Directed by SUSIE McKENNA, set amongst the vibrant, intense cacophony of North West London, NW Trilogy is a collection of three vivid stories, told over one performance, that remember and celebrate people who changed the course of history. The personal is political in these soulful explorations of what it means to be part of one of the most dynamic communities in the world.
Reel to a dance hall in ‘County Kilburn’ in Moira Buffini’s Dance Floor where the Guinness flows, the music never stops and for homesick Aoife, there’s far more at stake than a dance.
In Roy Williams’ bittersweet Life of Riley, Paulette is on a journey to connect with her estranged father Riley, a reggae musician once part of the influential Trojan Records scene, who can’t seem to let go of the past.
And, Suhayla El-Bushra’s Waking/Walking introduces us to Anjali, a wife, mother and newly arrived migrant following Idi Amin’s expulsion of the Asian minority from Uganda, who is torn between not making a fuss and seizing her moment to take a stand as the Grunwick dispute unfolds.
NW Trilogy is powerful, funny and epic and shows us how we can change the world from our doorstep.
6th Sept – 9th Oct 2021
Audio Described: 30 September, 7.30pm
Post Show Q&A: 5 October, 7.30pm
Captioned: 7 October, 7.30pm
The auditorium is currently reduced to 170 seats to allow space between audience members.
Photograph of Notting Hill Carnival 1979 by David Hoffman
Artwork design by MUSE Creative Communications
Presented as part of the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture, Brent 2020.