V-Day Christchurch Presents The Vagina Monologues

V-Day Christchurch 2010
Presents a Benefit Production of
The Vagina Monologues

V-Day Christchurch 2010 is proud to present a benefit production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues between April 24 - 26th at the Philip Carter Family Auditorium at the Christchurch Art Gallery.

Hailed by The New York Times as "funny" and "poignant" and by the Daily News as "intelligent" and "courageous," The Vagina Monologues, which was first performed off-Broadway by Ms. Ensler, dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement buried in women’s experiences. Ms. Ensler has performed the play to great acclaim throughout the world.

Last year over 4200 communities hosted V-Day benefits and raised funds of over $4 million around the world to help end violence against women. A group of Christchurch actresses have this year joined this global movement as part of the V Day 2010 Campaign.
Producers and Directors Sarah Campagnolo and Julia Capon are staging the production as part of the V-Day Campaign between February and May 2010. Campagnolo and Capon feel The Vagina Monologues raise important issues for both women and men and based on feedback from the Christchurch community expect that tickets to the three night only performance will sell quickly.
The campaign will raise money to end violence towards women and girls. 90% of profits from The Vagina Monologues will be returned to Christchurch Women’s Refuge Centre and The Monarch House, with the remaining 10% returned to “Stop Raping Our Greatest Resource: Power To The Women And Girls Of The Democratic Republic of Congo”, a campaign led since 2007 by V-Day and UNICEF.
The Vagina Monologues will be performed at The Philip Carter Family Auditorium in the Christchurch Art Gallery at 7.30pm on the 24th, 25th and 26th of April. Tickets are $22/$22.50 online and may be purchased through the Court Theatre (box office or online at www.courttheatre.org.nz), or on the night of the performance on the door. All proceeds benefit the Christchurch Womens Refuge Centre, Monarch House and V-day.

What is V Day?
V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual slavery.

The V-Day movement is growing at a rapid pace throughout the world, in 130 countries from Europe to Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and all of North America. V-Day, a non-profit corporation, distributes funds to grassroots, national and international organizations and programs that work to stop violence against women and girls. In 2001, V-Day was named one of Worth Magazine's "100 Best Charities" and in 2006 one of Marie Claire Magazine’s Top Ten Charities. In eleven years, the V-Day movement has raised over $70 million.

To learn more about V Day and its campaigns visit www.vday.org.

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