HOSSAM'S PEOPLE: a reading of texts from Gaza

NPTC is honored to present this important work, which had been postponed due to the inability of the creator and director of the piece, Jonathan Chadwick, to travel SAFELY to the U.S. at this time.

A British citizen and internationally renowned theatre artist, Jonathan would have had to relinquish ALL RIGHTS at the border because of his work in U.S. targeted countries through his company AZ Theatre.

Our thanks to Malini Singh McDonald for stepping in.

HOSSAM’S PEOPLE: a reading event followed by a post-performance conversation.

Text from Gaza by Hossam Madhoun, written during the genocide from October 2023 onwards. Text from children in Gaza included with permission of the Palestine Trauma Centre.

A co-production by Az Theatre (London) and Teatro Tedacá (Turin) in collaboration with Theatre for Everybody (Gaza).

Adapted by Jonathan Chadwick; Creative Producer: Iante Roach

Original texts edited by Ruth Lass and Jonathan Chadwick

Featuring SOPHIA ARANDA, DANNY GOMEZ, JESSICA LITWAK, STEVEN MARTIN, JOMACK MIRANDA, ELSA MOLLIEN, MARIE-ELÉNA O'BRIEN, ANUJ PARIKH, REGINA RUSSELL, MARY SHERIDAN

Hossam Madhoun is co-director of Theatre for Everybody in Gaza. This company was founded during the first intifada in 1989. He is an actor, translator, writer, producer. He is a Child Protection Programme Manager and carries on this work now from Cairo. For information about Az Theatre and Theatre for Everybody’s collaboration since 2009 please see: https://aztheatre.org.uk/gaza-drama-long-term-2/

Malini Singh McDonald is a native New Yorker. MFA: Actors Studio Drama School; BA: Theatre Arts and English Literature, Baruch College; MPA: Baruch College. She is the founder of Theatre Beyond Broadway, a platform to promote and support independent artists. Collaborations include Speranza Theatre Company, The Anthropologists, Broadway Artists Connection, Mind the Art Entertainment, and New Perspectives Theatre Company. Favorite projects: Bumble; Torch Song Trilogy; The Colored Museum; The Wiz (Matsiko World Orphan Choir, Liberia); The Discovery. Current project: Two-time award winning Notes from a Narcissistic Negro and Other N Words by Elizabeth June.

Jonathan Chadwick is a theatre director and writer, currently Director of Az Theatre working on experimental, international and community projects (www.aztheatre.org.uk). He has directed companies and plays with Theatre Foundry, the Crucible Theatre’s Vanguard Company, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Glasgow Citizen’s Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Half Moon Theatre, The Roundhouse, Foco Novo, 7:84, and internationally in Australia, Romania, Canada, USA, Serbia and Kosovo. He has also directed and taught at LAMDA, RADA, the London Film School and elsewhere. He has a Masters in Ecological Economics. www.jonathanchadwick.net

Az Theatre and Theatre for Everybody are currently collaborating on a series of "public conversation" events live from P21 Gallery London and online. More about PALESTINE: REPAIR & RETURN: https://aztheatre.org.uk/gaza-drama-long-term-2/palestine-repair-return-theatre-for-everybody-gaza-az-theatre-london/

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