The launch of thespian Theresa Awai’s first book, Swing High, Iron Pot and other stories, took place on December 13. The book is a collection of stories highlighting Awai’s memories of growing up in St. James, as well as articles about icons of St. James. Awai said she originally began writing the stories for her … Continue reading
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Danse Caraibe showcases Patchwork (December 18, 2018)
Danse Caraibe’s recent show, PatchWork, encompassed a wide range of styles and themes. The event, held on December 2 at Queen’s Hall, was directed by Artistic Director and Principal Heather Henderson Gordon and featured a wide range of choreography. Published in the T&T Guardian on December 18, 2018 Choreographers included Henderson Gordon, Arlene Frank-Collis, Takiyah … Continue reading
Culturego – promoting all of T&T culture (December 18, 2018)
Arts and culture magazine and creative agency Culturego celebrated its fifth year of existence in November. Founders Patrick Rasoanaivo and Adeline Gregoire said the journey has been an eventful and fulfilling one. The couple launched their website, http://www.culturegomag.com, in 2013 to fill what they perceived as a gap for a go-to space of non-mainstream arts … Continue reading
Caribbean School of Dancing wins international prizes (December 14, 2018)
The Caribbean School of Dancing (CSD) and its company, Metamorphosis Dance Company, won several awards in the recent All Dance International (ADI) World Championships in Orlando. The awards ceremony was held on November 25 following live competitions. This is an extended version of the article published in the T&T Guardian on December 14, 2018 CSD … Continue reading
San Juan North Secondary School tops 2018 Drama Festival (December 12, 2018)
The San Juan North Secondary School won a slew of awards on November 30 in the Secondary Schools Drama Festival. The school will go on to represent T&T in the Caribbean Schools’ Drama Festival in St. Lucia in 2019. The production of The Curious Cat won awards for Most Outstanding Production; Costume; Set Design; Choreography; … Continue reading
QED promises exquisite music (December 12, 2018)
Tenor trio Q.E.D. TT (Quite Exquisitely Done) will be entertaining their audiences with beautiful music on December 14 and 15 at St. Dominic’s Pastoral Centre on the compound of St. Finbar’s Church, Morne Coco Road, Diego Martin. The event is their annual Christmas concert, One Night in December. The group consists of renowned singers Raymond … Continue reading
Festival of Plays on stage this week (November 20, 2018)
The Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) will present its annual New Director’s Forum: Festival of Plays between November 23 and 25. The Festival features six plays beginning at 6 pm and 8 pm on Friday and Saturday and 4 pm and 6 pm on Sunday. This annual student production showcases student directors pursuing … Continue reading
Salt for New Play Festival (October 15, 2018)
(Mentioned) Debra Greaves Monday 15 October 2018 THE New Play Festival (NPF) will return later this month and will feature workshop performances of three plays: Earl Lovelace’s Salt, Narad Mahabir’s The Ford and Rhesa Samuel’s Asylum. The plays will run from October 25-28 at the Big Black Box, the Playwrights Workshop Trinbago (PWT) said. The festival, … Continue reading
Marcus Prince presses on at Berklee (July 30, 2017)
Pannist Marcus Prince will be returning to the Berklee College of Music to continue his five year degree in Music Education and will be holding a fundraising concert to assist with expenses. Prince said he’s been playing the tenor pan since primary school at Diego Martin Boys RC School and continued through high school at … Continue reading
Africa Film TT opens with gala (July 30, 2017)
The Opening Gala of the African Film T&T Festival saw a wide and diverse crowd filling the Central Bank Auditorium on July 24 to watch the Burkina Faso film, Frontieres by director Apolline Traore. The films to be featured in the Festival from July 21 to 30 come from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Mauritania, Mauritius, … Continue reading