Memories in Mind: Women of the Windrush Tell their Stories

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Shirley Thompson (composer and librettist). Memories in Mind: Women of the Windrush Tell their Stories. UK, 2019.


Operatic re-imagining of the 1992 film, Memories in Mind, in which women who migrated to the UK during the so-called Windrush period (late 1940s – early 1970s) narrate their experiences. Part of Thompson’s series, ‘Heroines of Opera’.

Premiere: Tête-à-tête Festival, 28 July 2019.

Read about and watch it here: https://www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/event/memories-in-mind-women-of-the-windrush-tell-their-stories/

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