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Belly of the Beast post-show video and photos: Do schools demand conformity?
Belly of the Beast post-show video and photos: Do schools demand conformity?

Belly of the Beast post-show video and photos: Do schools demand conformity?

By Terri Paddock|2025-01-26T20:19:04+00:0015 January 2025|Tags: Belly of the Beast, Clarisse Makundul, Dadiow Lin, Finborough Theatre, Neil McPherson, Saana Sze, Sam Bampoe-Parry, Shiloh Coke|

One of the most sobering statistics in Belly of the Beast's programme note comes from The School Report 2017: 84% of trans students, including non-binary individuals, self harmed, and 45% attempted suicide.

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Belly of the Beast
Belly of the Beast

Belly of the Beast

By Terri Paddock|2024-10-29T12:09:32+00:0029 October 2024|Tags: Belly of the Beast, Clarisse Makundul, Dadiow Lin, Finborough Theatre, Saana Sze|

Belly of the Beast, British-Ugandan Saana Sze's award-winning examination of school politics, receives its world premiere as the Finborough Theatre's first in-house co-production in years.

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Under the Kundè Tree post-show video and photos: Why was Cameroon’s war of independence hidden?
Under the Kundè Tree post-show video and photos: Why was Cameroon’s war of independence hidden?

Under the Kundè Tree post-show video and photos: Why was Cameroon’s war of independence hidden?

By Terri Paddock|2023-09-04T11:07:26+01:002 June 2023|Tags: Clarisse Makundul, New writing, Southwark Playhouse, Under the Kunde Tree|

If you know next to nothing about the Cameroonian War of Independence, you are not alone. A quick poll of the audience at my post-show Q&A for Under the Kundè Tree proved that ignorance of the 1950s conflict is the norm - and intentional.

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Under the Kundè Tree
Under the Kundè Tree

Under the Kundè Tree

By Terri Paddock|2023-03-15T20:38:16+00:0015 March 2023|Tags: Clarisse Makundul, One Who Wants To Cross, Southwark Playhouse, Terri Paddock, Terri Paddock events, Under the Kunde Tree|

After One Who Wants to Cross at the Finborough in February, I'm thrilled to chair the post-show talk for another new play care of Clarisse Makundul Productions, Makundul's own Under the Kundè Tree.

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