VJ Theatre Productions presents: “Streets Paved with Gold”

Award winning short play written and performed by Victor Richards

Performance Date: 8th March 2008
Event Start Time: 8pm sharp!
Duration: 55 min
Admission: £10
Bar on site: Open from 7pm to 11pm

“Windrush Achievement Award” Finalist

The reminiscences of a Black British Citizen

“Streets Paved with Gold” is a short play written and performed by Victor Richards. 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, and 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 show has been specially put together for schools, colleges and organisations throughout the world for conferences, group discussion and workshops. This play works well in intimate spaces.

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. These people left their homes and travelled to the unknown in search of opportunity and a brighter future for themselves and their children. This, then, is the subject matter of the thought-provoking play “Streets Paved with Gold”. The play is 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 introduce you to the character of Augustus Cleveland Johnson, who arrives in London at Tilbury docks during the 1950’s.

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