Wild Geese, Banner Theatre 2004-2006

Wild Geese, 2004-2006 a show based on stories of exile and migration as they have affected Irish, African/Caribbean, African, South Asian and Chinese migrants and refugees.

Wild Geese is a song and video ballad of exile and migration, using live music and video to combine the stories of Irish nurses, Asian textile workers, Iranian refugees and Chinese cockle-pickers and to highlight the contradictions in the position of migrant workers, often trapped in some of the poorest jobs, which no-one else will do, but vilified in parts of the media.

Performers:

Jilah Bakhshayesh
Gaylan Nazhad
Dave Rogers
Fred Wisdom

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Wild
• Geese
• banner
• theatre
• imigration
• refugee
• asylum
• seekers
• song
• singing
• music
• band
• performance

[riceandpeas68]

Such a poignant song fitting of the continuous plight of the Irish and Caribbean immigrants, and the way the afflicted wear disillusionment behind a gentle smile.

Courtney Barrett