“There is no revolution without love”, is the saying about Frida Marida’s show made exclusively for Oslo Pride and performed at Cosmopolite Scene. This is much more than a Drag show, and her greatest production this far. The ReLOVution invites the audience to join a discussion, by presenting themes and questions they have to take into consideration. The show uses revolutionary songs as a reference to show how the future might be if we act now! Queen Frida sings in Arabic, French, English and other languages in a Western style with a Middle Eastern twist. Frida Marida has become a voice for minorities in the Norwegian Drag community, and a strong representative when 50 years of freedom for gay people in Norway is celebrated. To a large extent, this work is also about the battles not yet won by the LGBTQIA+-movement. To wake up the audience — that is the true goal for this show. Frida wants us to take responsibility and start practicing human rights. This is Frida Marida’s speech for the future, a show performed in ten languages, with eight musicians and five dancers. There will be surprises.
Frida means ‘special’ and Marida means ‘sick’ in Arabic, and Frida is the alter ego that saved the Lebanese Hani Assaf from depression, identity problems, self-image and body pressure. — She was born from my pain. I call her my superhero, because she truly saved me, says Assaf. Show 1: 6 PM. Show 2: 9 PM. ↗︎ *** TICKETS *** FB info ↗︎ here. Article at Cosmopolite Scene ↗︎ here.
Photos by Karmaklubb*.
Frida and Cassie Brødskive.
Photo by ↗︎ Alex Benjamin (LEB/NOR), 2022.