Friday 13th December at 7pm, Saturday 14th December, 2019

Shashito Shorir is a movement-based performance piece about trauma, survival and healing. Performed to a soundtrack of original music and recorded interviews with survivors of sexual violence, it is an unflinching look at how the colonised body responds to a world that continues to assault it from all sides.

Each performance is followed by a panel discussion with those working in the sexual violence and domestic abuse sector. It is our hope that with this production we can work to destigmatise the conversation around sexual abuse and together work towards a more just world.

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Performed by Papia Chakrabarty, Suktara Khatun and Tilottama Chowdhury
Written and directed by Imogen Butler-Cole From interviews with Vidhi Todi, Saptami Paul, Paramita Bannerjee, Saliya and Anjali
Choreographed by Vanessa Maria Mirza
Music by Debjit Mahalanobis

Produced with support from British Council Kolkata as part of the Indo-European Residency Project in association with DIKSHA, Kolkata Sanved and SWAYAM

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SHOW TIMES: Friday 13th December at 7pm, Saturday 14th December at 4pm and 7pm.
Running time 90 minutes.
VENUE ADDRESS: Padatik Theatre, 6, 7, AJC Bose Rd, Mullick Bazar, Elgin, Kolkata 700017.
ENTRY FREE.

Donations will be taken for partner NGOs. Seating on a first come, first served basis.
Please arrive early to ensure entry: maximum 60 seats. Venue restrictions apply.

CONTENT WARNING: the play contains descriptions of sexual assault that some may find triggering.