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*Winner of the 2019 O2 Media Award for Best Entertainment Programme

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A LEEDS PLAYHOUSE AND BBC RADIO LEEDS CO-PRODUCTION, IN ASSOCIATION WITH LEEDS COLLEGE OF MUSIC. 

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To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the landing of the Empire Windrush, four Yorkshire-based writers were commissioned from an open call out to write new 15-minute radio dramas responding to the theme of migration. These plays will be performed live at Leeds College of Music before being broadcast across BBC Radio Drama.

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A Piece of Home by Emma Barnes 

A grand piano brings the past to life and unites a three generations.

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Soon Come by Gemma Bedeau 

A woman is on the phone to Carriacou, to the sister that stayed behind.

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Exodus by Chris O’Connor 

A family from Leeds must make a terrible decision; who gets in the boat?

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On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring by Kamal Kaan 

A poetic parable on what it means to be an outsider.

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Performed at Leeds College of Music's "The Venue" as part of the Leeds Playhouse Pop-Up Season. 

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