Dones valentes

Journalist Txell Feixas Torras worked for TV3 in Lebanon and the Near East. There she interviewed many women and later made a book with the interviews. Director Glòria Balañà i Altimira has wanted to bring those stories to the stage. They prepared the show with playwright Aina Tur and the journalist's collaboration. The real stories of Khadija, Hiyam, Gulan, Maya and Nancy, Benchymer, Majd, Joumana, Samar and many others are told. For them, speaking is an act of survival in the face of violence, war, misery, injustice and discrimination for being women. Aina Tur and Glòria Balañà i Altimira propose a dramaturgy based on this striking book by journalist Txell Feixas Torras, National Journalism Prize 2023: stories of resistance, of rebellion, of empathy. Of courage or of pure survival. Of struggle and dignity. Performers: Emma Arquillué, Marwa Bakhat, Agnès Jabbour, David Menedez, Manar Taljo. Scenography: Ona Grau. Costume: Marta Rafa. Lighting: Marc Lleixà (A.A.I.). Video: Alfonso Ferri. Sound: Àlex Polls. Movement: Ariadna Montfort. Assistant director: Georgina Surià and the Teatre Lliure teams. Acknowledgements: Mònica Rius Piniés and Ivan Benet.