Overview
- The show, which began Aug. 7, is running at the Gilded Balloon through Aug. 17 and has reported sell-out performances.
- Friends of Meredith Kercher’s sister launched an online petition calling for the production’s cancellation and say the show trivializes violence against women.
- Stephanie Kercher told the BBC she finds the comedy format inappropriate and urged Knox to consider the family’s perspective.
- Amanda Knox has defended Cartwheel as a personal piece about motherhood and wrongful imprisonment and says it does not make jokes about Kercher’s death.
- The Fringe Society and venue cite the festival’s open-access model and say programming decisions rest with the artist and venue, a stance that keeps the debate over artistic freedom and victims’ dignity in public view.