T&T artist Wendy Nanan’s statement “your reaction is just as important as my reaction. Fifty percent of the work is your (the audience’s) response” is the inspiration behind a bi-annual series of conversations on art, called Articulate Caribbean, which will be launched on March 9 at the Medulla Art Gallery, Woodbrook. The project is the … Continue reading
The 2017 staging of UWI St. Augustine’s Old Yard, put on by the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, Agostini Street on February 19, was a colourful celebration of traditional mas. Patrons were treated to up-close views of the characters portrayed by UWI students and performers. The grounds were transformed to look like an actual … Continue reading
Wire Bend Folklore Theatre’s latest production, “The Boy & His Dog and Other Stories” will feature three mini-plays during its School and National Tour from March 20 to 25 in Naparima Bowl. Auditions for performers and artisans will be held immediately after Carnival. Wire Bend founder Rubadiri Victor said he founded the company two years … Continue reading
Film-maker Byron Camacho’s upcoming workshop on writing and directing short films is aimed toward adults who want to study the fundamentals of screenwriting and directing but have no background in film. Camacho said he hopes the workshop will provide a jumping-off point for aspiring film-makers in T&T. Camacho, who has a Bachelor’s Degree in Film … Continue reading
MusicTT’s upcoming workshop, The Business of Calypso Workshop featuring Calypso Rose on February 17, will present a series of panels covering the Essentials in Composing Calypso, Calypso Music Production and Music Business/Finance/Marketing. MusicTT’s General Manager, Jeanelle Frontin said the workshop is a collaboration with the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) and the Intellectual Property Office … Continue reading
Trini-Canadian writer and actor Joseph Jomo Pierre said he felt he was drawn to come back to T&T to act as the lead character, Jason, in the Caribbean premiere of Carnival Medea. Pierre left T&T at nine years old and was brought up in Toronto, Canada. He credits his upbringing in T&T with his sense … Continue reading
The Inspector, an original play written and directed by Simeon Moodoo and performed by students at Naparima College, won eight awards at the National Secondary Schools Drama Festival and will be representing T&T at the Caribbean Secondary Schools Drama Festival. Moodoo said his objective in entering the Festival was to foster a theatre culture in … Continue reading
What do 463 bodies look like all in one place? DMAD (Drama Making a Difference) Theatre Company sought to answer this question in conjunction with a number of other performance artists and groups on January 13. Several groups, including Freetown Collective, IACT (I am Christian Theatre), Two Cents Movement, Arts in Action and others, along … Continue reading
Artistic Program Manager of the Applied Creative Arts program, Arts-in-Action (AiA), Brendon Lacaille, said the program will be going out into communities in 2017 to offer their services in dealing with issues of gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against women (VAW) where there is a need. The resolve comes following a year of intense training … Continue reading
Audre Lorde, a lesbian mother warrior poet feminist activist with caribbean roots, ventured to the Caribbean in 1990 for vacation. She was almost denied entry to one Caribbean island because of her… Source: Jan15,2017. Audre Lorde’s experience of black self-hatred in the Caribbean
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