Milo Rau's 'The Pelicot Rape Trial' to Receive One-Off London Performance at County Hall
On 30 November, London County Hall will host Milo Rau's documentary theatre piece "The Pelicot Rape Trial," presented by the Young Vic Theatre. This four-hour production, which debuted at the Festival d'Avignon, features 30 actors and public figures, drawing from the legal documents related to the prosecution of 51 men. Dominique Pelicot, Gisèle Pelicot's former husband, received a 20-year prison sentence for drugging and assaulting her. After a trial lasting three and a half months, fifty men were convicted. Rau's intention is to reshape the couple's experience into a shared narrative. The Young Vic characterizes the work as a significant homage to the everyday woman who ignited change, underscoring the potential for heinous acts among average men.
Key facts
- "The Pelicot Rape Trial" by Milo Rau will be performed in London at London County Hall on 30 November.
- The one-off London performance is presented by the Young Vic Theatre.
- The production began as a stand-alone piece at the Festival d'Avignon and later toured European cities with one show per location.
- Thirty actors and public figures take part in the four-hour documentary theatre performance.
- The work is created from trial documents and psychiatric reports of the 51 men prosecuted.
- Dominique Pelicot was jailed for 20 years for drugging and raping Gisèle Pelicot and allowing other men to rape her while she was unconscious, abuse lasting nearly a decade.
- Fifty men were found guilty of rape or sexual offences after a three-and-a-half-month trial.
- Gisèle Pelicot, 73, waived her right to anonymity and said shame should fall on her abusers, not her.
Entities
Artists
- Gisèle Pelicot
- Dominique Pelicot
- Milo Rau
- Nadia Fall
- Rosie O'Donnell
- Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Adjoa Andoh
- Tamzin Outhwaite
- Juliet Stevenson
- Samuel West
- Oliva Wiliams
- Kadiff Kirwan
- Rosie Jones
- Sharon Duncan-Brewster
- Lorraine Ashbourne
- Jordan Stephens
- Gisele Pelicot
Institutions
- Young Vic Theatre
- London County Hall
- Festival d'Avignon
- BBC
- BBC Radio London
- Young Vic
- County Hall
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Avignon
- France
- Mazan
- South Bank
- Europe
- Vienna
- Austria
- New York
- United States
- Lisbon
- Portugal
- Milan
- Italy
- Bergen
- Norway