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The Vagina Monologues 20 years on, French crime drama Spiral

The Vagina Monologues writer on adding episodes 20 years after the original publication and feminist play writing today. Also, a guide to Paris-based French cop show Spiral.

The 1996 radical feminist theatre piece, The Vagina Monologues, made a huge impact in America and around the world as well as inspiring V-Day, an organisation working to stop violence against girls and women. As the writer Eve Ensler updates it with some contemporary voices, we ask about the original production and why now is the right time to revisit it.

We also look at feminist theatre in Britain today. In an age where so many people describe themselves as feminist, what defines a play as such? Which issues are being explored, and are dramatic techniques, such as shocking language and violence, employed in the same way as in the past? Theatre critic Sam Marlowe and playwright Phoebe 脡clair-Powell discuss.

With the return of French tv crime drama Spiral to 成人快手 Four, critic Adrian Wootton gives us a guide to this cult series, and explains why it's worthy of a bigger audience in the UK.

Presenter : Samira Ahmed
Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • The Vagina Monologues 20 years on

    Duration: 08:29

  • Feminist writing in today's theatre

    Duration: 08:23

  • French crime drama Spiral

    Duration: 06:39

  • The nominations for the 2017 Baftas

    Duration: 03:10

The Vagina Monologues 20 years on

The Vagina Monologues 20 years on

The updated 20th anniversary edition of is out now in in paperback.

Images:

Main image above: Eve Ensler

Image credit: Brigitte Lacombe

Image to the left: Eve Ensler

Image credit: Jeff Vespa

French crime drama Spiral

French crime drama Spiral

Series 6 of is on 成人快手 4 on Saturdays at 9.00pm聽, and on the 成人快手 iPlayer.

Image: from left: Thierry Godard as Gilou; Caroline Proust as Laure Berthaud; Fred Bianconi as 'Tintin' Fromentin.

Image credit: Sone et Lumiere/Canal +

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Eve Ensler
Interviewed Guest Sam Marlowe
Interviewed Guest Phoebe Eclair-Powell
Interviewed Guest Adrian Wootton
Producer Dymphna Flynn

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  • Tue 9 Jan 2018 19:15

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