The new London theater production “Cutting the Tightrope: The Divorce of Politics from Art” takes direct aim at the British government’s campaign to stifle free speech and activism on Palestine. 

Mondoweiss Culture Editor Mohammed El-Kurd interviews Palestinian writer, actress, and political activist Raeda Taha.

Jonathan Ofir interviews Israeli playwright Einat Weizman about her play “Prisoners of the Occupation” and how theater can become a vehicle for political mobilization and change.

Einat Weizman explains how her documentary play, “Prisoners of the Occupation,” about the lives of Palestinian prisoners, became the focal point of a cultural and political battleground in Israel.