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Following a SOLD OUT Edinburgh Festival Fringe run, as winners of the Underbelly and New Diorama Untapped Award, hit-show Blanket Ban transfers to Southwark Playhouse Borough.
A rallying cry on behalf of the women of Malta who have been denied life saving abortions.
“Sometimes I’m afraid of this play.”
Malta: Catholic kitsch, golden sun, deep blue sea, Eurovision – and a blanket ban on abortion.
Propelled by three years of interviews with anonymous contributors and their own lived experience, actors and activists Marta and Davinia interrogate Malta’s restrictions on the freedom of women.
What does it mean for your country to implement trailblazing social justice laws, but have some of the world’s strictest abortion laws?
Reviews
“It makes theatre seem essential when it so often doesn’t.” Lyn Gardner, Stage Door
★★★★★ “Hard-hitting, and painfully eye-opening.” Theatre Weekly
★★★★★ “A heart-shatteringly brilliant piece of theatre.” SkinnyMagazine
★★★★★ “Theatre such as this is rare.” MickeyJoTheatre
★★★★ “It seems impossible to leave Blanket Ban without a sense of the great peril of the lack of abortion access in Malta – and of course, across the western world.” WhatsOnStage
Mon – Sat: 8pm
Tue & Sat: 3.30pm
Running Time: 85 minutes.
No interval and no re-entry.
Contains haze, strong language, depictions of rape/suicide, flashing lights, graphic depictions of abuse, references to miscarriage and abortion and references to the holocaust.
Recommended for ages 14+.
There will be a post-show talk on Wednesday 10th May covering the themes in the play, with guests TBC.
Audio Described
Tuesday 16th May at 3.30pm
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Theatre Address
Southwark Playhouse,
77-85 Newington Causeway,
London,
SE1 6BD
