Jan 25, 2018
Exploring the role of performance to promote healing and raise awareness.
"We have to get really clear
about the fact that any sex without full consent is rape. I think
it is very difficult for people to hear that." - Imogen
Butler-Cole
In this episode entitled The Power of Theatre to Change
Perspectives, Amisha meets actress and writer Imogen
Butler-Cole, creator of acclaimed theatre show "Foreign Body"
exploring the subject of sexual assault.
Imogen speaks about creating theatre that is both deeply personal
and highly political, how "Foreign Body" is helping other survivors
to process their own experiences, and why she invited the
perpetrator of her own assault to be part of it.
In the wake of the #metoo and #timesup campaigns, she explores why
it is so difficult to accept that people we know and trust are
capable of sexual violence, and how doing so might bring
constructive responses such as workplace guidelines around sexual
violence and healing interventions for people who are at risk of
perpetrating.
Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/01/25/e10-imogen-butler-cole-art-activism-arena-sexual-violence/
For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/
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If you have been triggered by this conversation and need to talk to somebody, please call:
24-hour National Domestic
Violence Helpline on 0808 2000 247
The Rape Crisis National
freephone helpline on 0808 802 9999 (12-2.30pm and 7-9.30pm every
day of the year)