Gaza/Guernica
Organisation: Az Theatre/Theatre for Everybody
Time: 12 June 2010 12:30pm -
Place: Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE
An Az Theatre/Theatre for Everybody Production:
Gaza/Guernica
A reading of Arrabal's Guernica plus scenes from contemporary life in Gaza as written by Theatre for Everybody
This extraordinary play about the Falangist/Luftwaffe bombing of the ancient Basque town during the Spanish Civil War, including its haunting images of Picasso's painting and its tragic comic dialogue between a man and his wife who is stuck on the toilet during the bombing raid, was first produced in 1961.
Readers will include: David Calder, Anna Carteret, Richard Clothier, Tara Fitzgerald, Stephen Lowe, Richard O'Callaghan, Hilton McRae, Roger Lloyd Pack, Jennie Stoller, Harriet Walter and more. With singing by Reem Kelani.
Saturday 12 June 2010 | 12.30 pm lunchtime
Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE
Tickets: £20
All money raised will be sent to Palestine as a contribution to Theatre for Everybody's production of Guernica.
Theatre For Everybody started their work in 1987 during the first Intifada. From that day to this they have kept up a continuous theatre presence in Gaza and have performed internationally mainly through a partnership with the Belgian Company Theatre du Libre. They have trained in Forum Theatre techniques and use them in their work. They received some training in drama therapy and since the second Intifada have carried out drama work with young people in collaboration with the community mental health organisations in Gaza.
Since 2002 they have been in partnership with Az Theatre on the War Stories project. Gaza Drama Long Term is a ten-year partnership between these two companies to develop their work with young people and raise a dialogue about the intergenerational impact of violence.