V Day production will be at Barefoot Gallery on Friday, April 3, beginning at 7p.m.
V Day 2020: is a look back at ten years of Grassrooted’s V Day in Sri Lanka, with selected scripts from past performances, with only one new script - The Leopard – written for 2020. The performance piece, Somarame (V Day 2018) has also been updated to reflect the realities of 2020.
This will be the final performance of V Day by Grassrooted.
All scripts will be made available as open source resources on our website on April 1, 2020 to encourage other performers to use and adapt these stories as they see fit, bringing new voices and energy to the storytelling around violence in Sri Lanka that women, girls, and all those who are vulnerable, face.
There will be limited seating available. Kindly get your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
The line-up:
1. Delicious (V Day: From The Cloud, Galle Literary Festival 2016) Performed by Dominic Keller
2. Chuti Kamare (V Day 2012)
Performed by Uda Deshapriya
3. War Machines (V Day 2017:
Resolutions) Performed by Gehan Block
4. Sour Plantain (V Day 2019:
Colombo 7) Performed by Shala Amarasuriya
5. The Leopard, Performed by
Niranjani Shanmugaraja
6. Ghost Infested Crotch (V Day 2016: Tenderness) Performed by Michelle Herft
7. Ice Cream (V Day 2015: Our Stories) Performed by Danu Innasithamby
8. She said Yes (V Day 2016: Tenderness) Performed by Dharini Priscilla and Dino Corera
9. My Bear-alina and Me (V Day: From The Cloud, Galle Literary Festival 2016) Performed by Pia Hatch
10. Somarame (V Day 2018: Patri(AN)archy) Performed by Amila Rajapaksha, Anuruddha Fernando, Bhoomi Harendran, Bimsara Premathilake, Chitranga Kariyawasan, Kapila Rasnayake, Pasan Ranaweera and W Jayasiri
Come join us this one last time to laugh at how ridiculous we can be.