A Caribbean love story set against the adversity of 1970s London. Following Jamaican newlyweds navigating racism and economic hardship, exploring themes of migration, race, economic crisis and family. Kaleb’s writing debut receives its first-ever staging after being long-listed for the prestigious Alfred Fagon Award. This drama is about an independent go-getter, a depressed drifter and a struggling musician, who all try to make something of themselves in London, while trying to hold onto a passion for life, for home and each other. Kaleb says: “Times are changing, and we’re coming out of the Windrush Generation and entering the Rebel era of Caribbean young people unwilling to “just get on with it”.
London is on the verge of a terribly cold winter with Prime Minister Edward Heath’s announcement of a Three-Day week. Just arrived from Jamaica, Irene joins her childhood sweetheart Everton in London, sharing a tiny room in a house in Peckham, as the two try to adjust to their new life together and navigate a racist new country, unwelcoming to the growing Caribbean population.
Socio-political changes in the UK and the fuel crisis exposes the differences between them, and a blossoming new friendship with their landlord David threatens the likelihood of our young couple’s marriage to last through winter.
The final show in The Ryan Calais Cameron Season. Written and directed by Kaleb D’Aguilar.
