study, the pioneers of creative early childhood education in Jenin will be honoured at a graduation ceremony on Thursday, November 16 at 13:00. This was a pilot for The Freedom Theatre and the first training programme of its kind […]