Shivhans Pictures Presents NIRBHAYA
Nirbhaya, hailed as one of the most urgent and compelling pieces of human rights theatre ever made, will play a 5-week run, with preview performances beginning Thursday, April 16 and an opening night set for Sunday, April 26.
On the night of December 16th, 2012, a young woman named Jyoti Singh Pandey and her male friend boarded a bus in urban Delhi heading for home. What followed, changed the lives of these two people and countless others forever. Unable to reveal her name, the press names her "Nirbhaya" - Fearless One. In a bid to shatter the silence around sexual violence, Nirbhaya's company of actors present the shocking events surrounding Jyoti Singh Pandey's story, as well as give their own moving testimonials, cracking open the cone of silence around women whose lives have been shattered by gender-based violence.
The electrifying new docudrama Nirbhaya is currently in preview performances at The Lynn Redgrave Theater in two weeks. Written and directed by internationally -acclaimed Yaël Faber (Mies Julie), in collaboration with an extraordinary cast and creative team from India, Nirbhaya had its world premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2013. The production won the coveted Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award (for the outstanding Fringe production that raises awareness of human rights) as well as the Scotsman Fringe First and the Herald Angel Award for Outstanding New Play.Videos