The play had a hit off Broadway run in New York in the 1996/97 season, winning a Drama Desk Award nomination and an Obie Award. The play has subsequently been performed on tour in America with great success. 'The Vagina Monologues' was the centrepiece for V-Day, a gala theatrical and musical charity event, which took place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York on Valentine's Day 1998. Artists taking part in this event included Whoopi Goldberg, Winona Ryder, Glenn Close and Susan Sarandon. The Vagina Monologues, subtitled "An Anthropological Exploration", reveals a series of different women's stories and experiences involving their genitalia. The material was gathered from hundreds of intimate interviews, conducted by Ensler, in which women were asked probing questions such as "If it your vagina could talk, what would it say?". The Vagina Monologues website.| 2 Dec 02 to 7 Dec 02 | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford, Surrey Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 25 Nov 02 to 30 Nov 02 | Richmond Theatre Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 11 Nov 02 to 16 Nov 02 | Theatre Royal Brighton, East Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 4 Nov 02 to 9 Nov 02 | Theatre Royal Glasgow Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 21 Oct 02 to 26 Oct 02 | Sheffield Theatres Sheffield, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 14 Oct 02 to 19 Oct 02 | Warwick Arts Centre Coventry, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 30 Sep 02 to 5 Oct 02 | Arts Theatre Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 17 Sep 02 to 21 Sep 02 | The Lowry Salford, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 10 Sep 02 to 14 Sep 02 | Theatre Royal Bath, Bath & North East Somerset Performance Details => Venue archive |
