Early in 2004, the Gazebo Theatre-in-Education Company presented “Home” in primary schools across Wolverhampton and Walsall.

“Home” is a compelling story relating the experiences of minority ethnic peoples settling in Britain from the 1940s to the present day.

“Home” was inspired by the Black and Ethnic Minority Experience (BE-ME) project. BE-ME was established in 1998 to record and preserve the experiences and contributions of African-Caribbean and South Asian men and women who came to Wolverhampton in the 1950s and 1960s. To date, BE-ME has recorded over 100 audio and video interviews, a selection of which is available on-line at www.be-me.org. “Gazebo Theatre Presents ‘Home’” is one of eleven learning resources developed by BE-ME in its work to promote models of good practice in education. BE-ME’s emphasis on incorporating the experiences of Wolverhampton’s black and Asian communities into the curriculum set the task for Gazebo in developing ‘Home,’ and many of the stories preserved in the BE-ME archive were incorporated into the script.

Enter the story of “Home.” Explore its development as a script, its production in schools across the region and reception in the classroom. Uncover the value of theatre in education and discover new ways to teach key areas of the national curriculum through local archive projects such as BE-ME.