HOSSAM'S PEOPLE: a reading of texts from Gaza

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 and directed 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/

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. Our next event is: PALESTINE: REPAIR & RETURN - Rebuild the Gaza Cultural Centre (collaboration with Architects for Gaza) on Wednesday, October 15th. https://p21.gallery/node/464. 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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