Baghdaddy

<i>Congratulations! Your pain is commercially</i><i>viable.</i><br/><i><br/></i>It's 1991 and the Gulf War rages three thousand three hundred and twenty miles away. Darlee is 8 years old crying behind the wheelie bookcase in Miss Stratford's classroom. She's just realised she's Iraqi. Or half. Maybe both. <br/><br/>She saw it on the news last night after <i>Neighbours</i>and fish fingers. Heard the fear slipping through the receiver saw it oozing from Dad's eyeballs and into the living room as he tried to phone home.<br/><br/>What she can't process now she'll be haunted by later; the spirits hounding her will make sure of that...<br/><br/><i>Baghdaddy</i>is a playfully devastating coming-of-age story told through clowning and memory to explore the complexities of cultural identity generational trauma and a father-daughter relationship amidst global conflict.<br/><br/>This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Royal Court Theatre in November 2022.