Weltkindertheaterfestival in Lingen

Cultural Resistance through Theatre

International workshop at The Freedom Theatre, April 2-8, 2017

Sign up latest March 15 to participate in a one-of-a-kind theatre workshop at The Freedom Theatre!

The Freedom Theatre is frequently invited to perform and give workshops and presentations around the world. In April, you have the chance to participate in a week-long theatre workshop in our home in Jenin refugee camp!

International theatre activists: professional artists, theatre students and teachers, are invited to join the workshop, that will offer training of actors of resistance, preparing their bodies, minds and spirits for such work, presenting the work and pedagogy of The Freedom Theatre.

Micaela Miranda and Nabil Al-Raee, artists, teachers and directors at The Freedom Theatre, will lead the workshop. They will share their work and pedagogy developed within the framework of Cultural Resistance, making use of personal transformation as a political tool for social change.

In addition to gaining knowledge about the work and mission of The Freedom Theatre, this workshop will also give opportunities to try out some of the techniques developed by Micaela and Nabil in collecting stories and transposing them as part of The Freedom Theatre’s cultural resistance work.

On April 4, workshop participants are invited to engage in an event at The Freedom Theatre, which is a celebration of cultural resistance and the legacy of our co-founder Juliano Mer Khamis. There will be performances, film screenings, discussions and the graduation of the 2014-2017 class of The Freedom Theatre School.

Read more and sign up for the workshop latest March 15!