With a strong line-up of choreographers for the 2017 season, the COCO Dance Festival 2017 proudly launches its 9th edition at Queen’s Hall Auditorium from the 27th to 29th of October. Every year, the festival creates a space for cutting-edge choreography where one can see the very best of modern contemporary dance from local, regional…
The New Play Festival 2017 will be opening its doors to playwrights as it expands its repertoire to include six writing workshops. These workshops will be taught by masters in the field over the course of four Saturdays between October 21st and November 11th. The workshops are, in order: What is a Play; Character Development; Plot…
From Native Caribbean Foundation; producers of ‘The Big Bad Musical”- the sold out hit for 2016 comes ‘Law & Order: C-rhyme and Pun-ishment’, a tongue in cheek musical comedy for all ages. With a book by Jane and Jim Jeffries, and music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur, Law and Order – C-rhyme and Pun-ishment follows…
Mark Buss on de Water Taxi, a Raymond Choo Kong Production, is a fine frenzy of farcical fun. Choo Kong productions are famous for their fast-paced, bacchanal-ridden comedy and when I saw the play at the Cipriani Labour College on Saturday the 7th of October, it more than lived up to this reputation. Contrary to…
The Players’ Workshop returns to the theatre scene with Peter Shaffer’s ‘EQUUS’, October 18 – 22 at the Little Carib Theatre. It has been nine years since The Players’ Workshop produced for the theatre. With the exception of producing the Dimanche Gras in 2014, the company has been dormant since their 2008 production of ‘Three…
The classroom is about to loud and fun for over 100 primary school students and their teachers with the arrival of a touring ensemble of dance and movement practitioners from Texas State University. The ensemble will visit Trinidad as part of COCO Dance Festival’s COCO in the Community programme from October 19 – 24. The visitors…
“Dan is a man who cya hold he hand when it comes to woman,” is how Philomena Alexis Baptiste, as the play’s narrator, describes the titular character in Christine Johnson’s Dan the Travelling Man (a Baggasse Company production). I saw the play for the first time during its encore run at Central Bank on Saturday…
The soaring chorus of the celebratory final act of KHONA The Musical turned swiftly to angry chants of protest backstage at the Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) Auditorium of the National Academy for Performing Arts (NAPA). On Friday 29th September, immediately following the curtain call of the final show, furious cast members of one of the…
‘Writing Radio Plays’ is the theme for the discussions at the October instalment of the Playwrights Workshop Trinbago’s (PWT) Readers Theatre Series 2017. PWT, which has been conducting sessions for the development of new plays since 2003, will be two radio plays on Wednesday 4th October, at a new venue; Granderson Lab, 24 Erthig Road,…
AIDA, the highly anticipated musical from Presentation College Mixed Choir has been postponed. Originally intended to run at the Naparima Bowl from October 4th – 8th, this schedule adjustment became necessary as a result of the Bowl undergoing major maintenance and repairs, and being unable to facilitate events in its main theatre until further notice.…
‘Moko Jumbie’ dabbles in powerful spiritual themes, boldly confronts class and ethnic stereotypes and seduces with beautiful visuals of Trinidad. The film reaches ambitiously toward fusing our folkloric heritage into a relatable, supernatural love story, which is admirable. The performances are solid and the trip is eventful and fun to watch. However, the film seems to get lost along the way, hampered by too many plot holes and an unfocused approach to tone and intent. One might also consider the title of this film as mysterious as its ending.
Earlier this year, The Baggasse Company, the people who brought you the classic comedies Fools, What the Butler Saw, Nikki Does, The Mind with the Dirty Man, The Good Doctor, When the Cat’s Away, Mou Mou, and many more, staged their brand new original comedy, Dan the Travelling Man. By popular demand, this hilarious theatre…
Heroes &Vill-ians; a play by 19-year-old Ifayomi Aluko, is the latest production from the San Fernando based Artspire Production Company. The Company’s co-founder and Heroes & Vill-ians artistic director; Keegan Miguel, said Aluko’s play was originally written as part of his requirement for CAPE Theatre Arts. Miguel said the piece had such an overwhelming response…
Four Short Plays to be Read at the Playwrights Workshop Trinbago “Writing Short Plays” is the theme for the discussions at the September 2017 edition of the Playwrights Workshop Trinbago’s (PWT) Monthly Readers Theatre Series. PWT, which has been conducting sessions for the development of new plays since 2003, will feature readings of four…
Trinidad Theatre Workshop’s (TTW) School for the Arts is currently registering students for its final round of workshops for 2017. These workshops include 12-week acting classes for children, teens and new actors, and a 10-week course in How to Read and Write Poetry. In the theatre and actors workshops, participants will learn about improvisation, playback…
