Nanay : a testimonial play
Nanay in Tagalog (Filipino language) means mother, which also sounds like "Nanny". The play is part of the Push festival here in Vancouver which played this February. Nanay is a testimonial based play about caregivers from the Philippines who work as nannies here in Canada and all over the world. Testimonial based means that the script used in the play was based from an archived 15 year reasearch of real testimonies from abused domestic caregivers. The play was structured like a tour where we were guided by a moderator through different rooms, represented as perspectives. The working caregiver's perspective, migrating displaced cargiver, separated children and the employers perspective. The order of experiencing the play varies from what time you bought your ticket. I liked how the performer was three steps away from the spectator as it felt very intimate and heart wrenching. Watching the performer clean dishes and mummble about her life was so banal yet engaging because of our distance. Although the play was ontop of their issue some sides were not presented equally like the benefits and positive outcomes of working and leaving their country.
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