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Coming to England

Musical

Director

September 2024 - March 2025

UK Tour

★★★★★ "The messaging throughout this production is portrayed through exceptional storytelling and encourages us to have difficult conversations with one another." - Theatre and Tonic ★★★★★ "For anyone looking for education, vibrancy and soul-stirring singing, this is a must see." - Adventures in Theatreland.

★★★★★ "Coming to England is a perfect start to opening up conversations about race, inequality and being kind to all" -Beyond The Curtain

★★★★★ "An excellent production" - Sue Flint's Musings ★★★★ East Mindlands Theatre ★★★★ Behind the Arra

About this show

An inspirational story of hope, determination and triump.

Denzel Westley-Sanderson directs a new version of Floella Benjamin’s award-winning and iconic book Coming to England comes to life in this joyful stage adaptation with music, storytelling and song.

Much loved by children and families, Coming to England tells Floella’s own story of moving to England as a child.

Aged just 10, she and her siblings left Trinidad and sailed alone to join their parents. But Floella’s excitement for her new life in England is short-lived, with her family subjected to racism and intolerance in 1960s’ London.

Guided by her mother, and working twice as hard as her classmates, Coming to England tells the story of how a young Floella overcame adversity and grew to become Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham.

Much loved by children and families, Coming to England tells Floella’s own story of moving to England as a child.

Guided by her mother, and working twice as hard as her classmates, Coming to England tells the story of how a young Floella overcame adversity and grew to become Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham.