Crystle Lightning says she never saw people like herself reflected in the arts and media.
So along with her husband, MC Redcloud, Lightning thought there was no better way to celebrate their identity, in spaces where they felt Indigenous representation was excluded, than by revamping one of their favourite musicals — Grease.
Their travelling theatre production is called Bear Grease — an Indigenous twist on the traditional story of high school love.
The cast has familiar characters — such as Sandy (played by Olivia Newton-John), Rizzo (Stockard Channing) and Danny (John Travolta). But Bear Grease was written to give each character Indigenous influence, with elements of fashion, humour and music to really make it
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