Comedian Mark Thomas' Showtime from the Frontline streamed live

Mark Thomas, Faisal Abu Alhayjaa and Alaa Shehada feature in the show which with be followed by a love question and answer session with Mark, Faisal, Alaa, and Dr Sam Beale. Lockdown Live Stream is on Tuesday June 9 at 7.30pm Inspired by Thomas’s time spent walking the length of the Israeli wall in the West Bank in 2009, a time when he was arrested, fell down mountains, slept in the middle of an Israeli firing range, in the pursuit of trying to talk to as many people as possible to find out what was going on. It was a journey that included a visit to the Jenin Freedom Theatre in a refugee camp, run by Juliano Mher Khemis – a half-Palestinian, half-Israeli actor. It was a meeting that started a decade long relationship with a theatre that resulted in Showtime from the Frontline. Mark said: “Our aim was open up a comedy club in a refugee camp…a very conservative refugee camp surrounded by one of the most heavily armed and trigger happy armies in the world. “The result….well you have to watch the show to find out. “But what I am happy to tell you is that after many adventures with bureaucracy we managed to get two of our comedic comrades Faisal Abu Alhayjaa and Alaa Shehada to the UK, where together we wrote and performed the show we are incredibly proud of. “Showtime from The Frontline, the story of how to be yourself when everyone else wants to put you in a box.” Age Rating - 15+ (some swearing). 20% of ticket sales go to Pocklington Arts Centre if you follow this unique link to book your tickets. A message from the Editor: Thank you for reading this story on our website. While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you. In order for us to continue to provide high quality and trusted local news on this free-to-read site, I am asking you to also please purchase a copy of our newspaper. Our journalists are highly trained and our content is independently regulated by IPSO to some of the most rigorous standards in the world. But being your eyes and ears comes at a price. So we need your support more than ever to buy our newspapers during this crisis. With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our local valued advertisers - and consequently the advertising that we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you helping us to provide you with news and information by buying a copy of our newspaper. Thank you

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