A one-off concert to mark the anniversary of Billy Waters' death, with live music from Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Clarke Camilleri, Hamilton Gross, and Angeline Morrison, and also featuring Maz O'Connor and one other very special guest. There'll be a mix of solo and band performances with music from the artists' own repertoires - old and new - as well as trad.
The show is arranged and narrated by Mary L. Shannon, writer and author of Billy Waters Is Dancing, and co-narrated by Suchitra Chatterjee, of Brighton & Hove Black History. It draws together researchers and creatives who have worked together on various projects to highlight the life of this Black disabled Regency celebrity.
William ‘Billy’ Waters: busker, sailor, immigrant, father, lover, extraordinary talent, and a forgotten Black celebrity from Regency London.
Programme to follow.
Presented by EFDSS.
Doors 7pm, start 7.30pm
Mary L. Shannon will also be giving a Library Lecture on Billy Waters on Tuesday 8 April.
With support from the Susannah Wesley Foundation and the University of Roehampton.
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Sharper discount, Spring 2025
