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Let’s hear Palestinian voices
HENRY BELL introduces an initiative to bring Palestinian artists to the Edinburgh festival, gives some context, and appeals for your support
ALEX HALL is intrigued by a detailed history of Gaza that demonstrates its historic resilience and changing economy
RON JACOBS welcomes the long overdue translation of an epic work that chronicles resistance to fascism during WWII
MAYER WAKEFIELD is chilled by the co-dependency of two lost souls as portrayed by German communist playwright Franz Xaver Kroetz
The Star's critics BRETT GREGORY, JOHN GREEN, MICHAEL BONCZA and ANGUS REID review The Stimming Pool, Misericordia, La Cocina, Irena’s Vow, and The End
CHRIS MOSS welcomes a radical history that brings marginalised stories and overlooked people and agencies to the centre
ANDREW HEDGECOCK relishes visual storytelling with no respect for genres, movements or styles
THIS year Welcome to the Fringe Palestine will bring 16 Palestinian artists to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe, to platform their voices and celebrate Palestinian art and culture, with freedom and without censorship.
It will be a chance for poets, theatre-makers, comedians and dancers from across Palestine and the diaspora to engage with the festival, meet audiences, see shows, make friends, enjoy the city and share their work at the biggest arts festival on Earth. Welcome to the Fringe is crowdfunding to make this happen.
As an independent group of Scotland-based artists and producers who have worked regularly in Palestine and the wider Middle East over many decades, Welcome to the Fringe wants to embrace the lessons in hospitality, culture and liberation that they have learnt from Palestinians and bring that spirit to the Festival.
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