“The Gaza Monologues 2024” 

Letters to the World from the People of Palestine

This is not a piece that we have written ourselves - but a work that was created by the Ashtar Theatre Company in the West Bank of Palestine.  Ashtar Theatre is a “not for profit” organisation that was established in 1991 as the first theatre training company for young people in Palestine.

The Gaza Monologues were commissioned by Ashtar Theatre and written by a cross section of people living in Gaza throughout the last year; there are 19 monologues which cover a range of thoughts and feelings about different aspects of their lives amidst the war in Gaza. Ashtar Theatre have given us permission to perform an English translation of these monologues.

We performed these monologues on and around the 29^th of November – the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People when numerous events are organised around the world.

As you are probably aware, we always perform for free and ask our audiences for donations that we then give to local charities; on this occasion however we are donating all the money raised to Ashtar Theatre to support their important drama work especially with young people.

We are very pleased to say that we raised £700 in donations from the 5 performances.

Many thanks to everybody involved.