45’35’55’
Format: Forum Theatre Performance |
Cause: Sexual Assault |
Year: 2006
‘Sometimes it takes as long as fifty years for a rape survivor to speak up, says a gender activist.’ In 45”35”55”, it takes 25 years. Two ageing sisters steeped in their routines, who come into the property and decide to live together, under one roof after 25 years are in for a life-changing revelation. As diehard beliefs collide with age-old habits, they enter what is called a war zone — yet survival instinct drives them together and they finally agree to bring in a tenant, a young career woman, who enters their lives like a whirlwind, blowing away cobwebs of manipulative habits, patterns, beliefs, ideologies, nurtured over a lifetime; bringing out their vulnerabilities, forcing them to be honest and open. The endearing and funny tale that hilariously skims the surface of everyday interactions dives into the depths of heart-wrenching events, covered, and denied for 25 years. 25 years of concealing the trauma and violence of gang rape.