Submissions for Breaking News
BREAKING NEWS: Rachel Corrie (due 1 April, 2006)
Practicum Theatre are accepting play submissions that reflect the thoughts behind the recent ban of My Name is Rachel Corrie from the New York Theatre Workshop. The plays should be 10 minutes or less and 8 – 12 pieces will be chosen for a central London showcase in May.
Possible themes include: censorship, America, protest, racism, freedom of speech, democracy, Rachel Corrie, Isreal and Palastine, propaganda, media control, invasion of privacy, fear…or whatever this article inspires in you. They say New York said nothing. Let’s say something in London.
Submissions along with a cover letter and CV are due April 1, 2006 to info@practicumtheatre.com.
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Today an interview with Pinter has been published in the Guardian. There he talks about the recent ban on Rachel Corrie and politics in theatre. Read more here : http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1730313,00.html
Comment left on March 14, 2006 @ 2:23 pm
Another article has appeared in the observer drawing attention to the curious lack of actual named protesters to the rachel corrie ban in new york…have a read.
http://www.observer.com/20060313/20060313_John_Heilpern_culture_heilperntheatre.asp
Comment left on March 14, 2006 @ 3:02 pm
Having read the articles relating to the Rachel Corrie ban I am just as confused as many people out there about why this has happened.
Doesn’t America value it’s freedom of speech? Is it not the land of the free? Or are these merely branded sloggens.
I also do not see how the Jewish community would be offended by a play that is not anti-semetic but critical of the Israeli goverment.
There are many Americans and British nationals who are very critical about their respective goverments (taking them to an illegal war etc), but does that make them any less patriotic?
Of course not!
I am a British Iranian and I absolutely despair at the Islamic goverment in Iran since it came to power during the revolution but that does not prevent me from loving all things Iranian any less.
If we can’t be critical of our politicians and our goverments then how are they ever going to be accountable for the actions they take on our behalf and ultimetly what chance has democracy got?
Comment left on March 29, 2006 @ 11:57 am