Teatro
« Irreverently amusing, charming and compelling»
The Stage
Direction: Zoe Lafferty | Production: Developing Artists | Stage design: Sarah Beaton | Light design: Andy urve & Jess Bernberg | Sound composition: Max Pappenheim | Movement direction: Lanre Malaolu | PR and Marketing: Target Live | Translation: Eyas Younis | Associated production in Palestine: The Freedom Theatre | Associated producer in Norway: Sara Karoline
Zoe Lafferty
Zoe Lafferty is a director, theater maker, writer and creative producer. Her practice intersects with activism, civil disobedience, politics and community organizing.
She collaborates with some of the most radical theater companies, artists and individuals in the world. Together they use culture to fight for social and political change, building spaces where complex, radical and censored stories can be told.
It has taken productions to over 20 countries, including Berlin's Schaubühne and New York's Skirball, as well as 40 UK venues, from the Young Vic, Nottingham Playhouse, Liverpool Everyman, The Lowry, The Tron, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Oxford North Wall.
Hassan Abdulrazzak
Hassan Abdulrazzak is of Iraqi origin, was born in Prague and lives in London. He holds a PhD in molecular biology and has worked at Harvard and Imperial College.
His plays include The Special Relationship (Soho Theatre, 2020), And Here I Am (Arcola Theatre, 2017 and UK tour; Europe, Middle East and Africa tour, 2018-2019), Love, Bombs and Apples (Arcola Theatre, 2016 and UK tour; Golden Thread, San Francisco, 2018 followed by a second UK tour; Kennedy Centre, Washington DC, 2019), The Prophet (Gate theatre, 2012) and Baghdad Wedding (Soho Theatre, London 2007; BBC Radio 3, 2008; Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 2009; Akvarious productions, Delhi and Mumbai 2010).
The Freedom Theater
The Freedom Theater is a unique project that uses theater and art to address the chronic fear, depression and trauma suffered by children in the Jenin refugee camp in Palestine. Created during the first Intifada, the project was led by Arna Mer Khamis, a revolutionary who dedicated her life to campaigning for freedom and human rights, along with the women of the refugee camp.
The fierce and energetic humanity of this woman, born into a Jewish family and who had chosen to live and work among Palestinians, inspired children about the possibilities of an alternative reality. Arna received the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, in 1993 for her “...passionate commitment to advocacy and education for the children of Palestine.” With the prize money she built a children's theater, the Stone Theater, which was later destroyed in the Israeli invasion of the refugee camp in 2002.
And here I am
By Zoe Lafferty | Production by The Freedom Theater | Dramaturgy by Hassan Abdulrazzak (Irak)
- Palestina
- Arabian and English with Spanish subtitles
- 75 minutes
- + 16
The Freedom Theater Company and the prestigious British director Zoe Lafferty bring to the Festival Teatro a Mil 2025 And Here I am, a journey of transformation that combines reality, fantasy, tragedy and comedy and leaves us with a profound reflection on freedom.
And Here I Am portrays an epic journey of identity and self-discovery based on the personal story of Palestinian actor and director Ahmed Tobasi.
This award-winning play brings together award-winning Iraqi writer Hassan Abulrazzak, the theater company of the Jenin refugee camp in Palestine, The Freedom Theater, and British director and playwright Zoe Lafferty, bringing to life a series of episodes that combine reality, fantasy, tragedy and comedy, transporting us into the heart of the difficulties, struggles and contradictions of a young man searching for himself in the midst of war.
And Here I Am presents a new way of reflecting on freedom, allowing viewers to accompany the protagonist on his journey of transformation.
« Irreverently amusing, charming and compelling»
The Stage
Dates:
FRI
Jan
10
8:30 p.m.
SAT
Jan
11
8:30 p.m.
MON
Jan
13
9 p.m.
Direction: Zoe Lafferty | Production: Developing Artists | Stage design: Sarah Beaton | Light design: Andy urve & Jess Bernberg | Sound composition: Max Pappenheim | Movement direction: Lanre Malaolu | PR and Marketing: Target Live | Translation: Eyas Younis | Associated production in Palestine: The Freedom Theatre | Associated producer in Norway: Sara Karoline
Zoe Lafferty
Zoe Lafferty is a director, theater maker, writer and creative producer. Her practice intersects with activism, civil disobedience, politics and community organizing.
She collaborates with some of the most radical theater companies, artists and individuals in the world. Together they use culture to fight for social and political change, building spaces where complex, radical and censored stories can be told.
It has taken productions to over 20 countries, including Berlin's Schaubühne and New York's Skirball, as well as 40 UK venues, from the Young Vic, Nottingham Playhouse, Liverpool Everyman, The Lowry, The Tron, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Oxford North Wall.
Hassan Abdulrazzak
Hassan Abdulrazzak is of Iraqi origin, was born in Prague and lives in London. He holds a PhD in molecular biology and has worked at Harvard and Imperial College.
His plays include The Special Relationship (Soho Theatre, 2020), And Here I Am (Arcola Theatre, 2017 and UK tour; Europe, Middle East and Africa tour, 2018-2019), Love, Bombs and Apples (Arcola Theatre, 2016 and UK tour; Golden Thread, San Francisco, 2018 followed by a second UK tour; Kennedy Centre, Washington DC, 2019), The Prophet (Gate theatre, 2012) and Baghdad Wedding (Soho Theatre, London 2007; BBC Radio 3, 2008; Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 2009; Akvarious productions, Delhi and Mumbai 2010).
The Freedom Theater
The Freedom Theater is a unique project that uses theater and art to address the chronic fear, depression and trauma suffered by children in the Jenin refugee camp in Palestine. Created during the first Intifada, the project was led by Arna Mer Khamis, a revolutionary who dedicated her life to campaigning for freedom and human rights, along with the women of the refugee camp.
The fierce and energetic humanity of this woman, born into a Jewish family and who had chosen to live and work among Palestinians, inspired children about the possibilities of an alternative reality. Arna received the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, in 1993 for her “...passionate commitment to advocacy and education for the children of Palestine.” With the prize money she built a children's theater, the Stone Theater, which was later destroyed in the Israeli invasion of the refugee camp in 2002.
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