Audiences sang and laughed along with the action in Rawle Gibbons’ calypso musical, Ah Wanna Fall, at the Newtown Playboys Pan Theatre on Tragarete Road. The musical will run on October 12 and 13 and October 19 and 20. Ah Wanna Fall, part of a three-part Calypso Trilogy, focuses on the life of calypsonians in … Continue reading
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Manwarren revives Walcott’s Ti Jean and His Brothers (September 25, 2019)
The Derek Walcott play Ti Jean and His Brothers will run from September 27 to 29 at Queen’s Hall, as part of the Derek Walcott Festival. The play is directed by Wendell Manwarren and features music by Andre Tanker. The play is based on a St. Lucian folk tale about a Mother and her three … Continue reading
Derek Walcott Prize: An opportunity for poets worldwide (September 17, 2019)
The winner of the first annual Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry will win a week-long residency at Walcott’s home in St. Lucia or Trinidad, a US$1,000 cash award, a reading at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre in Boston and the publication of a limited-edition broadside by Arrowsmith Press. The prize is being offered by the Derek … Continue reading
Hagley keeps jazz awake with Insomnia (September 13, 2019)
Jazz pianist and composer Adan Hagley will be hosting a listening party for his debut album, Insomnia, on September 15 at the Kaiso Blues Cafe on Wrightson Road. The event will serve as a teaser for the formal album launch, which will take place on October 13. Hagley said the theme of Insomnia is based … 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
Bitter Cassava goes south (August 29, 2019)
“Actions have consequences.” “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” These are some of the messages in the play Bitter Cassava, which played to a sold out audience at Carifesta on August 18. Audiences who missed the Carifesta performance will be happy to know that the play will be performed at … 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
C-CAN nurtures diasporic linkages (August 17, 2019)
Canadian-Jamaican actor Daniel Jelani Ellis will be performing his play, Speaking of Sneaking, as part of Carifesta XIV. The actor, son of renowned comedian Owen “Blacka” Ellis, is part of the Canadian contingent participating in the Festival. Ellis has been involved in theatre since a young age. He said his first foray into theatre was … Continue reading
Comedy in St Augustine tonight (August 16, 2019)
The Haul Yuh Mic Challenge (HYMic) series continues to provide opportunities for local stand-up comedians to fine-tune their craft in front of an audience. The series is the brainchild of comedian Rhea-Simone “Simmy the Trini” Auguste. Auguste said she began the comedy challenge in April 2018 to help “discover, nurture and support local stand-up comedians … Continue reading
Dealing with disobedient children (August 7, 2019)
Playwrights Workshop Trinbago’s (PWT) Monthly Readers Theatre Series (MRTS), featured on the first Wednesday of every month, will be reading Tears That Fall, written by Garnet Lawrence, for the August 2019 instalment. The reading takes place this evening at the National Drama Association of T&T’s (NDATT) Studios, located at 97 Southern Main Road, Curepe, starting … Continue reading
