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<b>written and directed by d’bi.young
anitafrika! dub theatre, Toronto Fringe Festival,
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace, Toronto
June 30-July 6, 2010
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</b><i>Word! sound! powah!</i> is the third part of d’bi.young’s <i>sankofa trilogy</i> about three generations of African-Jamaican women that began with the acclaimed <i>bloot.claat</i> and continued with <i>benu</i>. The third part finds benu under arrest and interrogated by police, who think the poetry group she belongs to was responsible for a political assassination. This is a workshop production with young using the evolving script for reference. It is still a powerful experience as young, channelling immense energy, plays at least ten different characters including the hypocritical politician, to chart benu’s radicalization and her acceptance its dreadful consequences.
©Christopher Hoile
Note: A version of this review appeared in <i>Eye Weekly</i> 2010-07-01.
Photo: d’bi.young.
<b>2010-07-01</b>
<b>word! sound! powah!: a biomyth monodrama</b>