Edinburgh Festival Fringe Theatre
The Horse of Jenin
Presented by Palestine Comedy Club/The Pleasance, produced by Troupe Courage
Pleasance Dome 30 Jul–25 Aug (not 9, 16, 19, 20 Aug)
Queen Dome 11.20, 14.20 (depending) 1hr10

A universal story of resilience and imagination, written and performed by Palestinian comedian and actor Alaa Shehada. Blending storytelling, mask and stand-up, the show follows the life of a boy growing up in Jenin, Occupied Palestine, who, like any child, just wants to play. After a 2002 invasion, local children and a German artist built a five-metre horse from debris, a symbol of freedom and resistance. In 2023, it was destroyed. With humour and heart, Shehada asks what became of the Horse of Jenin and rebuilds it on stage from fragments of memory, loss and hope.

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