No Bad Women: Rape on Trial

No Bad Women tells the story of two women sex workers, each raped on a different occasion by the same man while visiting his house in suburbia. One woman is a tattooed biker, a mum and a former teacher. The other works in porn to support her disabled husband. They report their attacks, but the Crown Prosecution Service closes the case, claiming there is “insufficient evidence”. Outraged but scared the women go to the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) and Women Against Rape (WAR) who assemble a legal team and launch the first private prosecution for rape in England and Wales.

This play, drawn from the trial transcript, dramatizes the women’s battle with their rapist and a discriminatory legal system. But can women who do sex work win justice? At a time when demands for justice are growing, but rape prosecutions are at an all-time low, No Bad Women is timely and relevant.

This event takes place at Clean Break, 2 Patshull Road, Kentish Town, London NW5 2LB