Anne meets Jeffrey

“It’s difficult you know to find words now to say you know, like it’s difficult because you know like she is the victim you know and I am the one who did it, so it is already been done you know. I can’t really say sorry you know because that would be too easy…”  

(‘Jeffrey’, recorded in September 2014)

 

Anne meets Jeffrey is a new work conceptualised and created by Emma Berentsen in collaboration with Tiffany Murphy. They investigate the rape case of ‘Anne’, the name Emma made up for herself the night of her rape. The starting point of the piece was the meeting ‘Anne’ had with ‘Jeffrey’, the perpetrator, seven years after the attack. Emma developed an initial concept for the performance and later asked Tiffany to join her to collaborate on the re-telling and re-claiming of her story. The work explores the challenges posed by witnessing and remembering, especially in the face of trauma through live performance, video and sound. Anne meets Jeffrey is an intimate and engaged performance about the fear of dying, losing dignity and reclaiming power by facing your biggest fear.

Created by: Emma Berentsen in collaboration with Tiffany Murphy

Produced by: Annemiek van Elst & Emma Berentsen

Dramaturgy: Raz Weiner

Supported by: Battersea Arts Centre and Camden People’s Theatre

Thanks to:  Unicorn Theatre, Goldsmiths College, VEEM, house of performance, Clear Lines Festival, David Doyle, Claire Nicolas, Hannah Fisher, Nao Nagai, Filippo Bertetto, Jenny Boat and Sofia Morandotti