The fourth Monday Night Forum at the Trinidad Theatre Workshop featuring legendary Trinidad Theatre practitioner and Tent Theatre Founding Artistic Director Helen Camps, drew a crowd of admirers, theatre practitioners and the curious, and for good reason. Camps’ stories of her current work in the maximum security prisons alternately drew tears to the eyes and … Continue reading
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A Trini Cinderella (September 27, 2015)
The upcoming production of ‘Cinderella: A Trinidad and Tobago Musical’ by the newly-revived Bagasse Company promises a uniquely Trinidadian experience. Co-producer/director Aaron Schneider said “it’s the first Cinderella story being retold using the narrative of a country other than its home country. It‘s completely coloured with and driven by the same motivational forces that would … Continue reading
Tiana Chandler – Building the Theatre Industry (August 16, 2015)
Singer, actress and producer Tiana Chandler says even though, at 23, she’s probably one of the youngest people to form a production company in T&T, she has huge aspirations. Her first ever concert, titled Theatre Night Out, at Queen’s Hall on August 9 showcases some new and some known faces to the T&T music scene, … Continue reading
Raguel Gabriel – Eyes on Stella Adler Studio (August 16, 2015)
Frustration. That’s how performing arts students applying for Government help to study abroad describe the feeling when they’re told that they can’t get funding. They feel it’s shameful that even though people with the skills they want to acquire are needed in the Arts sector, an investment is not being made in people who want … Continue reading