Show goes on at Palestinian theatres overcoming obstacles

Palestinian theatre director Mustafa Sheta, general manager of the Freedom Theatre at the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank, stands before a mural showing the faces of prominent Palestinian figures (right to left) Nizar Banat (late activist), Mahmoud Darwish (author and poet), Naji al-Ali (cartoonist) and others during a recent tour of the premises. Photo: AFP

Past the sandbags and anti-tank obstacles in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, theatre director Mustafa Sheta ponders the fate of Palestinian thespians.

"We are under a very abnormal situation," said Sheta at the camp's Freedom Theatre.