WORD! SOUND! POWAH! @ summerworks theatre festival!
August 10th 7:45 PM
August 12th 10:15 PM
...August 13th 2:45 PM
August 14th 7:45 PM
$10 admission
d'bi.young's new biomyth monodrama WORD! SOUND! POWAH! @ summerworks theatre festival!
OPENING SHOW on aug 7th is FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE!
featuring d'bi.young
stxman on stx
iam didgeridoo
the trilogy charts the journey of three generations of afrikan-jamaican womben: mudgu sankofa, her daughter sekesu sankofa, and sekesu's daughter benu sankofa. in word! sound! powah!, the grand-daughter of mudgu negotiates her own identity to the backdrop of a mythologized revolution and the birth of dubpoetry in jamaica. dub, mysticism, lyricism, politics, love, stick playing, didgeridoo flowing, and courage frolic in this part-real, part-fiction universe of 1970s/80s jamaica. the play reflects much of the socio-political truths that are currently plaguing the ‘little but tallawah’ island in the sun. and ultimately we are asked ‘what would we do’ if we were in the same circumstances presented.
a young dubpoet named benu has found herself swept up in the political spirit of revolution in jamaica in the 1970s. she has been arrested and the play follows her interrogation by constable brown as she recounts how the urge for arts students to express themselves poetically has led to them to imagining, lobbying and fighting for a better world and equality and prosperity for the urban poor of jamaica.
word! sound! powah! is a story of one people’s quest for justice, equality and freedom for the country that they love. it is a story that celebrates the beauty, eloquence, powah and beat of dub poetry and how it can be used to effectively ignite the fervour for change in the world. it is a story of corrupt law enforcement and lying politicians and empowered revolutionaries who refuse to forget their ancestors. at a time when torontonians have recently witnessed massive injustice on our streets and the stifling of the voices of the people by those sworn to protect them, at a time when canadians fear that their democratic values are not being reflected or enforced in the largest city in their country, word! sound! powah! is hauntingly relevant.
word! sound! powah! (in association with anitafrika dub theatre) plays at the theatre passe muraille mainspace (16 ryerson avenue) at the following times.
summerworks theatre festival
http://www.summerworks.caThe Arts Box Office
Theatre Passe Muraille
16 Ryerson Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5T 2P3
ph: 416.504.7529.
www.artsboxoffice.ca
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