Some of Britain’s most heralded playwrights, actors and theatre directors have signed an open letter calling for the release of members of a Palestinian theatre group who have been in Israeli custody since 13 December, while also decrying the destruction of cultural sites in the West Bank and Gaza.
Caryl Churchill, Vicky Featherstone, Dominic Cooke and Maxine Peake were among the 1,000 signatories of the letter that called for the immediate release of Mustafa Sheta and Jamal Abu Joas of the Freedom Theatre, whose members were detained after the Israeli army conducted raids in Jenin refugee camp last week.
