Nine Night

By Natasha Gordon.

'Me sorry for yuh loss, darling. But, such is life. The Lard giveth, suh him haffi tek wheh'

With the loss of matriarch Gloria, it is now time for nine night, the Jamaican tradition of gathering to remember a loved one for the nine nights after they pass away. Food is served, drinks flow and music blares as the nights progress, but tensions rise as Lorraine and Robert contend with the loss of their mother, the arrival of their estranged half-sister Trudy, Robert’s wife Sophie hiding a dramatic secret and Gloria’s cousins Vince and Maggie nitpicking at every part of the funeral proceedings…

Blending comedy with drama and joy with grief, Natasha Gordon’s ‘Nine Night’ is a beautiful and bold celebration of British-Caribbean heritage.

Content warning: brief mentions of discrimination and/or bigotry (racism) references to pregnancy and/or childbirth, mental illness depictions of funerals