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Interactive play gives Spain teens insight into gender violence
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Spanish actors Ana Merchante (L) and Manu Chacon play a scene during interactive theatre by El Teatro Que Cura (The Healing Theatre) to raise awareness about domestic violence among teens, at El Olivo high school in Parla, south of Madrid on November 11, 2022. Set up in 2017, Teatro que Cura uses interactive theatre to immerse teens in dramatised scenarios of inequality and violence to raise awareness about conflict and gender-based violence.
(AFP /Oscar Del Pozo)
T
he row started with something minor: 'Edu' was laughing at something on his phone but refused to show it to his girlfriend 'Ali'. She got upset and they started arguing.
Angry words turned into shouting and insults and suddenly a furious 'Edu' grabs her phone and hurls it to the classroom floor where it shatters, the violent gesture shocking the group of watching teenagers.
The confrontation between the two characters, played by actors, is part of a play by Teatro Que Cura (The Healing Theatre) visiting a high school in the town of Parla near Madrid to raise awareness about domestic violence.
November 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and in Spain, which passed Europe's first law against it in 2004, experts agree education is key to reducing the problem.
In May, official figures showed gender violence was growing fastest among the under-18s, with the number of female victims up nearly 30 percent from 514 in 2020 to 661 in 2021.
It was unclear if this was due to an increase in violence or a rise in the number of incidents reported.
The play at El Olivo high school starts with the couple getting ready for their first date, Edu wining over the 15- and 16-year-olds with a humorous monologue worrying over his looks, what to wear and his chances of getting laid.
