Five Kinds of Silence

Two women murder their father and hand themselves over to the police. When questioned they say “If you had to live inside our heads for five minutes, you’d go mad and die”.

FIVE KINDS OF SILENCE by Shelagh Stephenson is the story of a family in which control has become the driving force, where everything has its place, and where there are only rules, duties and punishments. This compelling drama takes us behind closed doors to reveal the secret world of a man obsessed with controlling the lives of his wife and daughters through violence and intimidation. It explores the conspiracy of silence that surrounds domestic oppression and reveals the terrible price the victims must pay in order to break free.