Prisoners of the Occupation

Danielle Goldstein

June 12, 2019

Previews, Theatre

A controversial new play comes to London this Sunday as part of Vibrant 2019 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights. Written and performed by Palestinian political prisoners, alongside Israeli playwright Einat Weizman, Prisoners of the Occupation has already been banned…

Judi Herman

November 5, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Semites ★★★★

Judi Herman

November 5, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

“You don’t make peace with your friends; you make peace with your enemies.” Audience members are already actively engaged by the time they hear this powerful opening declaration. Smiling performers Ben Nathan and Lara Sawalha have invited them to take off their shoes as…

Judi Herman

March 9, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Returning to Haifa ★★★★

Judi Herman

March 9, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

A vivid parable personalising the cost of years of conflict. Had he not been killed by a car bomb in 1972, aged just 36, Palestinian intellectual and activist Ghassan Kanafani would have been an octogenarian. What would the highly-respected writer of the novella…