Theater faces a surge in sexual violence cases: "We've identified the holes in the system, now we have to fix them!"
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"Give Me Your Strength," a collective creation that speaks to the challenge of building a respectful and inclusive artistic space, as part of the Stronger Together festival, at La Nouvelle Seine. JULIETTE GUENON/NOUVELLE SCÈNE
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Investigation : Four years after the creation of the #MeTooThéâtre collective, the theater world is trying to organize itself, often in a disjointed manner. Investigation.
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On stage, five civil servants hammer home: "We're taking action!" and list the plethora of initiatives of the "Ministry of Culture and the Olympic Games [sic] " to combat sexist and sexual violence and harassment (SSHV): booklets, prevention kits, charters against SSHV, reporting, support groups, training, and the establishment of referents. Referring to a big name in the theater accused of rape, one confesses, overwhelmed: "As far as he's concerned, there was clearly a hole in the racket. We don't understand what happened."
A hole in the racket? The subtitle of the show "The Histrionics" is a hard-hitting, militant, and funny response to the surge of violence and harassment in the theater world. Recalling the way victims are often named in psychiatric expert reports conducted during investigations, these "Histrionics" blend reality and fiction around the character of a rapist director, who nevertheless maintains a...
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