Under the Kundè Tree London Reviews and Tickets

70%

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Members say

Absorbing, Relevant, Intense

About the Show

Clarisse Makundul's drama about a young woman struggling to fulfill traditional family obligations.

Set in the 50s during the secret Cameroonian war of independence, Sara struggles to strike a balance between her dreams and that of her family.

Examining colonialism, identity, and freedom, 'Under the Kundè Tree' takes a look into this overlooked and often unknown period of history.

Ebenezer Bamgboye - a member of the Young Vic directors programme - directs.

Show-Score Member Reviews (1)

Relevant, Intense, Absorbing

See it if you want a visceral, physical and emotional piece of theatre. An interesting chronicle of an under reported piece of history.

Don't see it if you don't like emotionally charged theatre. You like all the tangents of the story to be wrapped up neatly at the end. Read more

Critic Reviews (3)

"The production is stuffed full of stylistic invention and a uniformly strong cast, especially Jones, who gives an extraordinarily graceful performance."
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"The script needs some reshaping: the ending arrives too sharply and after a well-paced early tempo in the writing, it feels particularly out of place."
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If you aren’t afraid to look at the brutality of history between the eyes, Under the Kundè Tree is a powerful and crafted wake-up call to cultivate an awareness of what horrors have occurred to get the world to where it is now. An important, if difficult production.
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