#CHARLOTTESVILLE – The play that Trump does not want you to see and I can understand why he probably wouldn’t but other people will want to see it. Nothing upsets a certain breed of human more than someone who speaks out and isn’t afraid to challenge the most appalling atrocities that people will do to each other.
Priyanka Shetty was a performing arts student at the University of Virginia during the time that the tempers erupted between protesters and counter-protesters in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, founded by President Thomas Jefferson.
Shetty has carried out hours of research speaking to Charlottesville citizens, visiting and getting first-hand information from far-right websites, collecting news reports and managing to obtain court transcripts with details of the prosecution of the white-supremacist conspirators.
The play offers an informative “fast-paced exploration” moving quickly between a wide range of characters and perspectives of people who were caught up in it whether by choice or simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Shetty performs a range of characters throughout the performance from university professors, news reporters, lawyers, and those terrified first-hand witnesses.
Shetty tells the shocking story about the violence that took place with passion and factual evidence. A truly outstanding performance which shocks and horrifies in equal measures. These events need to be remembered and spoken about, especially with the fragile state we are currently facing politically across the world. History has a cruel way of repeating itself over and over again!
Then comes the calm, Shetty reflects at the end that there’s a strong possibility that she might never be allowed into the United States of America again after speaking out against the authority and those involved.
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Five Stars.
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/charlottesville-play-trump-does-not-want-you-see
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