| Author: | SuAndi, Deirdre Osborne | ISBN: | 9781786821164 |
| Publisher: | Oberon Books | Publication: | February 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Oberon Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | SuAndi, Deirdre Osborne |
| ISBN: | 9781786821164 |
| Publisher: | Oberon Books |
| Publication: | February 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Oberon Books |
| Language: | English |
Commissioned by the Institute for Contemporary Arts in 1994, The Story of M has received great critical acclaim in both the United States and Great Britain. The Story of M is SuAndi's moving tribute to the life and death of her mother who raised her mixed-race children in the face of frequent racism in the 1960s but never let them forget they were of African descent and to be proud of their heritages. The play is a solo performance that integrates visual projections and poetic language to portray autobiographical stories of racism, poverty and sacrifice. While sitting in a white screened hospital ward and as slides of family photographs flash all around her, SuAndi travels from the multi-racial Liverpool of the 1920s to life in Britain in the mid-nineties.
Commissioned by the Institute for Contemporary Arts in 1994, The Story of M has received great critical acclaim in both the United States and Great Britain. The Story of M is SuAndi's moving tribute to the life and death of her mother who raised her mixed-race children in the face of frequent racism in the 1960s but never let them forget they were of African descent and to be proud of their heritages. The play is a solo performance that integrates visual projections and poetic language to portray autobiographical stories of racism, poverty and sacrifice. While sitting in a white screened hospital ward and as slides of family photographs flash all around her, SuAndi travels from the multi-racial Liverpool of the 1920s to life in Britain in the mid-nineties.
