Seven in The Hague
WATCH a short extract from the performance in The Hague on 10 December 2010, including interviews with the producer, the performers, made by thexpat.tv:
Cast:
Lousewies van der Laan as ANABELLA DE LEON
Mirjam Sterk as MU SOCHUA
Pia Dijkstra as INEZ MC CORMACK
Birgitta Ohlsson as HAFSAT ABIOLA
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert as FARIDA AZIZI
Nehabat Albayrak as MARINA PISKLAKOVA -PARKER
Farah Karimi as MUKHTAR MAI
Written by: Ruth Margraff, Anna Deveare-Smith, Susan Yankowitz , Carol K. Mack, Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux and Gail Kriegel. Created in collaboration with Vital Voices Global Partnership
Director & producer: Hedda Krausz Sjögren
A collaboration between The Swedish Embassy, the Swedish Institute and the National Touring Theatre of Sweden
“The play powerfully portrays the transformative way that seven courageous women have changed their societies for the better”
US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton
Seven is a documentary play that originated in the US. It portrays the real life triumph over violence and humiliation that seven women across the globe achieved and were able to talk about. The actors in the play are seven female leaders from the Netherlands and Sweden. They include members of parliament and international NGOs. They play's real characters sustained inhuman abuse, yet refuse to be called victims.The perfomance of SEVEN was a collaboration between the Swedish Embassy, the Swedish Institute and the National Touring Theatre of Sweden.
SEVEN by Ruth Margraff, Anna Deveare-Smith, Susan Yankowitz , Carol K. Mack, Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux and Gail Kriegel. Created in collaboration with Vital Voices Global Partnership.'
