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The Ballads of Child Migration - SOLD OUT!
Monday 12th November 2018
Gulbenkian, Canterbury
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Doors
7pm for 7.30pm start
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7digital presents
The Ballads of Child Migration
All-star cast on UK tour in November 2018
With
award-winning folk artists:
John
McCusker, Michael McGoldrick,
Boo
Hewerdine, O’Hooley & Tidow,
Chris
While, Julie Matthews,
John
Doyle, Jez Lowe,
Andy
Seward and Andy Cutting.*
Narrated
by Barbara Dickson
“We
have only praise and commendation for The Ballads of Child Migration” - Folk Radio UK
“A
poignant and powerful history lesson with an impressive cast” - The Guardian
“[It]
brought the Royal Albert Hall to a stunned silence” - BBC Radio 2
“The
audience who witnessed it were truly privileged” - Northern Sky
“Exquisitely
performed” - The
Arts Desk
* * *
In
November 2018, a collective of brilliant and respected musicians and singers
are taking to the road to tell the moving story of Britain’s forced child
migrants.
The
concert, presented as a series of songs, narration, slides, audio and film
clips, premiered at last year’s Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, where
it was described as “without doubt the most memorable concert of the festival.”
The
songs in this concert were recently heard as part of a major BBC Radio 2
dramatisation of Michael Morpurgo’s book Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, which deals
with the same subject. The radio drama, including the music, starred Toby Jones
and Jason Donovan and reached an estimated audience of 6 million listeners.
“One of
the pre-eminent song collections of recent times, poignantly re-telling one of
the most important stories to have emerged from these islands” Mark
Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
Forced
child migration is a little known and dark part of the history of Britain. More
than 100,000 children from Britain were sent overseas (to places including
Australia and Canada) with the promise of finding a better life. Some did find
the happy lives they longed for; many others found only hardship, abuse and
loneliness.
The
Ballads of Child Migration is a tribute to those children, some of whom were
sent abroad as recently as 1970.
After
each concert there will be a short Q&A session where members of the
audience can ask questions of the performers and other experts about child
migration.
* * *
This
tour is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and is produced
by 7digital – the digital music and radio services company that also produced
the BBC Radio version of Alone on a Wide Wide Sea.
Folk in the Barn are extremely honoured and delighted to be hosting the opening performance of this show on Monday 12th November.
The Ballads of Child Migration from 7digital Creative on Vimeo.
- Date Added 28/10/2018