«RITES» é uma peça de teatro sobre Mutilação Genital Feminina concebida a partir de casos reais. É uma produção conjunta do National Theatre of Scotland e da Contact apoiada pelo Scottish Refugee Council e pelo Dignity Alert Research Forum. Encontrado, pensamos que faz sentido saber mais sobre este espectáculo, uma experiência quiçá inspiradora. Desde logo as autoras:
Cora Bissett Yusra Warsama
Depois, conforme se pode ver no site do Teatro:
«Rites
Created by Cora Bissett and Yusra Warsama
Directed by Cora Bissett
Sound Design/Composer Patricia Panther
Video Designer Kim Beveridge
A co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland and Contact, supported by the Scottish Refugee Council and Dignity Alert Research Forum
Rites is a powerful and provocative new production exploring the deep-rooted cultural practice of Female Genital Mutilation. This ritual of enforced cutting has been performed for centuries and millions of girls worldwide, often as young as five years old, are still subjected to it. The reasons are complicated and myriad. It depends who you are, and it depends what you've been taught. Some things are simple though: FGM is still happening across the world. FGM is happening in the UK, here and now.
Rites is based on recent interviews and true stories from girls affected in Scotland and the rest of the UK, mothers who feel under pressure to continue the practice, and the experiences of midwives, lawyers, police officers, teachers and health workers trying to effect change in communities. The show weaves different perspectives into a powerful drama which explores the pressures, complexities and misconceptions existing within this deeply entrenched cultural initiation». Saiba mais.
E sobre o espectáculo no Guardian, onde o artigo começa assim: «The issue of female genital mutilation is to be explored on stage in a theatre production based on the real stories of girls and their mothers in the UK. The National Theatre of Scotland is collaborating with Contact theatre in Manchester for a new production created by the director Cora Bissett and theperformance poet and actor Yusra Warsama. It will be called Rites, based on interviews across the UK, including the experiences of midwives, lawyers, police officers, teachers and health workers. Bissett said they hoped the production would not “seek to demonise any one culture.”». Continue a ler. Mais neste Blogue.
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