First-year Selwyn student Lola Olufemi has been cast as Othello in a production of the Shakespeare play that will run from May 19-23 at the ADC theatre. Lola, who is reading English, says of her role:
“Othello is in a high pressure environment, in which most of her peers don’t look or sound like her and yet she challenges those boundaries. I’ve faced a lot of similar things as a student here and I’m really keen to see how audiences respond to the dynamic of having a black female be in such a powerful, central position on a Cambridge stage. It feels subversive. We've put a lot into this production and that'll be clear when audiences come and see it.”
You can read more about the production, and book tickets at https://www.adctheatre.com/whats-on/drama/othello.aspx