The Page to Stage annual theatre production is the culmination of the activities of the NGC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest. NGC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest director Danielle Delon said the storytelling programme began 10 years ago, with Page to Stage taking place over the last four years. Usually held in November, the production features performances … Continue reading
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Celebrating T&T’s Culture and the Arts (December 10. 2019)
Prolific non-fiction author Nasser Khan recently handed over his new book, Celebrating Trinidad and Tobago’s Culture and the Arts, to the schools and libraries of T&T. The text is intended to be a one-stop shop reference guide to the cultural forms of T&T. At 336 pages, Celebrating Trinidad and Tobago’s Culture and the Arts takes … Continue reading
Three New Plays hit the stage (October 23, 2019)
The fourth Annual New Play Festival (NPF) features three new plays which have never been staged. This year, the featured plays are The Serpent’s Mouth, a radio play by Randy Ablack, Ring Game by Arnetia Thomas and Dey Dey Gets a House by Judith Theodore. The event takes place from November 8 to 10 and … Continue reading
Werd empwers primary school students (September 10, 2019)
Werd Coach Youth will begin offering Creative Writing Lessons, beginning on September 10, at the National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago’s (NDATT) Studios, located at 97 Southern Main Road, Curepe. The sessions, which target students in Standards 3 to 5, will run until June 2020. Werd Coach Founder Shelley-Ann Edwards-Barran said she targeted those … Continue reading
A workshop to teach children how to write properly (August 3, 2019)
Werd Coach Youth’s upcoming Young Writers’ Workshop focuses on changing the way children look at creative writing. The Workshop runs from August 5 to 16 at the Regional Outdoor Facility, Chaguanas. Werd Coach Founder Shelley-Ann Edwards-Barran said she came up with the idea for the workshop after realizing that many of the adults she encountered … Continue reading
Arts in Action for children (June 19, 2019)
As Arts-in-Action (AiA), the Applied Creative Arts, Outreach Unit of the Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA), UWI St. Augustine, celebrates its 25th anniversary as an Applied Creative Arts Company, it will be expanding its vacation camp programme. This year, the three camps being offered are Discovery Camp, Discovery by Stage and Discovery by … Continue reading
San Juan North represents T&T in St Lucia (March 15, 2019)
The San Juan North Secondary School (SJNSS) will be representing T&T at the Caribbean Secondary Schools’ Drama Festival (CSSDF) in November 2019. The school, cast and crew will be hosting Encore, a duo of plays from March 29 to 31 at the Little Carib Theatre to assist in raising funds for the trip. The two … 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
Robert Noel’s Blackbird tells of women’s lives (August 21, 2016)
The short play Blackbird, written and directed by Robert Noel, explores the lives of women living in T&T society and how they deal with unfortunate circumstances. He said working with the play has been a learning experience for him in many ways. Noel said he was inspired to write the play after having a vision … Continue reading
