“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/curated 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 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.

Follow the link below if you want to watch a short film about with excerpts from rehearsals and performances of "The Gaza Monologues".

https://youtu.be/4OU3n6-wO8Q

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 in Plymouth. On Friday 23 January 2026 we also performed the Gaza Monologues at Ashburton Arts Centre. This performance raised a further £200 for Ashtar Theatre.

Many thanks to everybody involved.