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SUN 5 MAR 20.00–21.15
LIVE AT KINGS PLACE
Shylock: Merchant & Matriarch
Tracy-Ann Oberman, Anthony Julius, Brigid Larmour
Chair: Kate Maltby
Something special to close our 72nd festival: Tracy-Ann Oberman
performs excerpts from a radical new production of The Merchant
of Venice, alongside a panel discussion sparked by one of
Shakespeare’s most controversial characters.
Ridley Road actor Tracy-Ann’s Shylock is a widowed refugee from
Russian pogroms, running a small business in 1930s Cable Street.
She will be joined by the play’s director Brigid Larmour, artistic
director of Watford Palace Theatre, as well as lawyer and author
Anthony Julius as they discuss matriarchs, misogyny and modern
parallels within one the best-known plays in history with critic and
cultural historian Kate Maltby.
H1
20.00–21.15
£25
Hope is a Woman’s Name
Amal Elsana Alh’jooj
An indigenous Bedouin in a Jewish state and a fifth daughter in a
patriarchal society, Amal Elsana Alh’jooj was a shepherd at the age
of five. Always driven to pursue justice and equality, from her early
teens she ran literary classes for women, marking the beginning
of a lifelong career promoting policy change for Israel’s Bedouin.
Today Amal is instrumental in shaping public opinion on Israel’s
marginalised minorities. Hope is a Woman’s Name tells her journey
navigating interweaving systems of power and oppression while
embracing every thread of her identity: Bedouin, Arab, woman,
feminist, Palestinian and Israeli.
H2
20.00–21.00
£15
Hollywood & Israel
Giora Goodman, Tony Shaw | Chair: Jenni Frazer
From Sinatra’s pro-Zionist rallying to Spielberg’s present-day peacemaking, Hollywood has long enjoyed a “special relationship” with
Israel. Historians Giora Goodman & Tony Shaw offer an innovative
account of this relationship, both on and off the screen, investigating
the ways Hollywood’s moguls, directors, and actors have supported or
challenged Israel for over 70 years. Detailing the political involvement
with Israel – and Palestine – of household names such as Kirk Douglas,
Barbara Streisand, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert De Niro and Natalie
Portman, they explore the complex story of Israel’s relationship with
American Jewry, illuminating how media and soft power have shaped
the Arab-Israeli conflict.
StP
36
20.00–21.00
£9.50