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Blood.claat blood.claat The Firehall welcomes back the gripping solo show blood.claat, which took Vancouver by storm during the 2008 Magnetic North Festival. Written and featuring d’bi young anitafrika, blood.claat is a story told through multiple generations in which rituals travel in symbolic cycles of scorn and celebration exposing rites in which all metaphors unite in the fluid of life. Produced in association with Great Canadian Theatre Company, blood.claat tells the story of 15 year-old girl Mudgu SanKofa's coming of age in Kingston, Jamaica. Mudgu comes to terms with gender, class, race and sexuality through her developing relationship with her own blood as she faces social issues concerning women, relationships, family, self-knowledge, self-esteem and courage. The inevitable nature of cycles simultaneously represents the resistance to colonial oppression, a ceremonial dance, a liberashun chant and a dub poem. Helping her traverse her past, present and future is Mudgu's mother, who left her in search of a better life for herself and Mudgu in Canada. Fusing theatre and dub poetry, the extraordinary artist d'bi.young anitafrika portrays Mudgu with wit, charisma and power and is the winner of two Dora Awards for Outstanding Performance and Outstanding New Play.
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Ticket Prices $16 - $28
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