Over four days, Welcome to the Fringe, Palestine includes theatre, dance, comedy, food, storytelling, music and poetry, showcasing artists from both Palestine and its diaspora. A different line up every day.
TUESDAY 12TH AUGUST 12pm – 9pm
Day Pass: £60 / Individual Tickets: £15
All day tickets are available at EdFringe.com or you can buy show tickets on the door.
12 Noon (60 minutes) – Theatre/Music
HARVEST
Amira Al Shanti (Work in Progress)
An intimate concert and reading of Harvest the Musical by composer, writer and performer Amira Al Shanti. The musical follows the story of six women during the Olive Harvest in Palestine, showcasing how traditions prevail despite the ongoing challenges of occupation and apartheid.
2pm (30 minutes) – Performance
AN ORANGE TREE, AN OLIVE TREE & A PAINTING THAT KNOWS NO BORDERS
Noor Aburafeh
This lecture-performance invites the audience on a personal and political journey through the West Bank’s fragmented landscape. The narrator recounts their return home after a prolonged absence, facing the stark reality of a land under occupation. Guided by intimate hikes through the West Bank, they weave together encounters with fellow hikers, such as Mohamed, who documents each village through his sketches, preserving a disappearing landscape.
4pm (60 minutes) – Poetry Mixed Bill
AL-DAMUN: THE WAR OF MEMORY – Dareen Tatour
MY DEATH IS NOT A SONG – Gaza Poets Society
Poet, photographer, and film-maker, Dareen Tatour chronicles her own experiences and those of the Palestinian people. For Welcome to The Fringe, Palestine she will present her film The War on Memory, which examines the occupation’s attempt to eradicate history, in particular through the destruction of the village of Damun. This will be accompanied by a poetry reading and photography exhibition.
Gaza Poets Society is a group of 32 young poets from Gaza. One of its founding members Mohammed Moussa will join us in Scotland to give a reading entitled Writing Poems in Times of Genocide. His first collection, Salted Wounds, was published to acclaim, and his second collection will be launched at the festival.
6pm (50 minutes) – Puppetry / Physical Theatre
PERFORMANCE DESPERATELY IN SEARCH OF AN AUDIENCE
Mahmoud Al-Hourani / Arab Puppet Theatre Foundation
This is a tale of uprooting and devastation, of the merciless force of war as it descends upon a peaceful village by the sea, tearing people away from their land and turning their simple lives into an unending nightmare. This silent performance, laced with dark humour, bends the rules of puppet theatre, where stage props and settings – crafted from cardboard – become puppets themselves.
8pm (60 minutes) – Performance
FLUX IN THIS FORGOTTEN FARM
Fadi Murad
A performance between fire and water, between the past and future. A voice tries to speak, faster and faster, until it breaks. A body slips, calls out, wishes. My mother was a hydrologist. I saw her one last time. Water wages war. First fire found me. A father plays the oud. A smell disappears. A child sings. Between confession and collapse, something is carried. Something refuses to leave.
Full programme details: https://www.fringepalestine.com/