West Bank Story West Bank Story West Bank Story is a comedy/musical short film, directed by Ari Sandel, co-written by Sandel and Kim Ray, produced by Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ashley Jordan, Ravi Malhotra, Bill Boland, and featuring choreography by Ramon Del Barrio. The film is a parody of the classic musical film "West Side Story", which in turn is an adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet". The film follows the romance between the relatives of the owners of rival falafel restaurants, one Israeli and the other Palestinian, respectively named the "Kosher King" and the "Hummus Hut," in the West Bank. The film stars
Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble to put on a play. In rehearsing a play for performance the rehabilitative side-effects become manifest: the project develops emotional bravery and self-awareness, social skills and self-confidence, individual dedication as well as the commitment to work as a member of a team. QSE's Prison Project shares many similarities with Prison Shakespeare projects in the United State of America, the best known of which is "Shakespeare Behind Bars", though it was not directly based on any of them. In 2011, the founder of "Shakespeare Behind Bars", Curt Tofteland, visited QSE on a Fulbright Fellowship and traded skills with the facilitators of