Raúl Quirós Molina

Staging Violence Against Women and Girls brings together three contemporary plays that denounce gendered violence, along with interviews with their creators and the practitioners who have staged them in different national contexts. Little Stitches (London, 2014): consisting of four short pieces by Isley Lynn, Raúl Quirós Molina, Bahar Brunton and Karis E. Halsall, this play presents Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) from the points of view of by-standers, anti-FGM/C activists, health professionals, women who perpetuatethe practice and, finally, survivors.‘Kubra’ (Sydney, 2016): written by Dacia Maraini, this short play features a young woman who was subjected to FGM/C as a child and now, years later, brings her case to court in a search for justice. A Trial for Rape (Rome, 2018): adapted for theatre by Renato Chiocca from the international award-winning 1979 documentary of the same name, this play reveals how judicial procedures and attitudes toward sexual violence tend to turn rape survivors from accusers into accused. In their interviews, the writers, directors and producers discuss their conception and production of the works collected in Staging Violence Against Women and Girls. The plays and their creators highlight the urgency of raising awareness of these forms of violence and giving voice to survivors.

Staging Violence Against Women and Girls brings together three contemporary plays that denounce gendered violence, along with interviews with their creators and the practitioners who have staged them in different national contexts. Little Stitches (London, 2014): consisting of four short pieces by Isley Lynn, Raúl Quirós Molina, Bahar Brunton and Karis E. Halsall, this play presents Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) from the points of view of by-standers, anti-FGM/C activists, health professionals, women who perpetuatethe practice and, finally, survivors.‘Kubra’ (Sydney, 2016): written by Dacia Maraini, this short play features a young woman who was subjected to FGM/C as a child and now, years later, brings her case to court in a search for justice. A Trial for Rape (Rome, 2018): adapted for theatre by Renato Chiocca from the international award-winning 1979 documentary of the same name, this play reveals how judicial procedures and attitudes toward sexual violence tend to turn rape survivors from accusers into accused. In their interviews, the writers, directors and producers discuss their conception and production of the works collected in Staging Violence Against Women and Girls. The plays and their creators highlight the urgency of raising awareness of these forms of violence and giving voice to survivors.

Despu s de dos a os cuidando de su madre enferma, Adela ha de enfrentarse a la tarea de rehacer su vida. Para ello se abre un perfil en una p gina de citas en la que conoce a Honduras, el nico hombre que la trata con respeto y cortes a. Al mismo tiempo, conoce a David, novio de Teresa, due o de varios gimnasios y maltratador, con quien comienza una relaci n t xica. Conforme avanza la relaci n, Adela trata de librarse de David mientras le confiesa todo a Honduras a trav s de Internet. Pero la persistencia de David va en aumento... A os m s tarde, la cantante latina m s importante del momento, que super a las grandes estrellas de principios del siglo XXI como Rihanna o Lady Gaga cuenta su vida antes de morir de c ncer. A lo largo de una historia en primera persona, narra un infierno de maltratos, prostituci n y pederastia en su ciudad natal, pero tambi n de complicidad con las mujeres que le rodeaban, compa erismo y el amor, el suave y el terrible. Y c mo lleg a conocer a Adela, la persona que le pudo cambiar la vida... Aquellas ni as que reconocimos en fotos es la primera novela de Ra l Quir s Molina, escritor y director de teatro conocido por sus obras Flores de Espa a y El pan y la sal. Ha trabajado en varios proyectos por los derechos reproductivos, la erradicaci n de la violencia contra las mujeres y maternidades diversas. Esta novela fue finalista del Premio Nadal 2018.