Plays that tell the life stories of women who resisted oppression in different periods and geographies also made an impact at the 11th International Amed Theater Festival, organized under the theme “Dialogue for Peace.” 

 

One of these plays was “Mutige Frauen – Erinnern ins Jetzt,” performed by the Basel Public Theater team. Actress Carmen Dalfogo spoke about it.

 

‘WE HAVE COME TO THE PRESENT WITH WOMEN'S HISTORY’

 

Noting that the situation around the world is difficult and very frightening, Carmen Dalfogo stated that with the play “Mutige Frauen - Erinnern ins Jetzt,” they wanted to reflect the stories of women never seen in history. Carmen Dalfogo said: “Nobody speaks about them. We learned in school a lot of things about men and not about women. We wanted to show the strength and the community of women. All of us did research about women. We tried to go into the past and come to the present with the history of women.”

 

Stating that she was also very interested in the Yugoslav women who were against the war in the former Yugoslavia, Carmen Dalfogo said, “In our play, we chose some women from all over the world. We are from France, Greece, Yugoslavia, Germany, Switzerland. We tried to include many of them.” 

 

Pointing out that theater is a space with different perspectives, Carmen Dalfogo said: "The theatre is a place where you can be open, you can have another view, you can see another history, you can share, you are in a dialogue. You are not only in your land and have this view; you have to open up. I think even in Diyarbakır it’s amazing what is happening here. We can speak in our pieces about freedom. We can see it in another language, in another country, from other countries' views.”

 

‘WAR IS ON THE SIDE OF MEN'

 

Carmen Dalfogo, expressing that they share the stories of women in different countries and geographies, said, "What I liked the most here was that the people here are open to everything. Women have given birth, they have brought life, and they are on the side of protecting life; not war. War is much more on the side of men."