Windrush Education & Performance Programme Ahead of Its Time
V Jay Theatre Productions ‘Educates’ & ‘Celebrates’ People Through The Storytelling of Black British History, Using Stories, Music & Movement, Plays &Poetry, Film & Family. From The Perspective of ‘The Global Majority’ Community.
Actor, Former Model, And Education Programme Founder Produces Plays Based On Important Black British History
The Company Was Set Up By Caribbean British Actor, Author, Producer, Poet & Director Victor Richards. The Production Company Provides Mutual Multi-level Job Satisfaction For Victor & His Clients Because He Loves The Art of Performing He Loves To Teach Through Performance, And His Encouragement & Education of Others, Empowers Them To Build Their Confidence And Express Themselves Through Their Own Various Performances Too. Indeed Richards Prides Himself On Teaching His Audience Participants Life Skills Which They Can Use Forever.
He Has A Diploma In The Performin’ Arts And Has Been Actin’ Ever Since Leavin’ Sandfield Drama College In Nottingham In 1996, Some 25 Years Ago. He Is A Statuesque Man, With An Authorative Voice, And A Naturally Commandin’ Presence. Classically Tall Dark And Handsome He Is An Experienced Fashion Model, Choreographer And TV Regular. He Has Appeared In Various TV Dramas Includin’ Casualty And Worked A Number of Different Times With The BBC Documentin’ Black History. It Began In 2008 When He Took Part In A Black History Month Programme Produced By The Channel And A 2009 Special Which Filmed Him Re-enactin’ The Journey From The West Indies To Tilbury, England Via The Now Infamous British Ship The Windrush, As Taken By Hundreds of First-Generation West Indian Families In The Late 40s, Post WWII.
He Has Written A Very Distinct Trilogy of Plays And A Trilogy of Poetic Verses Based On Those Plays. He Also Regularly Produces Instructional Videos And Posts Media Clips Centred Around Sharin’ His Craft, Helpin’ Others And Promotin’ The Arts. His Recurrin’ Theme Is Black British History. This Includes A Spoken Word Reggae Album Called “Illusion”, A Book Called The Poetry Trilogy, And His Most Famous Play ‘Streets Paved With Gold’ (SPWG). This One Man Tourin’ Play Was First Performed In 1996 And Began Production As A Film In 2018 To Commemorate The Windrush Arrivals In 1948 (www.SPWGmovie.com). This Together With Return To The Caribbean, And Children of The First Generation Forms Part of His Special Play Trilogy.
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