*Photo credit: JDev Studios
HOW DOES ONE begin to tell the story of a victim of bullying? Empathy may allow us to glimpse the edges of their pain, but can we ever truly know its weight—the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual toll of being coerced, hurt and diminished by abuse, aggression or cruel words? How do you convey the dragging heaviness of desolation or the invisible bruises that mark the individual?
Yet, theatre and performance makers across the world have long turned to the stage as a platform to confront this darkness. Through movement, words and visuals, they embody the intangible, giving shape to the silenced voices of victims—the process of losing, of searching and of rebuilding one’s sense of self.
