Ashton Malcolm and Elena Carapetis in State Theatre Company of South Australia’s Othello. Photo © Shane Reid
To be performed at the Footscray Community Arts Centre next month, Scheherazade – named after the character from 1001 Nights whose storytelling ability is the only thing that keeps her from being murdered by her husband – will employ a range of theatrical techniques in order to highlight the entrenched societal issue of violence against women.
