Les Monologues du V.

The Vagina Monologues may have had the title toned down for wider public consumption – the original was hardly likely to get past the censors, even in this French-language version – but it still packs a powerful piece of feminist theatre. The dramatist Eve Ensler based her test on more than 200 interviews with women who confided their sensations, their traumas, their aspirations, their anxieties, their joys … As the publicity for this Francophone presentation puts it: “plus qu’une pièce de théâtre, c’est un véritable phénomène de société”. It’s delivered by Solena Banks, Marie-Alice Drissi and Chrystele Rossignol and directed by Culture Emulsion’s main man Stéphane Brismontier.