Directed by Margaret Connell

Set/Costume Designed by Rebecca McGrory

Lighting Designed by Peter Mitchelson

Photographed by Andrew AB

One night a stranger knocks on the door of a survivor of torture and her human rights lawyer husband. She recognises the stranger's voice. Convinced he is the perpetrator of her violation, she proceeds to force a confession...
Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean author and playwright. Death and the Maiden was written in 1990, the year that Chile finally returned to democracy, its people coming to terms with the aftermath of Pinochet's dictatorship. Mass disappearances, torture, rape and murder.
The play explores trauma, morality and redemption. A journey from dark into light. Is forgiveness possible? Can an individual, or indeed, an entire nation reconcile after such violent and repressive division?
Still resonant with today, individuals and nations are divided and polarised, with autocratic rulers across the globe, and the rise of the far right an ever present threat. This play asks powerful questions about personal moral codes, the pursuit of justice and forgiveness and how (or if) we can be reconciled, personally and politically.