ONE WOMAN'S STRUGGLE TO BREAK THE CHAINS OF 'LOVE'
It is Christmas Eve and 'Rose,' a woman in a red dress, awakes to find that she has no memory of who or where she is.
As she gradually weaves the threads of memory together, a dark and violent picture begins to emerge....
Compelled to leave for fear of her life, Rose begins to pack...
but it's dark outside and the house is full of strange noises.
Will she escape, before her attacker returns? ...
Or is he still in the house?
A THRILLER with a difference
Lady In Red is a is a tense, mesmerising journey through the long, dark night of the soul. It is a treasure-house of essential knowledge for those wishing to fully understand domestic violence, what motivates and moves it. Rosie's abusive husband fairly strides through it's pages and jumps out at you - revealing the true motivation for his actions. This is a play that reads more like a thriller - it contains disturbing whispers, shadows on walls and disquieting noises, in the dark - all to a serious purpose - to answer the so often asked question " Why doesn't she just leave?"
A Valuable Resource
Contains additional information on domestic abuse and writing issue-based drama. With Foreword by Prof. Liz Kelly PhD CBE Lady - This book will change the way you think about domestic violence! What is domestic violence? Why does it really happen? This book answers these questions. It tells of a fictional journey. However, it is based on the testimonies of thousands of women. It answers the age-old question; Why doesn't she just leave?
"Wonderful, truly inspiring! I felt the terror, love, anguish - so emotive and powerful! Thought-provoking and beautiful"
Savita Ayling
Muslim Women's Collective
"Lady in Red accomplishes the nearly impossible. It powerfully conveys the lived experience of coercive control, including its most devastating effects on one woman's dignity and autonomy, while embracing her capacity for hope and resistance.
Alternately outrageous, thrilling, moving, educational and a springboard for action, this is political educational theater at its very best."
Evan Stark, Ph.D. MSW Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University. Author of the award-winning Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life
“Awesome, just awesome! ALL people in services dealing with victims of domestic abuse need to see this Including Police, CPS and Judges!”
Penny Clough MBE
(Mother of Jane Clough, the Blackpool nurse who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend)