#theatrical-performance

#theatrical-performance

Videos of these harrowing monologues, prerecorded by actors speaking in French, were projected onto a mysterious opaque box at the center of the performance space, as audience members listened through headphones and read English subtitles. Then venetian blinds shrouding the box slowly rose to reveal glass walls and, inside them, a sinister diorama-a replica of RTLM, or Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, the radio station that fuelled the catastrophe.

Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot developed a theory of hysteria, reinterpreting the condition as a neurological disorder and arguing that it could affect men as well as women.

The show begins with disarming video footage of early theatrical performances, showcasing little Sasha’s childhood as supported by her loving family, especially her grandmothers.