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Coming to England

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.

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.

CREATIVE TEAM

Adaptor - David Wood OBE

Director - Denzel Westley-Sanderson

Designer - Jasmine Swan

Arranger/MD - Abdul Shyllon

Choreographer & Movement-Director - Kloe Dean

Co Lighting Designer - Rachel Luff

Co Lighting Designer - Will T K Hayman

Sound Designer - Beth Duke

Casting Director - Richard Johnston for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting

Assistant Director - Tara Noonan

Voice and Dialect Coach - Simone Sauphanor

Adaptor - David Wood OBE

Director - Denzel Westley-Sanderson

Designer - Jasmine Swan

Arranger/MD - Abdul Shyllon

Choreographer & Movement-Director - Kloe Dean

Co Lighting Designer - Rachel Luff

Co Lighting Designer - Will T K Hayman

Sound Designer - Beth Duke

Casting Director - Richard Johnston for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting

Assistant Director - Tara Noonan

Voice and Dialect Coach - Simone Sauphanor

Adaptor - David Wood OBE

Director - Denzel Westley-Sanderson

Designer - Jasmine Swan

Arranger/MD - Abdul Shyllon

Choreographer & Movement-Director - Kloe Dean

Co Lighting Designer - Rachel Luff

Co Lighting Designer - Will T K Hayman

Sound Designer - Beth Duke

Casting Director - Richard Johnston for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting

Assistant Director - Tara Noonan

Voice and Dialect Coach - Simone Sauphanor

cast

Julene Robinson

Charles Angiama

Maryla Abraham

Shaquille Jack

Solomon Gordon

Simone Robinson

Alexander Bellinfantie

Taya Ming

Jordan Stamatiadis

Christian James

Karmarane Grant

Joe Pieri

Production team

Company Stage Manager - Roger Richardson

Deputy Stage Manager - Lydia Holford

Tech Assistant Stage Manager - Jack Sampson

Sound Technician - Rose Farbrother

Prod LX/Re-Lighter - Corrie Lynch

Wardrobe Assistant - Liz Howard-Ellis

"This production of ‘Coming To England’ succeeds in the same way that Floella does" - Ox In A Box"

"This production of ‘Coming To England’ succeeds in the same way that Floella does" - Ox In A Box"

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