“Death is a calling from your ancestors through the membrane between the living and the dead.”
Four women are summoned back to the African continent as strangers, eventually becoming sisters with one common thread: the blood of priestesses.
When Beldina Odenyo, aka Heir of the Cursed, died in November 2021 she left an unstaged play, Tero Buru, named after a funeral ritual practised by the Luo people of East Africa.
Beldina’s recorded voice is supported by a dazzling cast including Chinyanta Kabasso, Hannah Lavery, Jamie Marie Leary and Kimberley Mandindo who bring these words to life for the first time in a spectacular and intimate production.
Written by Beldina Odenyo. A Leah McAleer Project produced by Disaster Plan and in association with National Theatre of Scotland.
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Image 2: Beldina Odenyo / photo credit Beldina Odenyo (a woman sits on a bed facing away from the camera, undressed. We only see her silhouette).
Image 3: Beldina Odenyo in Dear Europe, a National Theatre of Scotland production in association with SWG3 / photo credit Drew Farrell (a woman is playing guitar and singing into a microphone. She is wearing a silver dress that wraps around her head).
