Coming To England
From Wed 19 Feb
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“I was 10 years old,” recalls television personality Baroness Floella Benjamin, in talking about her arrival in the UK in 1960. “When we got to England, we lived in one room in London. There were eight people in that one room, but my mum said, ‘Don’t cry, because this room is full of love.’
The story of Floella’s journey from her home in Trinidad to begin a new life in the UK is here being told on stage, returning to the Midlands with a new look. “This show is so joyful,” she says, “the music, the sets, the colour; it’s like a cauldron of excitement. It’s a rich tapestry of sadness, frustration, laughter and joy, all coming together as the big H - hope.”
The Rep, Birmingham
various £15 upwards