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A play titled "The Pelicot Trial" will feature appearances by US comedian Rosie O'Donnell and British actors Julie Hesmondhalgh, Adjoa Andoh, and Tamzin Outhwaite, among others. The performance is a documentary theatre piece based on the trial of Dominique Pelicot, who was jailed for 20 years for drugging and raping his wife Gisele Pelicot while allowing other men to do the same. Scheduled for November 30 at London's County Hall, it includes testimonies and written accounts from the trial and will also be streamed online.
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Milo Rau, a Swiss director and playwright, has created "The Pelicot Trial," a documentary theatre performance that features accounts from Gisele Pelicot's trial, police files, social commentary, and psychiatric reports of the 51 men prosecuted. The play premiered in Vienna last year and has since toured cities like Avignon, New York, Lisbon, Milan, and Bergen. It will be staged at London's County Hall as part of the Young Vic Theatre’s final shows for its 2026/27 season. Notable cast members include Rosie O'Donnell, Adjoa Andoh, Juliet Stevenson, and Samuel West among others, with further casting to be announced. The play is based on the case of Gisele Pelicot, who waived her right to anonymity as a survivor of sexual abuse. Her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, was sentenced to 20 years for drugging and raping Gisele and allowing other men to rape her while she was unconscious over nearly a decade. The production has been developed with journalists and feminist organizations in France and will be performed by 30 actors as part of a four-hour event.
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US comedian Rosie O'Donnell, Celebrity Traitors star Julie Hesmondhalgh, Bridgerton's Adjoa Andoh and EastEnders actress Tamzin Outhwaite will appear in a play based on the trial of the husband of Gisele Pelicot.
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Thirty actors and public figures will take part in The Pelicot Trial, a one-off "documentary theatre" style performance at London's County Hall next month.
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The play has been created from documents from the trial and psychiatric reports of dozens of men who were prosecuted in the case, which caused outrage in France and around the world, and turned Gisele Pelicot into a symbol of strength against sexual assault.
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Dominique Pelicot was jailed for 20 years for drugging and raping his then wife, and allowing 50 other men to rape her while she was unconscious.
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Other cast members include Truly, Madly, Deeply star Juliet Stevenson, All Creatures Great and Small actor Samuel West, Sixth Sense's Oliva Wiliams and Slow Horses' Kadiff Kirwan.
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Comedian Rosie Jones, Dune actress Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Bridgerton's Lorraine Ashbourne and Rizzle Kicks rapper Jordan Stephens will also take part.
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Further casting for the four-hour play, which was developed in collaboration with journalists and feminist organisations in France, will be announced in the coming weeks.
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The Pelicot Trial will be staged by the Young Vic theatre at London's County Hall on 30 November, and will also be streamed online.
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The Young Vic said the performance is a "profoundly affecting piece of documentary theatre, comprised of testimonies and written accounts from the trial, (which) pays tribute to the ordinary woman who opened the way to change".
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Gisele Pelicot, 73, waived her right to anonymity as a survivor of sexual abuse, and said shame should fall on her abusers, not her.
The Pelicot Trial received its world premiere in Vienna last year and has since toured to cities including Avignon, New York, Lisbon, Milan and Bergen.
Tickets for the London performance will go on general sale on Wednesday.
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