Showtime from the Frontline Live with The Lowry

Kristy Stott, Theatre Editor
Showtime from the Frontline Live with The Lowry
Image courtesy of Lesley Martin.

Showtime from the Frontline Live, online, 9 June 2020, from £5.00 - Book now

Showtime from the Frontline is an entertaining and engaging show about a real-life comedy club in a refugee camp in Palestine.

Bringing stand-up, storytelling and theatre, join Mark Thomas and his team of comics for this entertaining live stream. Showtime From the Frontline will be streamed via YouTube on Tuesday 9 June.

Dodging cultural and literal bullets, Thomas and his team of comics set out to launch a comedy club in the Palestinian city of Jenin, in the West Bank.

Working together with Dr Sam Beale, a lecturer in stand-up at Middlesex University, Thomas ran a series of intensive comedy classes in the Freedom Theatre in the West Bank city of Jenin in 2017. A huge success, the project culminated in several successful comedy shows and club nights. Featuring two of Thomas’ original students – Faisal Abu Alhayjaa and Alaa Shehada – Showtime from the Frontline is a spin-off show about the Jenin comedy club.

Be sure to stick around after the show for a live Q&A with the cast and team.

The intro and Q+A will include BSL signing, and the main show, which runs at approximately 2 hours will have subtitles.

As a patron of the International Medical Education Trust (IMET2000), Mark Thomas will be donating 20 % of the income from this show to support child mental health programmes in Palestine and Lebanon. 20% of your ticket purchase will also go to The Lowry.

Showtime from the Frontline Live, online

9 June 2020 7:30 pm
From £5.00