Matilda is my Grandma. She migrated from Jamaica to England in 1962. Now all of her memories have faded. I need to remember for her, for me, for us…

A woman makes a decision that will change her family’s history and the course of their future. Five decades later her granddaughter reflects on the eminence and consequence of that choice, retracing Matilda’s journey to discover how it has shaped her own.

Weaving together storytelling, spoken word, dubpoetry, live art, autobiography, and reggae music, this colourful and challenging performance offers a political viewpoint surrounding the lived experience of migration, colonialism, racism, and the current perception of British cultural identity.

“A skilled, multi voiced exploration of the lived experience and politics of mixed ethnicity. Hartley explores the pain, joy, dance, histories and spoken rhythms coming out of cultural and generational differences” Misri Dey, Senior Lecturer, Falmouth University

Written & Performed by Ria Hartley
Training & Methodology by D'bi Young Anitafrika
Additional Dramaturgy by Misri Dey
Additional Direction by Leo Kay