Return to Palestine follows Jad, an American-born Palestinian, on his first journey to Palestine. Seeking connection with his roots, he discovers a reality far removed from the one portrayed in the media. Directed by Micaela Miranda and devised at The Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp, the production was created through story-gathering with communities involved […]
When time and place lose meaning, only violence remains. We meet Mart, imprisoned at an undisclosed location – a black site. The stage is the interrogation room and we, the audience, are watching the action unfold from behind one-way glass. Mart suspects there are people watching, but Pers his impatient interrogator – vehemently denies any […]
Written and directed by Ahmed Masoud, performed by Ameena Adileh What’s the best business you can establish in Gaza? Hajja Souad has survived decades of conflict, oppression and displacement by making and selling shrouds for burying the dead. It’s the one item that is always in demand. As her past returns to haunt her she […]
Youssef, a young Palestian student newly arrived in New York, wants what so many before him have wanted: the American dream. A good education, a new life, the girl. But America has other ideas. Haunted by the ghost of Rachel Corrie – the American activist killed in Gaza in 2003 – and pulled into campus […]
El-Manshiyyeh, by playwright Samer Al-Saber, ufolds through a simple, stripped-back theatrical language in which most physical elements are intentionally absent from the stage. This deliberate minimalism invites the audience to actively engage their imagination. Everyday actions — pouring coffee, opening a cupboard — are suggested through gesture rather than realistic depiction, creating space for personal […]
“My name is Harry Harrison. I’m a detective. Private detective, if you want to get specific. Not only the best in the whole enclave – but the cheapest. The only one, anyway. The only one alive, to be exact. Well, it’s a tough job. And you go through tough times. But the toughest day for […]
In Hanna Shammas Takes it to Heart, this effortlessly charming comedian and writer combines storytelling and stand-up comedy to explore the complexities of everyday life as a Palestinian living in the 1948 territories, in the city of Haifa. During a stay in hospital he discovers he has had a hole in his heart since birth. […]
28th, 29th and 30th November 2018 ST MARY ABBOTT’S CENTRE, VICARAGE GATE, KENSINGTON, LONDON W8 4HN WEDNESDAY 28TH 6 – 9PM, THURSDAY 10 – 8PM, FRIDAY 10 – 5 PM. All of the stall holders at The Hand Sale are either small independent designers, makers or travellers who collect. This year the Sultan Foundation will […]
THE DUPES Tewfik Saleh | Syria | 1972 | 107 mins After the nationalization of Egyptian cinema in the 1950s and the subsequent collapse of the industry in the late ‘60s, a large number of filmmakers were invited to make films in Lebanon and Syria, including Youssef Chahine and Henry Barakat. The jewel of this […]