December 12 Seven on Tour together with UN Women, BNWLA and the Rajshahi University arranged a reading of Seven at Rajshahi University located in north west of Bangladesh. The Seven on Tour in Bangladesh is a year-long project funded by Sida and implemented by UN Women, BNWLA and Universities with the purpose of combatting sexual […]
December 7, Seven on Tour together with UN Women, BNWLA and the Jahangirnagar University arranged a reading of Seven at the university outside of Dhaka city. The implementation of the Seven on Tour project is part of a year-long Sida funded project to prevent sexual harassment on campuses in three cities in Bangladesh. Ensemble Farhana […]
December 5-15 our team, once more, will go to Bangladesh. This time two workshops will be held with local stakeholders in cooperation with UNWLA and UN Women Bangladesh. We will also vist the universities Jahangirnagar University and Rajshahi University who participated in our last workshop to see the readings of Seven and follow up on their work to combat […]
Our partner from Seven on Tour Western Balkans 2013, Sarajevo Open Centre is continuing the work with Seven on Tour by arranging readings of Seven. on November 26 the first reading took place at Kamerni Teater 55, in Sarajevo on November 26. Ensemble Alma Kratina (DF) Jasna Duraković-Hadžiomerović (SBB) Dennis Gratz (Naša stranka) Darijana Katić (HDZ BiH) Vesna Švancer (SBB) Vjekoslav Bakula (HDZ […]
On november 25 the Ukrainian Women’s Fund and the Embassy of Sweden arranged a reading of Seven in the Ukrainian Parliament to start the 16 Days of activism campaign to end violence against women. Ensemble Mustafa Nayem (Journalist and MP) Oksana Syroyid (MP and Vice speaker of the Parliament) Tamila Tasheva (Women’s rights activist from […]
Today October 3rd Seven on Tour is performing Seven i Dhaka, Bangladesh. Seven on Tour is part of the UN Women initiative to combat sexual harassment at university campuses around Bangladesh. Stay tuned for more updates and photos!
13-18 September we’re going to Egypt again to prepare for the upcoming readings later this fall. Readings are planned to be conducted preliminary in Cairo and Alexandria but we still have three more Egyptian readings up for grabs. Do you want a reading of Seven on Tour in your city? Let us know!
Hedda about the events in Washington this week. This text was originally published on the American blog Equal Arty, http://www.equalarty.com/ an initiative focused on gender equality in arts leadership. News of ever-increasing atrocities reaches us from different corners of the world. As I am about to embark on a trip to Washington DC to oversee a […]
In 2013 Seven on Tour took SEVEN on a Balkan tour in collaboration with local host organizations and individuals. The play was very well received, however, it raised questions about the lack of stories of women from the Western Balkans as part of the production, or as part of any theatrical production. Therefore, the experience […]
What? The 2015 project by UN Women and Hedda Produktion is a one-year long project working with Seven in local communities and universities in order to prevent violence against women and tackle sexual harassment on campuses. The play will be translated into Bangla and produced at University Campuses as part of UN Women’s campaign Safer […]
About 700 people watched Seven at the National Music Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine 26 March 2015. The reading in Kyiv will be followed by a number of smaller readings, where and when is to be announced. In Ukraine, the stories was be read by Ada Rogovtseva (Actress) Serhiy Zhadan (Poet and novelist) Oksana Zabuzhko (Writer) Mustafa Nayem […]
March 12 the premiere of Seven in Montenegro was helt at the Montenegrin National Theatre, Podgorica, in front of a full house, amongst the guest the Montenegrin Minister of Human and Minority Rights Mr Suad Numanović and the Ambassador of Sweden to Serbia and Montenegro H.E. Mr Christer Asp. The reading in Podgorica was followed by another full […]
Last week, 22-23 January, all representatives for Seven in Belarus, Montenegro, Ukraine and Sweden met in Belgrade to discuss the upcoming readings later this year. Each participating party will highlight a specific women’s rights issue relevant for their country, but they all unite in the overall message – to promote and raise awareness about women’s […]
Earlier this week, 30 September to 2 October we visited Kiev, Ukraine to examine the possibilities of conducting a reading of Seven there during the beginning of 2015. The global problem of neglected women’s rights is present and current also in Ukraine. The number of domestic violence cases is increasing with 10 percent annually and […]
As a cooperation between Hedda Produktion AB and our local partners in Serbia and Kosovo the project of developing a play inspired by Seven but with stories from women on the Balkans was initiated. The project received funding from the Swedish Institute programme Creative Force and a initial meeting workshop was held at Ulcijn on […]
September 23 to September 30 representatives from Seven in Stockholm visited Serbia and Montenegro for start-up meetings to explore the possibilities of arranging Seven in Montenegro sometime during spring 2015 the preliminary date is set to 2-4 of March. Initial meetings were held with the local project leader Ms Tihana Culafic in Belgrade, Serbia, followed […]
