Princess Essex review – Anne Odeke gives spark to Black British history lesson

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Princess Essex review – Anne Odeke gives spark to Black British history lesson
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The performer of this one-woman play steers through multiple characters with charm, but is held back by a story that is less than the sum of its parts

rincess Dinubolu of Senegal hit the headlines in 1908 for entering a beauty pageant in Southend-on-Sea. It was controversial for a Black woman to be part of such a competition and she got as far as the second round at the Kursaal amusement park in Essex. But mystery swirls around this maverick historical figure.Anne Odeke’s show – a combination of theatre, stand-up and lecture – gives us an imaginary riff on this little known Senegalese princess.

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