Join Artist in Residence Renell Shaw for an evening that celebrates history, identity, and the power of music.
Shaw, who is of Jamaican and Dominican heritage, says: “Staging The Windrush Suite and Echo in the Bones at Kings Place right now feels deeply significant to me because these works are about memory, inheritance and the stories that continue to shape who we are. They honour lives, histories and emotional truths that deserve to be heard in full. I hope audiences leave feeling moved, expanded and more connected to the human depth within these works. Through this journey I have learnt that my role is not just to compose, but to hold space for memory, truth and transformation through music.”
Ivor Novello Award-winning composer and musician Renell Shaw whose work bridges theatre (The Globe’s The Crucible, Othello, Royal Court Theatre’s Is God Is, Black Power Desk at Brixton House), contemporary composition and artist-led music, has assembled a roll-call of the UK’s finest musicians across Jazz, Classical and Contemporary Music for a landmark concert series honouring the Windrush Generation at Kings Place.
The extraordinary concert on June 25 marks the first ever performance with a full live ensemble of this award-winning masterpiece. Distinguished musicians directed by Shaw include multi-instrumentalist Orphy Robinson MBE; renowned classical crossover cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson; Rudimental trumpeter Mark Crown, Trombonist Nathaniel Cross; Charlie Laffer who plays for Maverick Sabre, on guitar; Jorga Smith bassist Mutale Chashi; Olivier-award winning composer Romarna Campbell (Sleepova) on drums, award-winning Jazz ensemble Tomorrow’s Warriors alumni Kezia Abouma on piano and not least, Grammy-award-winning and legendary tenor saxophonist Jean Toussaint.
Need to know: The Windrush Suite is Kings Place on 25 June 2026 | See listing on Afridiziak Theatre News
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