After fleabag brought theatre to the masses, these women are proving all the stereotypes wrong on stage
is the first Algerian play staged in London by an all-female, Algerian team, andfollows the life of two British-Algerian sisters, Amira and Linda. When “sensible” Amira decides she wants to get married, her younger, outspoken sister Linda finds it difficult to deal with. Along the way, they struggle with their identities, while trying to maintain their relationship.
“I’ve seen so many pieces of female led works being promoted with #MeToo in the press release. It’s like they are almost expected to retraumatise themselves, dealing with their experiences on stage. Of course we need these stories but, also, a woman shouldn’t be expected to only write about being a woman and the difficulties of being a woman. I think that’s the same for other marginalised communities: people are only expected to write about their struggle.
“For instance, look at the plays that we’re doing: they’re essentially household stories. But they’re sort of rebelling against that traditional stereotype in the sense that, I know, as a woman, these are the real conversations I’ve had with my sisters and friends in the living room. And they’re the most hilarious, thoughtful and devastating conversations I’ve ever had. Women have more to say than what the outdated stereotype once said they did”.
“I grew up with two cultural identities: I’m half English, half Algerian. Growing up in England, I’ve seen and heard English stories and enjoyed them in so many ways. But when it comes to my Algerian side, there’s so much that I don’t know and that I don’t get to see, especially on a London stage,” she says.
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