The T&T New Play Festival, which ran from October 28 to 31, successfully achieved its aims of bringing theatre practitioners together and getting people to come out and support the Festival. This is according to one of the organizers, playwright Safa Niamat-Ali. The Festival consisted of three plays which had never been staged before: Miracle, … Continue reading
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Picoplat hopes to take its opera act on the road (November 4, 2016)
Picoplat Music Development Foundation hopes to take opera into rural communities. The company, which is staging Mozart’s The Impresario and a Broadway Revue this weekend at the Central Bank Auditorium, believes an outreach programme can inspire young people to explore their artistic potential in a different way. It’s with this in mind that Picoplat Foundation … Continue reading
Break Out time for pianist Hagley at Fiesta Plaza (November 4, 2016)
Fusion jazz pianist Adan Hagley will be making his first appearance with his own band, the Adan Hagley Quintet, with a concert titled “Break Out.” The concert will take place at Fiesta Plaza, MovieTowne, Port of Spain on November 5. Hagley began learning music at the age of eight at the Stafford Duncan School of … Continue reading
Green Screen shows T&T the big picture (October 30, 2016)
The growth of Green Screen – the Environmental Film Series into a full-fledged Film Festival in its sixth year is a huge step for the organization as it graduates from screening some of the best environmental films from around the globe to hosting international film-makers and educators and developing programs which will focus on local … Continue reading
Battling cancer, local actress fighting to be fit (October 30, 2016)
Actress Susan Hannays-Abraham said her event on November 5 to raise funds to offset the costs of her cancer treatment has been a long time in planning, as she initially intended to pay for it out of her savings. However, these have dwindled significantly after the cancer returned, and her friends have banded together to … Continue reading
New Play Festival premieres next weekend (October 23, 2016)
The New Play Festival 2016, which will run October 28 to 30, is the brainchild of legendary T&T thespian Tony Hall. Hall said the Festival is one of the projects he conceived years ago when he resolved to stop complaining about what was not happening in theatre in T&T and do something instead. The Festival … Continue reading
MusicTT, stakeholders raise industry issues (October 23, 2016)
The revelation that the budget for CreativeTT had been severely cut in the 2016/2017 Budget was one of the more startling bits of information to come out of the MusicTT Stakeholder Engagement Session held at the Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies on October 1. The revelation was made by CreativeTT Board Member, Shyamal … Continue reading
Syntyche Bishop sings in Shades of Blue (October 16, 2016)
The concert “Shades of Blue” will showcase the musical talent of Syntyche Bishop, actress and Resident Player at the National Theatre Arts Company of T&T. She said she has been concentrating on acting for a while, but her first love has always been singing. Bishop began singing in church at age 5 and started training … Continue reading
Breath of Fresh Air showcases new original music (October 16, 2016)
The upcoming concert A Breath of Fresh Air, by Chandelier Productions, will feature the original compositions and arrangements of 18-year-old musical prodigy Michael Hudlin. Hudlin, who performs with the Lydian Singers and the UWI Arts Chorale, is a multiple Music Festival winner and the most recent recipient of the Suraj Boodram Prize for Best Music … Continue reading
Back-in-times for Susan’s benefit (October 9, 2016)
Actress Susan Hannays-Abraham is widely known and loved for her roles as twins Vindra and Vashti, whom she portrayed on six seasons of Westwood Park. What may not be as widely known is that since 2011, SHA, as she is affectionately known, has been battling a type of cancer called follicular lymphoma. A group of … Continue reading