British Somali women's theatre gives the 'Side eYe' to exclusion

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British Somali women's theatre gives the 'Side eYe' to exclusion
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Members of Britain's community of Somali women have cast aside the conventional roles they say are expected of them for the ones they really want with the help of a theatre company set up to combat exclusion in performing arts.

Artistic director Hannah Abdule, a civil servant, co-founded Side eYe Productions in 2019 to create opportunities she felt were denied to people like her.

Last week, Side eYe's newest production "Desperate Times", the story of a Muslim teacher, who tangles herself in an hilarious web of lies to try to conceal her kleptomania, played to full houses at theAs part of its inclusive mission, Side eYe aims to give opportunities to Somali women with little theatrical experience.

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