Decolonise Your Ears New Play Festival
Schedule
Thu Oct 03 2024 at 07:00 pm to Sun Oct 06 2024 at 10:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Theatre Aquarius | Hamilton, ON
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Hamilton, ON - Join Red Beti Theatre for a thought-provoking event that will illuminate the heart of the city as we proudly present the much-anticipated 4th Annual Decolonise Your Ears New Play Festival!
October 3rd to 6th 2024
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How to Love a Desi Woman in Ten Easy Steps
Date: Thursday October 3rd 2024
Time: 7 pm
Grappling with her desire, longing, and loss, a South-Indian woman in Canada re-narrates a Hindu mythological story in an effort to come out to her family. Her re-narration upturns the lives of the goddesses who now seek understanding and revenge. As the mortal and immortal realms collide, both the goddesses and the humans are challenged to confront questions on culture, shame, diaspora, caste, and queerness together.
The Story of Tituba
Date: Friday October 4th 2024
Time: 7 pm
The Story of Tituba is a powerful exploration of Black motherhood, womanhood, and healing, set against the backdrop of colonization and its impact on the Black female body and matriarchal lineage. Narrated through the voices of six generations of women, the play weaves poetic monologues with African drum, jazz, and ballet to tell the story of Tituba—the first woman accused of witchcraft during the 1692 Salem trials. Tituba, an Afro-Caribbean woman, was kidnapped from the Guyana region and sold into slavery on a Barbados plantation before being transferred to Salem, Massachusetts. Accused of witchcraft after the death of her mixed-race newborn, Tituba's story is one of rebellion and reclamation. She used her knowledge of Ancient African spiritual traditions, voodoo, and herbalism to resist oppression, providing fertility management and herbal abortions for herself and other enslaved women. The play captures the historical period of sugarcane slavery, highlighting the cultural nuances of being a Black Caribbean woman in a world that punished her for both her identity and her magic. The Story of Tituba delves into the legacy of racism and the enduring effects of slavery, drawing a line from the past to the present, where the impacts of these histories continue to shape the lives of Black women.
Lost Scribe
Date: Saturday October 5th 2024
Time: 7 pm
In a life of cosmically predetermined endings, who are we meant to blame for the way our lives have unfurled? Inspired by the story of Sheherazade from 1001 Arabian Nights, Lost Scribe is a Queer-Muslim exploration of what it means to create your own legacy. This quirky, poetic piece follows Imum, an intelligent, quick witted, whip smart Imam and Wazir who paints the narrative of Queenie, a young, spirited Sultana figuring out how to take on the reins of her life. She has so many stories buzzing around in her head, and therefore hires a series of Scribes to help her write them. Though, when none of these Male Sultans seem to understand the stories she wishes to tell, Imum offers her daughter, aptly named Scribe. This introverted writer who does not divulge much of herself must learn to work with this human embodiment of a Monster Energy drink of a Sultana.
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Where is it happening?
Theatre Aquarius, 190 King William St, Hamilton, ON L8R 1A8, Canada,Hamilton, OntarioEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
