The Record: ‘Chelsea’s Story’ of sexual exploitation going online for free, weeklong run

The Record: February 8, 2022 – MT Space, Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council (WRCPC) and Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region (SASCWR) are collaborating once again to present a weeklong run of Chelsea’s Story to commemorate and promote Human Trafficking Awareness Day, which falls on Tuesday, Feb. 22.

The theatrical production has been adapted to an online format and will be performed live by MT Space actors, from Feb. 22 to 26, with each performance accompanied by a talkback facilitated by SASCWR. All tickets to ‘Chelsea’s Story’ will be free and open to the public (click here to register).

‘Chelsea’s Story’, based on a true story, centres on a group of three students who discover the diary of a 15-year-old girl named Chelsea, who is targeted and groomed by a man posing as her boyfriend to be trafficked for sex. The screenplay was written by Sean McGrath from Alter Ego Creative Solutions in the U.K. for people as young as 12 to understand what trafficking is and the ways in which those who are vulnerable, particularly girls and young women, tend to be targeted and groomed.

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