9-25 October: Theatre Workshop presents The Jasmine Road
The Jasmine Road is about a relationship between an artist and poet who is a Palestinian refugee, played by Nabil Shaban, and a young ISM activist, played by Marnie Baxter. The two characters are brought together by the situation in the Gazza Strip, where Palestinians and Jewish settlers have been battling over land rights since the late 19th century. Whilst the poet's life and future has been shaped by a place that he can never return to, the young activist's destiny is determined by her very presence there. The play aims to highlight the role and responsibility that artists take in inspiring activists and thereby people in general.
The Jasmine Road is about a relationship between an artist and poet who is a Palestinian refugee, played by Nabil Shaban, and a young ISM activist, played by Marnie Baxter. The two characters are brought together by the situation in the Gazza Strip, where Palestinians and Jewish settlers have been battling over land rights since the late 19th century. Whilst the poet's life and future has been shaped by a place that he can never return to, the young activist's destiny is determined by her very presence there. The play aims to highlight the role and responsibility that artists take in inspiring activists and thereby people in general.
9- 25 October 2003
Wednesday-Saturday 7.30 p.n, Matinees Wednesday & Thursday 1 p.m
Ticket Price: £8 and £4 concessions
Box Office number: 0131 226 5425
Theatre Workshop
34 Hamilton Place
Edinburgh
EH3 5AX
Written in collaboration with Ghazzi Hussein, a Palestinian refugee poet living in Scotland [poems]
Directed and devised by Robert Rae with Nabil Shaban and Marnie Baxter
Nabil Shaban co founded of Graeae Theatre Company and has had a long and successful career in film, television and theatre. He is probably best known for his role as Evil Sil in Dr Who and his more recent appearance on Channel 4's Secret History. Nabil has also worked extensively an actor, deviser and director and has been involved in several Theatre Workshop productions. Marnie Baxter theatre credits include 'Lunch' by Steven Berkoff, directed by Linda Marlowe, 'Circles and Tides' and 'Wir Midder Da Sea' for Skeklers Theatre, 'The Reel of the Hanged Man' for Stellar Quines and 'The Little Lamp' for Theatre Workshop. TV and Film credits include 'Breakwater' for MBC Mauritius/Bizmane, 'Oscar Charlie' for the BBC and' The Party Never Ends' for the NFTS Kodak Commercial Performances.
