Details

Venue

The Elliott Hall

Duration

6:15pm - 8pm

Price

£2 General Admission

Age guidance

Suitable for ages 9+

Warning

General Admission

This ticket permits the holder to general admission to the event

Admission + Food Box *SOLD OUT*

This ticket permits the holder to general admission to the event and then at the end of the night, a takeaway box of traditional Caribbean food. Options include Jerk Chicken, Veggie Jerk or Chickpea Curry. Meal options are based on a first come first served basis and limited to 100 tickets only.

Running Order

6:15pm: Performance from Harrow Community Gospel Choir
7pm: 'Streets Paved with Gold' followed by Q&A
8:15pm: Takeaway food boxes available for 'Food Box' ticket holders

22nd June 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks in Essex. Empire Windrush was a ship that brought to Britain the first 500 immigrants from the Caribbean islands. Between 1948 and 1964 thousands of people left their homelands in the Caribbean to come to England, having been disillusioned and pushed out by the unfortunate economic circumstances, while at the same time being encouraged and swayed by advertisements for jobs in Britain placed by London Transport and NHS.

This, then, is the subject matter of the thought-provoking play “Streets Paved with Gold”which is a long running successful national and international Windrush theatre play by Victor Richards. The story is about the Windrush generations who came from the Caribbean to rebuild Britain after World War II. The play is an educational and historical story but also humorous and entertaining family show.

The play is also based on the reality of people bold enough to plunge themselves into the unknown, into another period of flux in a collective social history fluid with new beginnings and strange places full of threats and promises. Victor Richards introduces you to the character of Augustus Cleveland Johnson, who arrives in London at Tilbury docks in the 1948.

The play is set in the present but explores recent history from the 1950’s onwards. In his one man show, Victor Richards explores African-Caribbean migration as well as themes themes of hope, identity, and change. The story line of “Streets Paved with Gold” weaves together a thrilling and informative picture of the collective experiences of Black British Citizens resulting from their new surroundings.

This event is presented by the Harrow Windrush Consortium and is part of a wider funded programme called Voices of Windrush that is being hosted at Harrow Arts Centre. Voices of Windrush programme project aims to educate Harrow’s wider community and bring people together to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Windrush in Harrow.

The event is funded by Near Neighbours and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). The Harrow Windrush Consortium is made up of the following partners: