Theatre

“The sad aspect is that Ohad Naharin sees the brutality of the Israeli military and its auxiliaries, the settlers. His reaction, however, is pathological, ostrich-like. “I continue to do my work, while 20 km from […]

By Mick Napier17 October 2012 “Sefton is in reality a complete fraud in claiming to support artistic freedom; he has not a single word to say about Israel’s violent suppressions of Palestinian artistic initiatives. While […]

The Don’t Dance with Israeli Apartheid Coalition is calling for demonstrations against Brand Israel asset, Batsheva Dance Company, when they perform across the UK.  The Batsheva tour starts in Edinburgh on October 30th and ends […]

Boycott campaigners turned the empty Zionist slogan “Culture unites, Boycotts Divide” totally on its head in Edinburgh last weekend, drawing some of Scotland’s best known cultural figures, many theatre–goers and Ohad Naharin, artistic director of […]

IF you are angry at the Israeli court blaming Rachel Corrie for her own death under an Israeli bulldozer, while trying to intercede against a – routine – Israeli bulldozing of Palestinian homes and propertyIF […]

The Zionist Federation UK will be demonstrating in support of Batsheva and Israel outside the Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre.  Israeli Minister Limor Livnat will attend one of the Israeli State-sponsored dance group’s three performances for the […]

Naomi Wimborne-IdrissiPublished in The Scotsman22 August 2012 Protests against Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company performing at the Edinburgh International Festival are attracting support from contemporary dance figures including Alain Platel, founder of the Belgian dance company […]