The City for Incurable Women
fish in a dress
Ladies and Gentlethem – Feeling a little upset? Have you tried hypnosis, psychoanalysis, smelling salts and it just doesn't work? Try The City for Incurable Women! Paris, 1880s. In a psychiatric hospital, female patients performed "hysteria" for the public. The doctors went to extraordinary lengths to prove their theories about the four stages of madness. International theatre-collective, fish in a dress follows the thread of the history of hysteria as the audience becomes complicit in an outrageous tale of medical misogyny. (Warning: hysteria cure not included).
Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing, More information
Contains references to emotional abuse, mental health, misogyny, sexual violence and sexism.
Age category: 14+
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