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Palestinian kids theatre in London

palsolidarity | 19.08.2005 15:42

Palestinian kids from Balata refugee camp, West Bank, perform traditional dance and theatre showing the origins of their life as refugees @ St Georges theatre, Tufnell park

A'edoon - We Will Return

Making their world debut with this UK tour, youth from
Balata Refugee Camp, Palestine will make a stop to
perform their powerful original piece, A'edoon
in London on Tuesday the 23rd of August, at St Georges
Theatre. Alternating between dance and drama, this
innovative performance takes the audience through a
rollercoaster of the extremes of human emotion - from
pain and sadness, resentment and outrage, to laughter
and finally inspiration and hope.

The children of this group come from extremely
difficult backgrounds; usually from homes missing
family members in prison or murdered. To combat the
despair and isolation of their situations, they have
created an artistically captivating and politically
poignant form of resistance, A'edoon.

Originally based on Marcel Khalife's
'Ahmed Al-Arabi; this production chronices
the expulsion of Palestinians from their village and
their ensuing oppression as refugees. While the
people are trying to continue their lives by building
schools and houses, the Israeli soldiers come back,
attempting to force everybody to move again, to become
refugees a second time over. As the camp inhabitants
scatter and panic, a young boy is lost. Attempts by
his sister to find him are to no avail, as it slowly
dawns upon her that he was killed by the soldiers.

Half of the performance is Dabke, a traditional
Palestinian dance. Focused on the legs, the boys and
girls fly brilliantly across the stage in unison and
in time with the music, wearing beautiful locally
produced costumes. The music and singing is live,
performed by members of the group.

23rd August, 8pm
St George's Theatre
49 Tufnell Park rd
Tufnell park tube
suggested donation £5 - noone turned away.

contact:

 better_noir@yahoo.co.uk /  info@balatacamp.net
 http://www.balatacamp.net

palsolidarity
- e-mail: info@balatacamp.net
- Homepage: http://www.balatacamp.net

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