The Vagina Monologues

The play had a hit off Broadway run in New York in the 1996/97 season, winning a Drama Desk Award nomination and an Obie Award. The play has subsequently been performed on tour in America with great success. ‘The Vagina Monologues’ was the centrepiece for V-Day, a gala theatrical and musical charity event, which took place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York on Valentine’s Day 1998. Artists taking part in this event included [Whoopi Goldberg], [Winona Ryder], [Glenn Close] and [Susan Sarandon]. The Vagina Monologues, subtitled “An Anthropological Exploration”, reveals a series of different women’s stories and experiences involving their genitalia. The material was gathered from hundreds of intimate interviews, conducted by Ensler, in which women were asked probing questions such as “If it [your vagina] could talk, what would it say?”.Marking International Sign Language Day 2023, Deafinitely Theatre presents a special charity fundraising performance of V (formerly Eve Ensler)’s acclaimed The Vagina Monologues in BSL and Spoken English with captions directed by Paula Garfield. Performed by a mix of 20 deaf and hearing women and non-binary people from all walks of life, the one-off performance will raise much-needed funds for the charity Deafinitely Women, which provides essential services to make sure all deaf women are able to live free from abuse.