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John/Yoko Bed Piece – draft89 collective

By Crystal Wood

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This past Saturday, I got into bed with a bunch of strangers.

No, it’s not what you’re thinking.  I just happened to be in the audience of draft89 theatre collective’s new work, John/Yoko Bed Piece.  The play recreates the 1969 bed-in for peace staged by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and with the intimate setting and throw pillow seats, the audience really was in on the experience.

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who knew grannie? – CrossCurrents Festival

By Crystal Wood

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After watching a reading of ahdri zhina mandiela’s who knew grannie? on the final day of the CrossCurrents festival, my first thought was “AMAZING.”

My second thought was “now, how the heck do I write about it?”


The play, which celebrates the life of Grannie as told by 4 cousins (her grandchildren), is written in “dub.”

What’s dub? Well, that’s what I said.

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