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Dateline: 13th February, 2004 And All the Children Cried IDX Productions and New End Theatre present An extraordinary dramatic inquiry into what people do with their power and their pain. BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE Two women are in prison. Their crimes? Killing children. As they await a meeting of the parole board, one woman is optimistic that she will be released. The other is consumed by a sense of injustice - for her, life probably means life. The women face each other, and the audience, with confessions that confront our attitudes towards crime and punishment. How can we be killers when we are mothers? Co-written by social worker, Judith Jones and noted journalist Beatrix Campbell, And All The Children Cried is an uncompromising dramatic investigation of violence and society's unwillingness to address the discomforting paradox of women as abusers. Directed by Annie Castledine, the play stars Barbara Peirson as Myra and Gillian Wright as Gail. "There is an intimacy being with someone whilst they are losing their lifeŠ I have been locked away for nearly forty years. I have been educated but nothing has been learned from me or required of me. And so, I remain punished but relieved of responsibility. I have privileged information - but it is buried with me - about crime, and complicity. I am the evidence." Character of Myra Myra is based on the case of Myra Hindley. The other character, Gail, incorporates case studies researched by the authors, who bring together 25 years' experience of researching and managing the impact of sex and violence on both victims and perpetrators. The second half of the performance is a chaired debate, open to audience questions and comments, on issues and questions raised by the text. Guest Speakers across the run include Mo Mowlam, Simon Hughes MP, Clare Short MP, Lord Justice Sedley, Andrew McCooey (formerly Hindley's solicitor) and many others, as follows: February
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"By doing this through theatre what we get is something that's
more nuanced, more searching and a more profound interrogation of these
themes than typically happens. The theatre has dealt with such subjects
for hundreds and hundreds of years. It's dealt with death, destruction,
abuse Š it seemed the obvious place." Box Office : 020 7223 2223 or visit the website at www.andallthechildrencried.co.uk/ Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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