Italian born actress Roberta Laguardia makes her Liverpool stage debut in one woman show Franca, the result of research work on the figure of Franca Rame, the most innovative female figure in Italian theatre of the twentieth century.

The show, which comes to the Lantern Theatre from the 19^th to the 21^st May, looks deep into the heart and soul of the actress, in a fine example of a woman on the front line of the battle for civil rights. The performance looks at women’s rights and sexual violence against women, a subject matter that could be considered more relevant today now that the term “rape culture” has entered our social vocabulary.