A women's football team. A World Cup win. A kiss.
A drama school in Barcelona. An exposé. A movement.
In recent years we have seen powerful men co-opting the concept of a 'witch hunt', a historical event that harmed women across the world, to victimise themselves against women's accusations of sexual violence perpetrated by them.
WITCHUNT explores two parallel but intertwined stories: that of a kiss from a (now former) Spanish Football Association president to a female player during the 2023 Women's World Cup, and that of a group of drama school students exposing multiple cases of sexual harassment and predatory behaviour by their teachers, sparking the ‘Jo També’, Catalonia's own iteration of the ‘Me Too’ movement.
Join us on this journey through Spain's feminist revolution, witch trials, and mystic folklore, and discover what happens when it's the witches' turn to go out on a hunt.
Age Guidance: 15+
PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS WORK
- Audience Club (Papering Agency)
- *****
- Very good. Inventive non-linear narrative exploring the loss of information, women's voices and the gaps in Spanish history during and beyond the Civil War and Franco's death. The play explores the silence of a generation of women and why understanding that needs to inform today's feminism in Spain. Great! Go and see it.
“Praise for previous work”
- Audience Club (Papering Agency)
- ****
- Intense and enlightening.
“Praise for previous work”
- Audience Club (Papering Agency)
- ****
- A powerful show, which was well delivered.
Cast & Creative Team:
Writer: MARINA CUSÍ
Director: MEGAN FARQUHAR
Performer: MARINA CUSÍ
Producer: MAD, WHO?
About the Artist:
Mad, Who? Is an emerging, multicultural theatre company that creates work focusing on human rights issues from a feminist lens. The company, created by Catalan multidisciplinary artist Marina Cusí in 2022 with the support of the University of Essex’s Innovation Centre and start-ups team, premiered its first show, ‘The ‘’S’’ Is Silent’ in April 2023 at The Pleasance Theatre in London, and won the FesTeLoFF 2022 Audience Award for said production at FesTeLõn Festival’s 10th edition.
Mad, Who? fuses the arts with advocacy and social revolution by engaging with local and international audiences, approaching their artistic practice through collaboration, always engaging local artists and audiences in their work and workshops.
In their first year as a company, Mad, Who? has performed their shows at the Bush Theatre, the Pleasance Theatre (London), The Space in Canary Wharf, The Courtyard Theatre, and the Lakeside Theatre in Essex.
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Discussion of sexual harassment and harassment in the workplace.