Just had to write about something which we will hopefully hear a lot more about in the near future...

The title of the thread is a drama project which was premiered tonight at the British Museum in London. It featured a monologue and a short play, looking at the effect on family members separatedthen reunited through the migration process that has seen us arrive here over the last fifty years. The play in particular was superb, and featured three characters at an airport:

The mother, about to return to Jamaica and leaving her children and grandchildren behind. On the one hand, she's looking forward to a good rest after a lifetime of hard work; on the other, she fears that she is going to have to work as hard to reintegrate 'back home' as she had to when she came to England in 1962 during 'that winter'...

The son - born in Jamaica, but left by his mother for a number of years until she could send for him - and when he got here, he had a new baby brother to contend with. He's worked hard, done well - but angry, feeling second best to his UK-born brother - who hasn't made it to the airport...

The daughter - UK born, 14 years old - who doesn't want to lose her grandmother, who's really been her mother since her parents (her dad is the son at the airport) didn't make things work very well. Through her grandma, she's learned so much about a place she's never been to- things even her dad didn't know...

My guess is the older folks here will recognise the kind of story that unfolds, and there was a wonderful discussion between the cast, writer, director, and the audience at the end of the play. The plan is to take the play on a nationwide tour, and all I can say is if it makes it, go and see it. The drama is simple yet devastatingly effective, and the whole thing really connected people like nothing I've seen for a long time...

Be good to know if anyone elsehere was there and what you thought...