An act of disclosure that gives a voice to the HIV experience
The shame of living with HIV is a central theme of every story we hear in Rapids, from gay men to migrant women to drug addicts
Rapids
Mermaid Theatre, Bray, Co Wicklow
On tour
Rating:****
You should probably know what a rapid is before you watch Talking Shop Ensemble’s docu-drama Rapids. At the very beginning, writer and performer Shaun Dunne tells us it’s a phenomenon of nature: the fast-flowing part of a river; not quite a waterfall, but a gushing torrent of enormous power. It is also, however, the name of a finger-prick HIV test, which can confirm a ...
