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SUMMARY:Freedom Theatre UK Tour
DESCRIPTION:The Tour\nIn the spring of 2015 The Freedom Theatre will premie
 re a brand new production across the West Bank and then embark on its firs
 t ever tour of Britain and Ireland. The Siege is inspired by the real st
 ories of a group of fighters who during the height of the second Intifada
  took refuge in the Church of the Nativity. The play uses both theatre an
 d visual arts to portray an event that with time has taken on almost mythi
 cal proportions.\n\nThe Siege \nMay 2002. Spring in Bethlehem. A group o
 f armed men seek sanctuary in one of the world’s holiest sites as the Is
 raeli army closes in with helicopters\, tanks and snipers. Along with the 
 fighters are some 200 priests\, nuns and civilians. The siege lasts for 3
 9 days\, paralyzing the center of Bethlehem and keeping tens of thousands 
 under curfew. Inside the Church of Nativity the besieged are hungry and we
 akening. The smell of unwashed bodies and broken lavatories is mixed with 
 the stench from the suppurating wounds of the injured. Two dead bodies are
  decomposing in a cave below the church. While the world is watching\, th
 e fighters are faced with the question of whether to struggle to the end o
 r to surrender. No matter what they choose\, they will have to leave the
 ir families and their homeland behind forever.\nWhile some might call the 
 siege a desecration of a holy place\, others view it as a continuation of 
 the church's ancient tradition of offering sanctuary to those who ask for
  protection. The production raises important questions about strategies of
  resistance against military might and gives a unique insight into the Pal
 estinian armed resistance and the struggle for freedom.\nThe Siege will be
  directed by Palestinian theatre director Nabil Al-Raee and British theatr
 e director Zoe Lafferty\, who\npreviously collaborated on Sho Kman?\, a cr
 itically acclaimed production that opened in Jenin and went on to tour to 
 Germany\, France\, Switzerland and Austria. The piece will be developed an
 d devised by The Freedom Theatre actors\, a unique ensemble who use cultur
 e as a form of resistance and who have grown up during the second Intifada
  and lived under occupation their whole lives.\n\nTour Dates\nTHE LOWRY (M
 anchester) 13th - 14th May\nLAKESIDE THEATRE (Colchester) 16th May\nBAC (L
 ondon) 19th - 23rd May\nTHE HUB (Leeds) 26th May\nST MARY IN THE CASTLE (H
 astings) 28th May\nTHE MERLIN (Frome) 30th May\nBIRMINGHAM REP (Birmingham
 ) 4th - 6th June\nNOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE (Nottingham) 10th - 11th June\nTHE 
 CUT (Halesworth) 13th June\nTHE TRON (Glasgow) 17th - 20th June\nFor more 
 information and to book tickets please visit:\nhttp://www.thefreedomtheatr
 eukfriends.com/#!about2/c2448
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