“Hear ye, hear ye let it be known,
No one on my block walks alone.”
In her solo performance Sound of the Beast, two-time Governor General’s Award Nominee Donna-Michelle St. Bernard (aka Belladonna the Blest) speaks truth to power using spoken word, storytelling and hip-hop. Inspired by Tunisian emcee Weld-El 15 – who was jailed for his song Boulicia Kleb (The Police Are Dogs) – St. Bernard riffs on oppression, poverty and systemic injustice. Sound of the Beast highlights St. Bernard’s quick wit and quicker rhymes in a multimedia performance that reflects on questions of identity, the decision to call out authority and what happens when authority strikes back.
A Theatre Passe Muraille Production
Written and performed by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
with ASL components by Tamyka Bullen
Direction/Dramaturgy: Andy McKim and Jivesh Parasram
Lighting Design: Rebecca Vandevelde
Projection Design: Cameron Davis
Composition/Sound Design: David Mesiha
Stage Management: Heather Bellingham
Sound of the Beast is a part of the 54ology: Donna-Michelle’s commitment to create one performance work drawn from each country in Africa.
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“Hear ye, hear ye let it be known,
No one on my block walks alone.”
In her solo performance Sound of the Beast, two-time Governor General’s Award Nominee Donna-Michelle St. Bernard (aka Belladonna the Blest) speaks truth to power using spoken word, storytelling and hip-hop. Inspired by Tunisian emcee Weld-El 15 – who was jailed for his song Boulicia Kleb (The Police Are Dogs) – St. Bernard riffs on oppression, poverty and systemic injustice. Sound of the Beast highlights St. Bernard’s quick wit and quicker rhymes in a multimedia performance that reflects on questions of identity, the decision to call out authority and what happens when authority strikes back.
A Theatre Passe Muraille Production
Written and performed by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
with ASL components by Tamyka Bullen
Direction/Dramaturgy: Andy McKim and Jivesh Parasram
Lighting Design: Rebecca Vandevelde
Projection Design: Cameron Davis
Composition/Sound Design: David Mesiha
Stage Management: Heather Bellingham
Sound of the Beast is a part of the 54ology: Donna-Michelle’s commitment to create one performance work drawn from each country in Africa.