Bear Grease – The Musical
The Trail & District Arts Council invites you to buckle-up for the toe-tapping spectacle Bear Grease – The Musical, a fun Indigenous twist on Grease. Part of the Performing Arts Trail series, on Friday, November 15 at 7:30 pm in The Bailey Theatre.
Get ready for a jaw-dropping show as Bear Grease – The Musical reimagines the classic 1978 musical, Grease for an electrifying experience that celebrates Indigenous cultures through fashion, humour, and music.
Bear Grease will have you grooving along to this cool, rez makeover that breathes new life into familiar characters, keeping the authenticity alive while adding a burst of cultural flair.
This hilarious musical makes you feel like you’re cruisin’ downtown on a Friday night in a ‘57 Chevy with the top down. A one-of-a-kind adventure that is fun for the whole family.
The very first Bear Grease show was the fastest-selling show for the 2021 Edmonton Fringe Festival and sold out in under 15 minutes.
Watch the trailer https://youtu.be/WZGDLRpV-go.
The creative minds behind Bear Grease are hip-hop duo LightningCloud, Crystle Lightning and Henry Andrade (MC RedCloud). The initial idea for the show came about when they were watching Grease on TV. As teenagers they’d loved it, but as adults, they noticed how VERY WHITE the film was and had the idea of a Native Grease.
As well as creating the show, Crystle Lightning (Canadian Screen Award Winner for “Best Actress in a Drama Series” 2021) is an Indigenous Actress from the Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta. Crystle’s Film and Television appearances include “Outlander”, “The Good Doctor”(ABC), and more.
MC RedCloud (Huichol/Wixárika) is also an Actor (“Yellowstone” and more), Recording Artist and former Guinness World Record holder for “Longest Freestyle Rap”. Cloud is also the Author and Illustrator of Amazon’s #1 selling Coloring Book “Indigenous Legends”.
We would like to acknowledge that “Bear Grease the Musical” was written in Treaty 6 Alberta, land and traditional territories of the Nehiyaw (Cree), Denesuline’ (Dene), Nakota Sioux (Stoney), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux) and Niitsitapi (Blackfoot).
80 min – no intermission.
Photos by KGE Photography.
Single tickets are $40. Under 30 years is $20.
Last year’s season subscribers get first access to season passes until May 20.