
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
16-18th February 2026
University of Salford
Salford
(Closed performance)
3-4th March 2026
The Pleasance
Islington
London
10th March 2026
The Garage
Norwich
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
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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