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Post-show talks
Wed 22 Oct
An intergenerational conversation about student activism with those who were and are on the front lines. Lessons on Revolution creators Gabriele Uboldi and Sam Rees chair a Q&A between activists Wenda Clenaghen and Steve Jefferys who occupied the London School of Economics in 1968, and members of the LSE Liberated Zone who occupied the London School of Economics last year and continue to campaign for LSE to divest from apartheid.
Fri 24 Oct
Nadia Idle joins Lessons on Revolution creators Gabriele Uboldi and Sam Rees to discuss the past, present and future of activism. At a time when it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism, this Q&A explores how activists on the Left can use the radical history of 1968 to imagine a revolutionary future, and how theatre might help shape the image of tomorrow.
About the panellists
Wenda Clenaghen studied Sociology and Anthropology at the London School of Economics between 1965 and 1968. During this time, Wenda took part in the occupation of LSE dramatised in Lessons on Revolution. After obtaining an MA in African Studies at SOAS (1969), Wenda worked as a research assistant into the origins of Apartheid at the Polytechnic of North London. In 1974, she began her career as a teacher at the Willesden College of Technology whilst raising two daughters—her teaching career continued at the College of North West London until 2001. In the 1980s, Wenda was the Founding Chair of CUFOS, a charity advocating for the community use of the former Alexandra Palace Railway Station.
Creative Team
SAM REES – CO-WRITER AND PERFORMER
Sam Rees (he/him) is an acclaimed theatre-maker and researcher who has been described by critics as an artist ‘making space for radical conversation to happen’. Earlier this year, he was one of five practitioners selected for Camden People’s Theatre’s Starting Blocks programme and has received commissions from major institutions including the UK Space Agency. Sam has lectured on theatre-making at King’s College London, Central School of Speech and Drama, Rose Bruford, UEA, York, Kingston, Lancaster, and Birkbeck. In September 2025, he joined Queen Mary University of London’s Department of Drama as a postgraduate researcher.
GABRIELE UBOLDI – CO-WRITER AND PERFORMER
Gabriele is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and producer working internationally. Their work has been staged as far as Japan, Luxembourg, Ireland, and Italy, as well as in prestigious British venues such as Soho Theatre, the Young Vic, and the Bridge Theatre. Recurrent themes in Gabriele's work are the city and psychogeography, archives and memory, queerness and migration. Gabriele's practice is political, experimental, and interdisciplinary, oscillating between theatre, opera, digital, and site-specific audio installations. Since 2020, Gabriele has been heading Undone Theatre, a company using innovative dramaturgies to platform marginalised voices. www.gabrieleuboldi.com
ELLA DALE – SET AND VIDEO DESIGNER
Ella Dale is a Creative Producer and Co-Artistic Director of Carmen Collective. She is currently Development Producer at Pleasance Theatre and was formerly Deputy Artistic Director at The Hope Theatre, she brings a multidisciplinary approach to her work, often drawing on her background in visual design to create bold and dynamic storytelling. Recent credits include Lessons On Revolution, The Food Bank Show, GAMEPLAY, and Charlie Hartill Award winners The Unstoppable Rise of Ben Manager and Kanpur 1856. Ella is passionate about developing work that blends form and pushes the boundaries of theatre.
LAUREL MARKS – LIGHTING DESIGNER
Laurel has been a freelance Lighting Designer & Co-Artistic Director of The Hope Theatre. Lighting Credits Include: Gameplay (Pleasance & Camden People's Theatre), Yankl & The Beanstalk Dir. Laura Wohwhend (Pleasance), Montagues Millions Dir. Kate Bannister (The Jack Studio Theatre), Slaughterhouse Five Dir. Doug Baker (The Jack Studio Theatre), The Food Bank Show (Camden People's Theatre), Lessons On Revolution (The Hope Theatre, Soho Theatre, Summerhall & Jermyn Street Theatre), Fury & Elysium Dir. Rafaella Marcus & Karoline Gable (The Other Palace), The Arc Dir. Kayla Feldman (Soho Theatre), Tunnels Dir. Colin Ellwood, Press Dir. Romola Garai, Pickle Dir. Kayla Feldman (The Park Theatre), Snakehead Dir. Samuel Rees, Measured Dir. Cat Robey, 21 Round For Christmas Dir. Toby Hampton (The Hope Theatre).
RUDY PERCIVAL – COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER
Rudy Percival is a composer, arranger, and sound designer. Credits include Maison Mac (Goodspeed & Rhinebeck USA); The Mozart Question (Barn Theatre); The Criterion Theatre’s 150th Anniversary Gala; Derry Boys (Theatre 503); Drum (New Diorama & Soho Theatre); The Butterfly Project (Toyooka Theatre Festival & Camden People's Theatre); Superreal (Northwall Arts Centre); Wicked Witches (Pleasance Theatre); Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin & Sleeping Beauty (Swan Theatre); Turning the Screw (New Wimbledon Theatre & King's Head Theatre); and Deeper and Deeper (Above the Stag Theatre).
Lessons On Revolution © 2024 music and sound by Rudy Percival
Copyright agent: Alan Brodie Representation Ltd
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Special thanks to Rafaella Marcus, David Ralf, The Pleasance, LSE Library and Archives.
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