Tiffany Antone is a playwright, director, educator and producer. She is co-founder of The@trics and runs Little Black Dress INK, a female playwright producing organization. She writes here about the temptations and dangers of using trigger warnings, and how such warnings can limit both artistic freedom and an audience’s artistic appreciation. It was published first in Howlround. Tiffany Antone Trigger warnings and artistic freedom In 2014, Little Black Dress INK’s ONSTAGE festival lineup included a powerful little ‘rape comedy’ by playwright […]

Categories: Culture & Books, Free Speech • Tags: censorship, offence, rape, satire, theatre, trigger warnings