Set in Liverpool, Ma Joyce's Tales from the Parlour tells the story of a mixed race grandmother of Nigerian and Irish heritage, as she celebrates her birthday and re-visits the people and places from her past.

Ma Joyce takes us on a rollercoaster journey back to her childhood in the convent in the Welsh countryside; the romantic meeting and relationship with her late Nigerian husband Mani and her journey to Nigeria only to discover that, “In England I am black. In Africa I am white. It’s a funny, bloody world.”

Meet Sister Katie - “God she was fat!” - who tells Joyce to, “pray hard like a black and your soul will turn white”. Her long-dead husband Mani: he worked at Ford’s but claimed to be a Nigerian chief: “he was a big man in Africa... well, he was a big man ‘ere at 20 stone!" and Veronica, her ambitious daughter with a PhD but no longed-for grandchild.

Ma Joyce celebrates the triumph and tragedies of motherhood, grandmotherhood and her observation of Liverpool’s social, economic and political life, from her uniquely humorous perspective. You think you know Scouse? Well you’ve never tasted it like this before. Come and have a nibble and a natter in Ma Joyce’s Parlour.

See Call Mr. Robeson and Ma Joyce's Tales from the Parlour for £14 for both shows (£9 preview days) - offer available at Zoo Venues box offices only