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Eleven year old Maggie Mills has severe cerebral palsy and the mental age of a 5-month old infant. Her condition will not and cannot change or improve. Her mother believes that the physical changes that accompany adolescence can only bring distress and requests that surgeons remove her daughter's womb. The Mills case is examined from the point of view of the onlookers, a Greek chorus that asks what could or should happen next. Performer and disabled rights activist Robert Softley challenges this chorus and the heart wrenching, highly contested ethical issues that surround the case. When do private matters become public concern? Is the majority always right? Where will it all end? Inspired by debates on internet forums, Girl X is a new powerful and provocative fully staged piece of theatre from Pol Heyvaert, the creator of the National Theatre of Scotland's extraordinary Aalst. Recommended for age 16+

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Pol Heyvaert, Robert Softley, Bart Capelle
Producer: National Theatre of Scotland
Director: Pol Heyvaert
Music: Scott Twynholm