Kate Winslet to join 'The Pelicot Trial', as full company is announced

The company will also include Brian Cox, Lindsay Duncan, Lennie James, Tobias Menzies, and Ambika Mod.

Summary

• The actress will be joined by a company including Brian Cox, Lindsay Duncan, Misan Harriman, Suzy Eddie Izzard andLennie James
• The event is comprised of testimonies and written accounts from the trail, police files, social commentary, and psychiatric reports
• A free live-stream can be accessed via the Young Vic YouTube channel on 30 November between 6-10.30pm

The Young Vic has announced the full company of readers for the UK premiere of Milo Rau and Servane Dècle’s The Pelicot Trial, presented on 30 November at London County Hall.

Brian Cox, Lindsay Duncan, Misan Harriman, Suzy Eddie Izzard, Lennie James, Baroness Helena Kennedy, George MacKay, Tobias Menzies, Ambika Mod, John Simm, Indira Varma, Ellie Wilson, Kate Winslet, and Harriet Wistrich complete the company of 30 artists and public figures who will take part in the event. The performance also features Countertenor Hugh Cutting. They join the previously announced readers Adjoa Andoh, Nicole Ansari-Cox, Lorraine Ashbourne, Leo Bill, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Alfred Enoch, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Rosie Jones, Kadiff Kirwan, Rosie O'Donnell, Tamzin Outhwaite, Jordan Stephens, Juliet Stevenson, Samuel West, and Olivia Williams.

In the small French town of Mazan seemingly ordinary men from all social classes and age groups repeatedly raped an unconscious woman, organised by her own husband. Through these words and her decision to make her trial public, Gisèle Pelicot has become a symbol of resilience and the fight against sexual violence.

The Pelicot Trial is comprised of testimonies and written accounts from the trail, police files, social commentary, and psychiatric reports of the 51 men who were prosecuted as part of Gisèle Pelicot’s case this special performance. The play received its world premiere at the Vienna Festival and has toured internationally to cities including Avignon, New York, Lisbon, Milan, and Bergen performed by a different company in each city for one night only.

This one-off piece of documentary theatre will run for four and a half hours, with a free live-stream which can be accessed via the Young Vic YouTube channel on 30 November between 6-10.30pm.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of production