Airplays – A Piece of Home/Soon Come/Exodus/On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the landing of the Empire Windrush, four Yorkshire-based writers were commissioned from an open call out to write new 15-minute radio dramas responding to the theme of migration. These plays will be performed live at Leeds College of Music before being broadcast across BBC Radio Drama.

A Piece of Home by Emma Barnes A grand piano brings the past to life and unites a three generations. Soon Come by Gemma Bedeau A woman is on the phone to Carriacou, to the sister that stayed behind. Exodus by Chris O’Connor A family from Leeds must make a terrible decision; who gets in the boat? On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring by Kamal Kaan A poetic parable on what it means to be an outsider.

This event takes place at Leeds College of Music