Anthem of Life, Part 1
June 19, 2024 to July 6, 2024
The Gods create humans, but some insist it was not wise, and that the new creations must be destroyed! Others strive to empower mankind. Cosmic intrigues, battles, quests, trials and triumphs, among gods, animals, and other beings follow, as humanity struggles for a belonging on Earth.
This tale came down to South African Poet Laureate Mazisi Kunene from his Swazi Court Poet Ancestors, which he then shaped into an epic poem, Anthem of the Decades. Tololwa Mollel’s Anthem of Life trilogy brings that epic to the stage, to be performed by arainbow ensemble in aproduction by Theatre Prospero. The production interweaves South, East and West African and South Asian music and dance, epic-scale mask and puppetry, and African-style storytelling, to create aconfidently inclusive piece of new Canadian Classical Theatre.
To learn more about the production and the creative team involved, please visit our website: here
Alberta Avenue Community Centre
9210 118 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB, T5G 0N2
More dates and times
- Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 7:30pm
- Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 7:30pm
- Friday, June 21, 2024 at 7:30pm
- Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 1:00pm
- Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 7:30pm
- Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 1:00pm
- Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 7:30pm
- Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 7:30pm
- Friday, June 28, 2024 at 7:30pm
- Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 7:30pm
- Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 1:00pm
- Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 7:30pm
- Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 7:30pm
- Thursday, July 4, 2024 at 7:30pm
- Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 1:00pm
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