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ones because I get to do it for a
smaller crowd,” she said.
The five-city tour is designed
to give her fans a ‘house party’
feel and a chance to experience
the singer up close, taking in
the transparency she displays
on “Lovers Rock” — her fifth
studio album and most personal
project to date.
In “Lovers Rock,” Estelle
guides her listeners into her
childhood and the love story
of her parents. She gives fans
a peek into her life.
“This was who I was before
anyone knew me,” she said.
“This is me in my house, the
story of my parents, and who
we were at home.”
She said an intimate show
allows her to bring a level of
openness to the stage.
“I’m doing this tour smaller
to touch more people, because
the whole point of my album is
to pay tribute to the way I grew
up and I have to do it in an
intimate space because that’s
how it was,” said Estelle.
And crowds won’t have an
excuse to not experience the
music because the shows will
be an interactive experience.
“People go to concert venues
and people just stand
around and don’t enjoy the
music, but I’m going to be
going up to people making
them enjoy,” said Estelle.
She plans on performing
several songs on her recent
album, along with some popular
songs like “Conqueror,”
and her chart-topping awardwinning
song, “American
Boy.”
The singer said her dedicated
listeners will especially
appreciate this tour because
it somewhat chronicles her
growth.
“If you have been an Estelle
fan and following my story so
far — this is the most peak
point of my evolution, and
my career,” she said. “This
one is going to be the closest
you physically touch and meet
each other and it’s going to be
a good time — that’s what I’m
really focused on doing.”
Estelle Experience at Baby’s
All Right 146 Broadway
between Driggs and Bedford
avenues in Bushwick, (718)
599-5800, www.babysallright.
com. Feb. 6 at 8 pm. $25.
ASSAULT
a woman. And that fact still
stands true today, according
to Heron.
“At the time this was written,
a Jamaican had never taken a
woman to court for rape, and
17 years later that is still the
case,” he said.
At the height of #MeToo last
year, Heron decided to revive
the story for American audiences.
Despite a few minor
revisions, he was surprised that
most of the play — aside from
the use of Jamaican patois —
did not need much modifying.
“When I decided that I was
going to look at the play again
and make it more accessible to
the American market, I only
changed some parts in patois,”
he said. “But what stunned me
was how little I had to do because
it’ still a very relevant subject.”
The impact of the #MeToo
movement has greatly impacted
U.S. and Jamaica, but because
of a few differences, it had also
impacted who the victims coming
forward are.
The actor playing the character
of Daniel said he felt passionate
about the story because
it approaches the often rare,
and stigmatized issue of sexual
assault against men in a country,
with no record of the issue
being raised.
“This is a very important topic
to touch on because although a
man taking a woman to court
happens all the time here —
this will open people’s eyes to
how other cultures deal with it
even if it’s common here,” said
James Duke Walker.
Walker says the play highlights
the issue and forces people
to see how it can affect
men.
“A lot of men who are victims
feel like they can’t speak
up or they feel powerless and
stripped of power and authority,”
he says. “This kind of
gives a voice to the voiceless,
and it even empowers women
because it gives them a voice
and shows how this is not right
or accepted on any level, and
wrongdoers should be held
accountable.”
Heron says he wants people
to experience the tense drama
a case of the sort could cause in
Jamaica, and use it as a learning
opportunity.
“A large part of this drama
is the furor it created in Jamaican
society because it’s a man
coming forward to accuse a
woman,” said Heron. “I think
this play is the perfect embodiment
of education and entertainment,
because a lot of people
don’t know the difference
between rape and sex assault
and they get to learn about the
Jamaica judicial system.”
After the reading, an audience
led discussion about consent
will take place.
“Against His Will” at The
New Vibe Lounge 60 N. Park
Ave. between College Place
and Front Street in Rockville
Centre, (516) 208-6590, www.
thenewvibelounge.com. Feb.
17 at 7 pm. $30.
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by the soul-crushing discovery,
packed herself up — leaving
the home she shared with her
now ex-husband. Retreating to
her mother’s attic with her two
children, Headlam’s emotional
state led her to isolation. But
she also turned to her journal,
which she poured into.
“My journal is a big part
of this book because it helped
me come to a place of healing
and I had feelings I didn’t
know I had,” said Headlam.
“These were feelings that pretty
much laid dormant for years,
but were very necessary to my
identity.”
Because journaling was beneficial
to her self-reflection, she
included journal entries at the
end of each chapter for readers.
Her memoir chronicles
most of her life after the heartbreak,
and the uphill battle
she took to reach her conclusive
freedom. It took her a
journey to come to terms that
her current situation was only
temporary and she needed to
move on.
“There is love after death but
I didn’t understand that then,”
said Headlam. “It doesn’t matter
how it happened, people
have to come to a place and
know that you are enough.”
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Playwright, actor, and director David Heron wrote “Against
His Will” 15 years ago, and revived it at the height of #Me-
Too.
Overcoming abuse Estelle’s US tour
Jamaican-American author,
Jacinth Headlam’s debut
book “Love After...” is a selfrefl
ective memoir about her
life after heartbreak.
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