Culchahworks Arts Collective and Panamania presented by CIBC Present the world premiere of Obeah Opera A Nicole Brooks Vision in association with Nightwood Theatre and b current
Culchahworks Arts
Collective and Panamania in association with Nightwood
Theatre and b current proudly present the world
premiere of Obeah Opera, a groundbreaking a
cappella musical odyssey conceived, written and composed by
Culchahworks Co-Artistic Director Nicole Brooks that runs
Tuesday August 4 to Saturday, August 8 at the Young Centre for
the Performing Arts in The Distillery District (Media Night August
6). Tickets are available at http://youngcentre.ca/ or by calling the Young Centre Box
Office at 416-866-8666 and will be available at http://obeahopera.com/ within the week.
Obeah Opera is a hand clapping, foot stomping, spirit-lifting, magical musical sensation unlike any other opera before it. Steeped in Black music, sung entirely a cappella by a powerful, racially diverse all-female cast of 14, Obeah Opera tells the story of the legendary Salem Witch Trials from the fascinating perspective of Caribbean slave women.
Breaking new ground, this
dramatic work redefines traditional opera by moving away from European
classical standards. Unbound by any particular genre, Obeah
Opera encompasses
an array of musical styles - spirituals, blues, jazz, gospel,
traditional African, Caribbean Folk, Calypso, Ska, R&B and Reggae.
What additionally makes this work unique and beyond the conventional
definition of opera is that there are no musical instruments; just
pure, compelling voice.
Culchahworks Arts Collective and Panamania presented by CIBC
present
the world
premiere
of
Obeah
Opera
A Nicole
Brooks Vision
in
association with
Nightwood Theatre
and b
current
An epic
a capella opera performed by 14 powerhouse women:
Nicole
Brooks, Divine Brown, Karen Burthwright, Diana
Coatsworth, Saphire Demitro, Deidrey Francois,
Nickeshia Garrick, Sarah Gibbons, Janet MacEwen, Debbie
Nicholls-Skerrit, Melissa Noventa, Dana Jean Phoenix,
Sabryn Rock and international Calypso star Singing Sandra
as The Elder.
Music and
Libretto: Nicole Brooks
Directed
by: Lezlie Wade
Musical
Director: Andrew Craig
Choreography
by:Anthony "Prime" Guerra
Lighting
Design: Bonnie Beecher
Set/Costume
Design: Robin Fisher
Sound Design
by Graham Clarke
Produced
by Derrick Chua, Marinda de Beer and Paul
Shaw
Tuesday,
August 4 to Saturday, August 8, 2015 (Opening/Media Night August
6)
Tuesday-Saturday @7pm; Saturday matinee
@1pm
Baillie
Theatre at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts in The Distillery
District
50 Tank House
Lane, Toronto, ON, M5A 3C4
Tickets: $20.15 & $40
For tickets,
call the Young Centre Box Office at 416.866.8666 or visit http://tickets.youngcentre.ca/ single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=8461 or http://obeahopera.com/
For more
information, visit Facebook/ObeahOpera and follow Obeah Opera
on Twitter: @ObeahOpera
Labels: b current, Culchahworks Arts Collective, Nicole Brooks, Nightwood Theatre, Obeah Opera, Panamania
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