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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...

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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...

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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...

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Palestinian 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...

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‘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...

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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...

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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...

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‘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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‘Hilarious and engaging tale of a comedy club in Jenin’– Showtime from the...

In 2017, comedians Mark Thomas and Sam Beale worked with The Freedom Theatre and introduced stand-up comedy theatrical workshops which ended with the theatre’s first comedy show. As a result, graduates...

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‘The Emigrants’ performed in Jenin camp!

On 22 February, we welcomed the Yes Theatre from Hebron, to perform their latest production ‘The Emigrants’. The play is based on Slawomir Mrozek’s book ‘The Emigrants’, directed by Ihab Zahdeh and...

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2018 International Women’s Day event in Nablus

March 8 marks International Women’s Day. The Consulate General of Sweden welcomes you to a joint cultural event with the Palestinian Performing Arts Network (PPAN) on 7 March at 12:00 at Nablus...

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Nabil Al-Raee returns as Artistic Director at The Freedom Theatre

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Nabil Al-Raee as the Artistic Director of The Freedom Theatre. Nabil Al-Raee joined The Freedom Theatre in 2007, initially to lead theatre workshops for...

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Cultural Resistance Festival of Palestinian Theatre – 12th Anniversary event...

“My dream is that The Freedom Theatre will be the major force, cooperating with others in generating cultural resistance, carrying on it’s shoulders universal values of freedom and justice.” Juliano...

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The Freedom Theatre’s new book out now!

The Freedom Theatre’s new book ‘Performing Cultural Resistance’ has now been published by LeftWord Books. This book, edited by Ola Johansson and Johanna Wallin, is a collection that documents the work...

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Ahmed Tobasi takes ‘And Here I Am’ on a world tour!

Based on the actor Ahmed Tobasi’s personal coming of age story, ‘And Here I Am‘ is an epic voyage of identity and self discovery. Tobasi is a former student and graduate of The Freedom Theatre school...

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Cinema Club at The Freedom Theatre

The Freedom Theatre’s cinema club, with fortnightly screenings, re-launched earlier this month with a screening of ‘Last Men in Aleppo’ by Feras Fayyad, With Jenin’s only cinema closing its doors in...

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‘The Power of Narrative’ @ the NAPA International Theatre and Music Festival

Palestinian artists Motaz Malhees, Samah Milad and Aws Adnan Al Zubaidy joined forces with three Pakistani actors, Aisha Hassan, Kashif Hussain and Najma Kifayat in Karachi, Pakistan! Under the...

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The Freedom Theatre attending Nakba 70 events in USA

Nabeel Al-Raee, the Artistic Director of The Freedom Theatre is currently in Now York, participating in several Nakba events have been arranged by our friends in the US. 20/5: Verso Books, Brooklyn,...

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The Freedom Theatre’s 2017 Annual Report

2017, was an great year for us. More than 11,000 children, youth and adults in Jenin refugee camp and across the occupied West Bank were involved in our workshops, trainings and performances in...

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The Warehouse

Congratulations to our students for having completed their first year at The Freedom Theatre’s School of Performing Arts! The self-devised play The Warehouse is the result of a class on theatre history...

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