"The Maids" is Jean Genet’s claustrophobic psychological drama about power, ritual, and identity. Two servants, locked in a perverse and intimate bond, enact elaborate role-playing fantasies in which they imitate—and seek to destroy—their mistress. As the boundaries between performance and reality collapse, the play exposes the violence, desire, and self-loathing embedded in systems of domination, turning servitude into a grotesque, ceremonial rebellion.

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 THE MAIDS by Jean Genet, in a translation by Martin Crimp was first performed at the Young Vic Theatre on 1 July 1999.

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Director: Scott Le Crass

Movement Director: Chakib Zidi

Actors: Victor Debono, Anton Saliba, Malcolm Galea

Set Design: Romualdo Moretti

Lighting Design: Chris Gatt

Sound Design: Albert Garzia

Theatre Next Door

2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 October 2026

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Special THANKS to Arts Council Malta, French Embassy in Malta, MGRM, LGBTQ+ Gozo.

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