A protester puts a message on a school's sign during a demonstration against the alleged rape of three girls at Moi Girls School Nairobi, a prestigious government boarding school, on Saturday at the main entrance of the school in Nairobi on Monday. Photo: AFP

A young actress bathed in the spotlight pleads "leave me, I will go home... please!" in her role as a 13-year-old girl brutally raped and killed in Nepal last year, in an adaptation of the renowned play The Vagina Monologues.

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the Nepali rendition "Private is Political - Vagina Monologues 4.0" gives life to real stories about harassment in the South Asian nation.

The original award-winning play by American author Eve Ensler premiered in New York in 1996 and celebrated female sexuality and empowerment, but also tackled issues of rape, abuse, and misogyny.

This latest production from Nepali theater collective Katha Ghera departs from the original by using backstage conversations of the cast as they rehearse a performance as a way to tell stories of sexual abuse.

It aims to tackle the social constraints and internal conflicts that make it difficult for women to speak out on such topics in the conservative and patriarchal nation.

AFP