Tracey Sankar-Charleau’s Red Thread Cycle – All the Dead, All the Living baby doll mas band is an addition to the mas-woman’s brilliant portfolio of Traditional Mas portrayals. The title of the mini-band is taken from a section in poet Shivanee Ramlochan’s debut collection, Everybody Knows I Am A Haunting (Peepal Tree Press, 2017). The … Continue reading
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In memory of Benny J (January 20, 2020)
There were tears, laughter and music in abundance at the celebration of the life of rapso artiste Derek “Benny J.” Jones on January 8. The artiste who passed away on December 21, was a founding member of De Network Riddum Band, one of the most popular rapso bands of the 1980s and beyond. Friends and … Continue reading
Theatre loses an icon (November 2, 2019)
The National Drama Association of T&T (NDATT) is saddened to hear of the passing of internationally renowned, Trinidadian-born playwright Mustapha Matura. Matura passed away suddenly on October 2, at the age of 79, after becoming ill while traveling. Mustapha Matura was born Noel Mathura, in Trinidad, in 1939, He later changed his name when he … Continue reading
Memorial for Raymond Choo Kong tonight (July 19, 2019)
Grief, sorrow and anger are the prevailing emotions in T&T following the death of veteran theatre practitioner Raymond Choo Kong. Choo Kong, who would have been 70 on August 5, was found dead at his Arima home on July 15. Choo Kong was an award winning producer, director, and actor who founded the well-known company … Continue reading
Outpouring for Edwin (January 3, 2019)
(Mentioned) Sean Douglas Thursday 3 January 2019 EDWIN ERMINY BAYLEY, head of the National Drama Association, was the very personification of love, said speaker after speaker at a memorial gathering for him at the Big Black Box Theatre, Murray Street, Woodbrook on Wednesday night. The Venezuelan creative drowned at Grand Riviere, Toco on Monday, leaving a … Continue reading
