Strange Migration, May 1984

The event brings together the troupe of musicians and performers who comprise The Grand Union. Eight artistes whose nationalities cover the world and play more than 40 different instruments between them tell in music, words and dance the epic tale of people on the move around the globe – of nomads in the deserts, of slaves in the Americas, of political exiles and of whole races driven from their homes. With their migrants go their musics and cultures, creating new fusions even as they travel.