The President's Cake at Triskel Arts Centre, 29 Mar-1 Apr. While 90s Iraq endures food shortages, Saddam Hussein decrees that every school make a cake to celebrate his birthday. Lamia, aged 9, is chosen, beginning a daunting quest for ingredients.
While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates. The young girl must now use her wits and imagination to gather ingredients for the mandatory cake or face the consequences.
“Always compelling and sometimes bleakly funny.” The Times
Sun 29 Mar 14:00, Mon 30 Mar - Wed 1 Apr 17:30.
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