Four women. Four real stories of violence. One Medusa waiting to be heard.
A Journalist who controls everything except her painful past. A Wife trying to get pregnant so she no longer has to fake orgasms. A Stripper with a psychology degree whose life splinters from a night they said wasn’t violence. A Witness who swallows her silence until it begins to consume her body. And Medusa extracts the truth hidden within their stories. The truth they are too afraid to tell even to themselves.
Drawing on the myth of Medusa and blending physical theatre, ritual, original music, and sign language, the performance explores how sexual trauma settles in the body, reshapes everyday life, and survives in silence.
A theatrical ritual where real women’s testimonies meet an ancient myth — and trauma, at last, finds its voice.
ast & Creatives
Devised and directed by: Tatsiana Popova, Yana Alekseenko, Alana Ivory, Nadzeya Sheibak
Performers: Tatsiana Popova, Yana Alekseenko, Alana Ivory, Nela Agrenich, Sonia Rosa
Composers: Pavel Sheibak, Raman Sauchuk
Visual designer:Maciej Miecznikowski
Translator: Alisa Kisel
PJM interpreter: Sonia Rosa
Reviews
'A dramatic cry against silence. It was not just a play, but a ritual of mourning, fury, and remembrance.' - Audience response
'There was no room for comfort here – only confrontation.' - Audience response
'It wasn’t an artificially created script. It was taken from real life and brought to the stage in a truly powerful way.' - Audience response
'After this performance, I wanted to hug every woman even more than before.' - Audience response
'I can never fully understand this experience from my own perspective, but I was able to feel it through empathy and witness it on stage.' - Audience response