Performance Making in Palestine with Marina Barham (Al Harah Theater)
The Work Room | St Ninian's Church Hall
Monday 8 July | 4 - 5.30pm | The Work Room Studio (followed by a bring and share meal in the St Ninian's Church Hall from 5.30 - 7pm)
We are delighted to welcome Marina Barham, General Director of Al Harah Theater, to facilitate this workshop & sharing for theatre, dance and performance artists. This is part of Al-Harah Theatre UK Tour: A Voice for Theatre and Culture in Palestine.
In the workshop, Marina will be exploring the challenges facing theatres in Palestine, best practice for international collaboration, opportunities for collaboration with Al Harah Theater, and holding space for discussion about how to help theatres & artists in Palestine.
Marina Barham is co-founder and General Director of Al-Harah Theater and has been an active cultural operator in Palestine, the Middle East and Europe since 1998. She was President of the Palestinian Performing Arts Network from 2019-2021. Alongside producing theatre productions, for the last 23 years, she has managed international, regional & local tours and Euro Med Projects, and curated Palestine International Theater Festival for Children & Youth, Yalla Yalla Street Festival and Bethlehem Site-Specific Theatre Festival in Palestine. Al-Harah Theater believes that theatre has the potential to change the lives of those who make it and those who watch it. It creates compelling work for children, young people and adults that is challenging, yet moving, accessible and always honest. It tours locally, regionally and internationally, reaching refugee camps, villages, cities and especially marginalized areas. Al-Harah Performing Arts Training Center (PARC) runs artistic exchanges and training programmes for children and young people, as well as ‘train the trainer’ programmes in drama and theatre, and technical workshops for the performing arts. In the last 19 years, Al Harah has reached almost 600,000 children and adults and produced 90 productions for children and for adults.
Book:
To book a space please email projects@theworkroom.org.uk. There is no charge to attend, however we encourage participants to make a donation to Al Harah Theater through this link
After the workshop all attendees are invited to stay on for a bring & share vegetarian meal together in St Ninina's Church Hall, until 7pm.
Marina will also be speaking on Tuesday 9 July, 7.30pm at Civic House.
Access:
The Work Room is situated within Tramway which is a level access building and you can read their access information here.
Our aim is for workshops to be accessible for all physicalities. If you’d like more detail about this access information or, if there’s anything else you’d like to talk about that would make attending easier and more enjoyable for you, please email hello@theworkroom.org.uk We will endeavour to support you to fully participate or provide you with further information to help you decide if this event is suitable for you.
We are aware this is taking place during the school holidays and are keen to make this a family friendly event. When booking your place, please let us know if you will be bringing your children with you and their ages. We will then get back to you to discuss the provision we can put in place so they can best be welcomed.