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 INCARCERATING EVE

Incarcerating Eve explores the impacts of female incarceration & disempowerment upon society throughout history to the present day.

 

Through our unique brand of theatricality, humour, innovative staging, compelling characters and powerful epic storytelling, we tell the story of Eve as Everywoman… Accused, suppressed, abused, silenced, but now rising, waking up to her full power as creator, nurturer, wisdom-keeper – Eve is exactly what the world needs right now.

 

Through 2000 years of Patriarchy, women have been imprisoned, tortured, and executed. Found guilty of witchcraft, hysteria, insanity, or the ‘impurity’ of childbirth, women have been locked up simply for the crime of being women. And right now, across the world, women’s freedoms - in body, mind and spirit - are taking a disturbing lurch backwards. With the election of convicted sex offenders to world power, the rollback of abortion rights in the US, the horrific regime in Afghanistan, forced child marriage, the incel movement and the alarming rise of domestic abuse during Covid - there is a pressing need to stand up and challenge these trends. In our militarised masculine world, it is high time to expose the lies societies have been fed by organised religion and politics. Incarcerating Eve explores who controls the narrative and what truth got buried along the way. We reveal ‘Herstory’ – the wisdom lost to generations - unearthing the truth instinctively understood by indigenous communities and anthropologists: that in the earliest of times, the divine feminine and masculine energies were revered equally and in balance. By connecting this knowledge with Eve’s stories of today, the play asks what needs to change for us to build a world that once again respects Mother Earth and chooses love and kindness over violence and war.

"Incarcerating Eve" is a truly powerful and beautifully crafted piece that explores women’s voices through history and across cultures. I was struck by how it connects past and present so thoughtfully, shining a light on women’s resilience and empowerment.”

FOUNDATION ARTS STUDENT OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY

TOUR DATES 2026

7th February 2026

The Barn, Blackbird Leys, Oxford

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10th February 2026

Bristol Trinity Centre 

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11th February 2026 

Centre for Youth and Community Development & Revoluton Arts

Luton

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12th February 2026

The Luton Library Theatre

Luton

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13th Feburary 2026

The Curve 

Slough

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16-18th February 2026

University of Salford 

Salford 

(Closed performance) 

3-4th March 2026 

The Pleasance 

Islington 

London

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10th March 2026

The Garage 

Norwich

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18th March 2026

Unity Theatre 

Liverpool 

20th March 2026

Oxford Brookes University in collaboration with the Human Rights Festival

25th March 2026

Northern Stage 

Newcastle

15-17th April 2026

Northwall Arts Centre

Oxford

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R&D Tour Dates:

14th October 2025

Oxford Brookes University

15th October 2025​

Bristol Sparks

16th October 2025

Luton All Women's Centre

17th October 2025

Salford University 

7th October 2025

EMBS College, Oxford

Oxford OX4 3UT

 

​​​8th October 2025

Methodist Church, Oxford

OX4 1JB​​

 

13th October 2025

Activate Learning

OX4 1SA

CAST AND CREATIVES​​​​

 

 

 

Eve 1 Tumba Katanda

Eve 2 Nora Naoumi

Eve 3 Vara Raturi

Eve 4 Eloise Sheffield​

 

All other parts are played by the company:​

Artistic Team Writer and Director: Yasmin Sidhwa

Producer: Maryam Ahmed

Technical Stage Manager: Ben Oakey

Costume/Prop Designer/Maker Su Frizzell

​Fundraiser: Sherrell Perkin

Administration & Finance Officer: Tolulope Woodington

 

 

​THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

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