The controversial issue  of abortion will take centre stage in a new play, which exposes a reality often played out behind the scenes.

De-terminated is gleaned from a series of interviews carried out in 2017 with women and men (all Maltese nationals bar one) who went through the abortion experience as well as activists on both sides of the debate.

The characters in the play weave out the intolerance, fear and frustration when it comes to abortion in Malta.

The stories range from a girl who explains why she chose to have an abortion after she was violently raped, to the man who forced his partner to terminate her pregnancy and is nowadays an anti-abortion advocate.

Author and director Herman Grech chose a narrative/documentary perspective style of theatre for a subject which has never been tackled in detail on a Maltese stage.

The one-act play features six of Malta’s finest actors – Alan Paris, Isabel Warrington, Charlotte Grech, Marta Vella, Jes Camilleri and Jo Caruana.

The production is supported by the Malta Arts Fund. 

De-terminated is being staged at Spazju Kreattiv tonight, tomorrow and Sunday and on October 26, 27 and 28 at 8pm. Tickets may be obtained online from http://www.kreattivita.org/en/event/de-terminated/ .