Oshun
Fri
17
Fri 17 Apr 7:30 PM
Wyndham Cultural Centre
Allocated Seating
55 Mins
Oshun is a colourful, vibrant story with dance, soul songs and live drumming, that takes you into the kingdom of the Yoruba (West African) Orishas (gods).
Inspired by a myth from the Yoruba oral tradition, it tells how young Oshun, the goddess of love, femininity, and sensuality, rails against ridicule and crippling self-doubt to prove to the other Orishas (deities) that her powers are in fact, potent.
This is a captivating 55-minute one-woman show where Amarantha embodies 9 different Orisha characters and is accompanied by drummer Adrian H. Hearn, who plays the rhythms of each Orisha on traditional Yoruba bata drums.
Review
“Oshun is an unmissable, gorgeous and illuminating show shedding light on the West African goddesses and gods. They (the orishas) eclipse the Greeks who have dominated the canon of mythologies in the ‘west’. Here is a charismatic, cheeky performer and virtuosic dancer.” - Mari Lourey
Duration: 55 minutes, no interval
Age suitability: Suitable for audiences aged 15 years and older
Warnings: Performance contains sexual references and partial nudity. Please note that this performance may contain smoke, haze and strobe lighting
Inspired by a myth from the Yoruba oral tradition, it tells how young Oshun, the goddess of love, femininity, and sensuality, rails against ridicule and crippling self-doubt to prove to the other Orishas (deities) that her powers are in fact, potent.
This is a captivating 55-minute one-woman show where Amarantha embodies 9 different Orisha characters and is accompanied by drummer Adrian H. Hearn, who plays the rhythms of each Orisha on traditional Yoruba bata drums.
Review
“Oshun is an unmissable, gorgeous and illuminating show shedding light on the West African goddesses and gods. They (the orishas) eclipse the Greeks who have dominated the canon of mythologies in the ‘west’. Here is a charismatic, cheeky performer and virtuosic dancer.” - Mari Lourey
Duration: 55 minutes, no interval
Age suitability: Suitable for audiences aged 15 years and older
Warnings: Performance contains sexual references and partial nudity. Please note that this performance may contain smoke, haze and strobe lighting