Belly of the Beast
By Aaron Sze
Year staged: 2025
Opening night: 07/01/2025
Staged in: Finborough Theatre (1980-)
Cast Size: 2
Synopsis
YoungMartha, a bright and agreeable student, falls in love with Gia, who has had enough of school and teachers that don’t care about girls like her. NowMartha enters the teaching industry, optimistic about making a positive change, but soon begins a quick journey towards disillusionment when they realise the corporate hell they’re in. Black, non-binary and queer, YoungMartha and NowMartha are set against rigid systems which insist they conform. Belly of the Beast examines school politics, from the standpoint of both student and a teacher, as it asks “What are schools for?”
Original Cast
Sam Bampoe-Parry
Cast
Shiloh Coke
Cast
Sam Bampoe-Parry
Cast
Shiloh Coke
Cast
Production Team
Dadiow Lin
Director
Clarisse Makundul
Producer (Clarisse Makundul Productions)
Neil McPherson
Producer (Finborough Theatre)
Delyth Evans
Set and Costume Design
Arnim Friess
Lighting Design
Max Pappenheim
Sound Design
Oli Fuller
Stage Manager
Elizabeth Sweeney
Casting Director
Dadiow Lin
Director
Clarisse Makundul
Producer (Clarisse Makundul Productions)
Neil McPherson
Producer (Finborough Theatre)
Delyth Evans
Set and Costume Design
Arnim Friess
Lighting Design
Max Pappenheim
Sound Design
Oli Fuller
Stage Manager
Elizabeth Sweeney
Casting Director