A collective theatrical piece, 'All The Rage', has been staged in London by 80 female and non-binary playwrights. Inspired by the Jeffrey Epstein files, the project aims to confront institutional silence, cultural complicity, and the enduring history of misogyny. The show is being performed in 15 rooms of a former insurance building in London, featuring short scripts and texts in installations.
The project was coordinated by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, who also penned the 2022 film 'She Said', which exposed Harvey Weinstein's decades of sexual abuse. Lenkiewicz stated that the project was born out of anger at the lack of attention paid to Epstein's victims in the coverage of the Epstein files, which were released in January.
The show's contributors include Lucy Kirkwood, Timberlake Wertenbaker, and Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, whose contributions include a poem inspired by Virginia Giuffre's memoir and a letter to a man from her past, respectively. The lead director is Lucy Morrison, a former Associate Director at the Royal Court Theatre.
'All The Rage' is running at Theatre Deli, Leadenhall Street, London, until Saturday 13 June. The project aims to shift the shame associated with sexual violence and rape, placing the guilt with the perpetrators.