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…
Actor Renaldo Frederick has been gracing the film and theatre stages of T&T since he won a Most Promising Actor Award in the Secondary Schools Drama Festival in 2009. Now, “Red” as he’s popularly known, is excited to move on to the next stage of his career as he has been accepted to the Royal…
After a successful inaugural showcase last year, the Playwrights Workshop Trinbago’s Annual New Play Festival will return to the Trinidad Theatre Workshop from October 26 – November 5, 2017. This year’s festival will once again feature three plays that have never been staged – Aryana Mohammed’s “Sunrise Love to Sunset Hate”, Toni Lima’s “Bedbugs” and Tony…
Written and directed by Davlin Thomas, and produced by the North West Laventille Cultural Movement, the play J’ouvert:- Wilderness Ass Mas seeks to embrace the notion of J’ouvert as ritualistic cleansing or communion. Synopsis: This Carnivalesque, magical, real production is set in Picton Hill just before the Carnival begins (J’ouvert) where four men and one woman…
Even before Green Days by the River is released on the big screen, the film has already scored big. Two weeks ago, the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) announced that the production will open next month’s premiere – making it the first feature film, directed and produced by Trinbagonian talent, to achieve such a…
The National Drama Association of T&T has elected a new executive body, following its Annual General Meeting on July 23. Over 120 members turned out to vote in the organization’s first AGM since 2012. The new executive body is comprised of President Wendell Etienne, Vice President Triston Wallace, Secretary Safa Niamat-Ali, Assistant Secretary Ria Carrera-Toney,…
The Playwrights Workshop Trinbago, Readers Theatre Series will continue on Wednesday 2nd August 2017, with a reading of Brendon O, Brien’s latest play; ‘Everyone’s Got A Gun, at the Trinidad Theatre Workshop. Set in an almost post-apocalyptic Trinidad, ‘Everyone’s Got A Gun’ tells the story of four gun-toting strangers trapped in a bar after curfew…
After a three month membership drive and revitalisation campaign, The National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago (NDATT) has announced that their Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Sunday 23rd July, 10AM at the Little Carib Theatre. According to a release by the NDATT Caretaker Committee, the main agenda of this AGM; after…
On Tuesday, July 4th I had my first foray into the enchanting world of opera. As a part of T&T Opera Festival 2017, Picoplat Music Development Foundation presented Mozart’s renowned oeuvre, The Magic Flute, at the Government Plaza Auditorium. As per his accomplished reputation in the theatre, Dr. Helmer Hilwig’s minimalist direction of this abridged version…
English Author – Andrew N. Walker, has landed in Trinidad and Tobago for the first reading of his new play; ‘The Silent Drum,’ at the Playwrights Workshop Trinbago’s (PWT) July installment of their Readers Theatre Series 2017. This reading will take place on Wednesday 5th July, 7PM at the Trinidad Theatre Workshop. The Silent Drum;…
The Choo Kong Comedy Fest continues this weekend. Raymond Choo Kong Productions and First Instinct Productions present: ‘Choose Your Partner Wisely’, Friday 30 June to Sunday 2 July, at Cipriani Labor College’s CLR James Auditorium. The third installment of the rckp and FI Comedy Fest 2017 which started with ‘Death at a Funeral’ and ‘Trapped in…
From Friday 7th to Sunday 9th July, the Marionettes is on the move again to add to their considerable tally of performances with Hearts Beat Together 2 — a celebration of music and community! With so much work to be done in our communities and NGOs already stretched to the limit, members of the Marionettes…
