BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9558@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240718T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240718T190000 DTSTAMP:20240624T161255Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/unity-theatre-liverpool-arab-art s-festival-marina-barham-a-voice-for-theatre-and-culture-in-palestine/ SUMMARY:Unity Theatre: Unity Theatre: Liverpool Arab Arts Festival: Marina Barham: A Voice for Theatre and Culture in Palestine DESCRIPTION:\nMarina Barham: A Voice for Theatre and Culture in Palestine\n \n\n\n\nThursday 18 July\, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmUnity Theatre\n£6\nBook Ticke ts\n\nMarina Barham\, General Director of Al-Harah Theatre in Bethlehem Pa lestine\, brings a voice from the theatre and performing arts sector in Pa lestine through the story of Al Harah Theatre and its work in the West Ban k.  \n\nMarina will be speaking at the festival about the current situat ion in Palestine and the role of theatre in helping children\, young peopl e and the community overcome trauma. She hopes it will provide an opportun ity for Liverpool audiences to hear firsthand from a Palestinian activist in the cultural sector and to support the establishment of new partnership s and collaborations.\n\nMarina Barham\n\nMarina Barham is co-founder and General Director of Al-Harah Theatre and has been an active cultural opera tor in Palestine\, the Middle East and Europe since 1998. She was Presiden t of the Palestinian Performing Arts Network from 2019-2021\, a Board memb er and Global Connector 2021 of the International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM) and a Fellow of ISPA &\; Salzburg Global Semina r.\n\nAs a cultural management trainer\, since 2006\, Marina has worked wi th Al Mawred Resource\, Tamasi Collective and the Goethe Institute.  She also has been speaking at international conferences\, festivals and events . Alongside producing theatre productions\, for the last 23 years\, she ha s managed international\, regional and local tours and Euro Med Projects\, and curated Palestine International Theatre Festival for Children and You th\, Yalla Yalla Street Festival and Bethlehem Site-Specific Theatre Festi val in Palestine.\n\nAl-Harah Theatre\n\nAl-Harah Theatre believes that th eatre has the potential to change the lives of those who make it and those who watch it. It creates compelling work for children\, young people and adults that is challenging\, yet moving\, accessible and always honest. It tours locally\, regionally and internationally\, reaching refugee camps\, villages\, cities and especially marginalised areas.\n\nIn addition\, Al- Harah Performing Arts Training Center (PARC) runs artistic exchanges and t raining programmes for children and young people\, as well as ‘train the trainer’ programmes in drama and theater\, and technical workshops for the performing arts. In the last 19 years\, Al Harah has reached almost 60 0\,000 children and adults and produced 90 productions for children and fo r adults.\n\nalharah.org\n\nFurther event information:\n\nThis event will be held in Unity Two.\n\nVenue:\n\nUnity Theatre\, 1 Hope Place\, Liverpoo l\, L1 9BG\n\n\n\n\nTickets &\; Booking information for all Liverpool A rab Arts Festival events can be found here: https://www.arabartsfestival.c om/2024-festival/here:  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/06/Palestine-International-Theatre-Festival-Bethlehem-University.pn g CATEGORIES:Talks LOCATION:Unity Theatre\, Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\, Liverpool\, Unit ed Kingdom GEO:53.400829;-2.971716 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Unity Theatre :geo:53.400829,-2.971716 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR