Graduation of third generation of Theatre School students
Congratulations to The Freedom Theatre School graduates, Ameer Abu Alrob, Ihab Talahmeh, Osama Al Azzeh, Raneen Odeh and Samah Mahmoud! After three years of study in acting, devising and cultural...
View ArticleThe Freedom Theatre’s 2016 Annual Report
2016, The Freedom Theatre’s ten-year anniversary, was an exceptional year for us. More than 10,000 children, youth and adults in Jenin refugee camp and across the occupied West Bank were involved in...
View ArticleThe Freedom Theatre’s internship program
The Freedom Theatre is launching a new internship program that will be ongoing throughout the year. Interns will be with The Freedom Theatre on a full-time basis for a minimum of three months,...
View ArticleGraduation of third generation of Theatre School students
Congratulations to The Freedom Theatre School graduates, Ameer Abu Alrob, Ihab Talahmeh, Osama Al Azzeh, Raneen Odeh and Samah Mahmoud! After three years of study in acting, devising and cultural...
View ArticleTowards fulfilling the dream of cultural resistance
TOWARDS FULFILLING THE DREAM OF CULTURAL RESISTANCE Statement by The Freedom Theatre, April 4, 2017 The basic principles of The Freedom Theatre include developing awareness and re-imagining reality to...
View ArticleSummer camp!
It’s summer camp time at The Freedom Theatre! Over 40 kids aged 8-12 and volunteers from The Freedom Theatre, the Jenin community and from abroad have begun a three-week adventure with creative...
View Article‘The Siege’ performed at NYU Skirball in October
THE SIEGE American Premiere October 12-22, Tuesday to Saturday at 19:30; Sunday at 15:00 NYU Skirball The Siege is a passionate retelling of the story of the 2002 siege of Bethlehem’s Church of the...
View ArticleThe Freedom Theatre launches new theatre clubs
“I have been waiting for the opportunity because I love acting and I would love to become an actor, I love the stage and I want to know more, I want to improve myself” – Participant in The Freedom...
View ArticleFinding space to dream, play, have fun and be free – theatre clubs at The...
Beautiful words from a graduate of The Freedom Theatre School, Raneen Odeh, about her experiences of working with children in Jenin refugee camp during The Freedom Theatre’s summer camp and a...
View ArticleFreedom of Expression: exhibition at The Freedom Theatre
Freedom of Expression, an exhibition presented by The Freedom Theatre, is the outcome of a workshop with artist Mohammad Saba’aneh who has worked with The Freedom Theatre’s multimedia team to open the...
View ArticleNew issue of Voices youth magazine
The new edition of our youth magazine, Voices, is out! This issue is focused on the subject of Palestinian political prisoners and the recent hunger strike for freedom and dignity. Included are artwork...
View ArticleReturn to Palestine performed in Nablus – and in Kuwait!
Return to Palestine is based on extensive story-gathering through playback theatre with the communities engaged in The Freedom Theatre’s annual Freedom Ride. The play includes stories from Jenin...
View ArticleThe Freedom Theatre represents Palestine at Kuwait festival
Palestine, represented by The Freedom Theatre, participated in the Kuwait Youth Theatre Festival, held on October 15 in Kuwait City. Return to Palestine, a play based on extensive story-gathering...
View ArticleThe Freedom Theatre presents ‘Jinan’, Pippi Longstocking, the strongest girl...
We are excited to announce that we will present a new play, Jinan at The Freedom Theatre in February 2018! Jinan is based on the famous story of Pippi Longstocking, the strongest girl in the world,...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleGraduation 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...
View ArticlePalestinian Performing Arts Network organises first conference of its kind,...
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...
View Article‘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...
View ArticleKids 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...
View Article‘Rehearsing Freedom’ wins Publishing Next Award for Best Illustrated Book of...
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...
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