Staging Violence Against Women and Girls brings together three
contemporary plays that denounce gendered violence, along with
interviews with their creators and the practitioners who have staged
them in different national contexts.
Little Stitches (London, 2014): consisting of four short pieces by
Isley Lynn, Raúl Quirós Molina, Bahar Brunton and Karis E. Halsall, this
play presents Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) from the points
of view of by-standers, anti-FGM/C activists, health professionals,
women who perpetuate
the practice and, finally, survivors.
'Kubra' (Sydney, 2016): written by Dacia Maraini, this short play
features a young woman who was subjected to FGM/C as a child and now,
years later, brings her case to court in a search for justice.
A Trial for Rape (Rome, 2018): adapted for theatre by Renato Chiocca
from the international award-winning 1979 documentary of the same name,
this play reveals how judicial procedures and attitudes toward sexual
violence tend to turn rape survivors from accusers into accused.
In their interviews, the writers, directors and producers discuss their
conception and production of the works collected in Staging Violence
Against Women and Girls. The plays and their creators highlight the
urgency of raising awareness of these forms of violence and giving voice
to survivors.
