The Mayfesto Theatre Festival at the Tron is the first year of an enterprise advertising what it says on the Tin , namely, Global Issues.Personal Responses.Astonishing Theatre.
The video below is an introduction to this highly perceptive , engaging , intensive , absorbing programme of hard hitting Social and Humanitarian plays.As the introduction from the director suggests the Glasgow Theatre audience being amongst the best in the world is not merely a easy going platitude from a snug politician but rather an astute observation which explains why this City punches far above its weight in the Theatre and Cultural scene.
The first play was by the talented and highly rewarded playwright David Greig.He wrote a play in conjunction with the Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer Raja Shehadeh a few years back which won the coveted Amnesty International award for the best Human Rights play at the world renowned prestigious Edinburgh International Fringe.
David also delivered a play to coincide with the setting up of the Twinning of Falkirk with the beleaguered Palestinian community of Jayyous which has been torn apart from the Apartheid wall being built by Israel which has been declared illegal by the International Court of Justice which advises the UN on matters of International Law.This event was launched in conjunction of the Human Rights Advocacy body called The Scottish Friends of Palestine.
The play Ramallah is adapted by David Greig from the ward winning Book by his friend Raja which won the 2008 Orwell Prize for Literature.
The play is about a chance encounter by the character portraying Raja with an Israeli Settler.
The Middle play is by Italian Feminist Franca Rame called , unsubtly , An Arab Woman Speaks.Even the Scotsman Theatre critic is impressed with the passionate delivery of actress Cora Bissett.
The third play is again a piece by David Greig and brings a quality programme to a close by bringing the tensions of International Political struggles into the impact of close Family Relationships.
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