This week, Trinidad and Tobago will welcome its newest production company to the stage. Sapphire Productions; the brainchild of Gabrielle Scott – a promising University of the
Category: Theatre
Trinidad Theatre Workshop Finds a New Home
Cabinet today approved the lease of state-owned property for use by the Trindad Theatre Workshop. The TTW will find a new home at No. 6
UWI Arts presents ‘Stick-ey Desires’ – Premiere of First Soca Musical in T&T
UWI Arts Theatre students at The UWI St. Augustine’s Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) present their annual student production, the premiere of the
Dan the Travelling Man – A Brand New Caribbean Comedy
After the critically acclaimed 2015 production of Cinderella – The Trinidad and Tobago Musical; The Baggasse Company returns this year with a brand new original
National Drama Association Launches Membership Drive
The National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago, (NDATT), is making its return after lying dormant since October 2014. In a meeting held at the
Youth Choir Announces Open Auditions for AIDA the Musical
Presentation College Mixed Choir, a youth choir based in Presentation College, San Fernando, has announced Elton John and Tim Rice’s ‘AIDA’ as their Musical Theatre
Folklore Stories Brought to Life
The spectacular costumes, interactive animated characters, and innovative staging of the Wire Bend Folklore Theatre returns to the Naparima Bowl this month, with ‘The Boy &
Historic Theatre Comany – ‘The Company of Players’, Reunite at TTW
In 1960, local drama created history when two of the major amateur theatrical companies at the time—The Company of Four and The Whitehall Players—came together
The Carnival is over but de bacchanal continues
After two weeks, eight public performances, many positive reviews and a short hiatus, the Caribbean Premiere of Carnival Medea: a bacchanal will conclude its run this weekend
Review: Big Bad Musical, a guilty-as-charged howling good time
The Big Bad Musical, The Native Caribbean Foundation’s “howling courtroom comedy” is a guilty-as-charged howling good time. I was fortunate enough to catch the Matinée
Secondary Schools’ Drama Festival 2016 Awards List
Tuesday 17th January 2017 marked the 48th Award Ceremony for the Secondary Schools Drama Association‘s Drama Festival. The Association, founded by James Lee Wah in 1965,
Carnival Medea Premieres at The Little Carib Theatre
Lordstreet Theatre Company and Little Carib Theatre will present the Caribbean Premiere of Carnival Medea: A Bacchanal in time for the T&T Carnival 2017. The play,
Review: ‘The Inspector’ – a gunshot right in the heart of our country’s moral spirit
The Inspector – an original play written and directed by Simeon Moodoo; featuring choreography by Triston Wallace and performed by students of Naparima College on Wednesday
New Play Festival premieres next weekend
(Originally published to the T&T Guardian 23/10/2016) The New Play Festival 2016, which will run October 28 to 31, is the brainchild of legendary T&T
Flight TWA 800: The devil is in the details
In the world of comedy, there’s a fine line between farce and false; placing characters in seemingly outrageous situations with over the top comedic performances
New Play Festival aims to unify T&T theatre community
The inaugural Annual New Play Festival (2016), conceptualised and organised by the Playwrights Workshop Trinbago (a playwrights group maintained by Lordstreet Theatre Company), in association
REVIEW | Mahalia: A Gospel Musical – a soul shaking, spine tingling experience
Few people in the world could ever claim to have had an indelible impact on music. Mahalia Jackson however, is a definite standout. Her dusky
Llettesha Sylvester on becoming Mahalia Jackson
This month, theatre production company JCS Entertainment Ltd. (JCS Ent) will be bringing back a double-feature of Broadway musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Jesus Christ
Review: The Calm After the Storm
The Calm After the Storm is an original play from Kingdom Arts and Performances that attempts to delve into the complexities of the relationship between man and
JCS Ent brings back-to-back Broadway musicals in September!
Theatre production company JCS Entertainment Ltd. (JCS Ent) returns with two a back-to-back ‘Spectacular September’ of musicals, featuring fully-staged and costumed performances of Andrew Lloyd
The Trinidad and Tobago Performing Arts Network 