Major theatrical event 'All the Rage' unites 70+ female playwrights to respond to Epstein files and Prince Andrew
Over 70 UK-based female playwrights are staging an ambitious performance art event called 'All the Rage' in a former London office building starting Thursday, featuring short scripts and installations responding to revelations in the Epstein files. The project was rapidly assembled by writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz to center victims' perspectives and female voices in the conversation around sexual abuse and exploitation. The event aims to shift shame from victims to perpetrators and break institutional silence that has enabled abuse.
Dozens of leading female writers, including Lucy Kirkwood, Penelope Skinner, Timberlake Wertenbaker, and Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, are collaborating on 'All the Rage,' a large-scale performance spanning 15 rooms of a former insurance building in London's financial district. The event, organized by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (writer of the 2022 Weinstein film 'She Said'), features short scripts, artistic installations, and performances inspired by the Epstein files and themes of power, abuse, and exploitation. Lenkiewicz expressed frustration that media coverage of the Epstein revelations focused predominantly on the men and money involved, rather than centering victims like Virginia Giuffre, who detailed her abuse and died in 2025. The performance deliberately avoids portraying the accused men directly, with Lenkiewicz stating 'those men have had enough oxygen.' The project aims to reframe narratives around sexual violence by shifting shame from victims to perpetrators and breaking what organizers describe as institutional silence that enables abuse to continue.
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