The National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago’s (NDATT) Playwrights Workshop Trinbago’s (PWT) Monthly Readers Theatre Series (MRTS), held the first Wednesday of every month, kicks off the new year with the reading of the screenplay Liberties, written by Taqiyah Muhammad, for the January 2020 instalment. The reading takes place at the NDATT Studios, located at 97 … Continue reading
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Playwrights read Pen, Paper and Power (December 3, 2019)
Playwrights Workshop Trinbago’s (PWT) Monthly Readers Theatre Series (MRTS), held the first Wednesday of every month, will be reading Pen, Paper and Power, written by India Bristol, for the December 2019 instalment. The reading takes place at the National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago’s (NDATT) Studios, located at 97 Southern Main Road, Curepe on … 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
New play on stage this week (September 2, 2019)
Farce based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Swineherd Playwrights Workshop Trinbago’s (PWT) Monthly Readers Theatre Series (MRTS), held the first Wednesday of every month, will be reading Atascadero! written by H.D. Greaves for the September 2019 instalment. The reading takes place at the National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago’s (NDATT) Studios, located at 97 … Continue reading
Dramatic readings for Carifesta XIV (August 17, 2019)
The National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago (NDATT) and the Playwrights Workshop Trinbago (PWT) will present three dramatic readings as part of the CARIFESTA XIV offerings. The Dramatic Readings are the result of the PWT’s Play Development Workshop 2019 and will take place on August 24.The plays featured are Ring Game by Arnetia Thomas, … Continue reading
National Drama Association seeks new life (May 21, 2017)
The revival of the National Drama Association of T&T (NDATT) will enable T&T theatre practitioners to contribute to the development of T&T as a nation as a cohesive whole. That’s the view of Dr. Lester Efebo Wilkinson, who is the Chairman of the organization’s caretaker committee. Wilkinson, who was the second President of NDATT after … Continue reading
New Plays get high marks (November 6, 2016)
The T&T New Play Festival, which ran from October 28 to 31, successfully achieved its aims of bringing theatre practitioners together and getting people to come out and support the Festival. This is according to one of the organizers, playwright Safa Niamat-Ali. The Festival consisted of three plays which had never been staged before: Miracle, … Continue reading
New Play Festival premieres next weekend (October 23, 2016)
The New Play Festival 2016, which will run October 28 to 30, is the brainchild of legendary T&T thespian Tony Hall. Hall said the Festival is one of the projects he conceived years ago when he resolved to stop complaining about what was not happening in theatre in T&T and do something instead. The Festival … Continue reading
