Jamaican Plays | From Roots Plays to The National Pantomime

Fans of Jamaican and Caribbean plays who are living in Ontario, Canada, will want to see General Macbeth: Castle Pon De Sand, a Caribbean adaptation of William Shakespeare’s famous Macbeth. This version is definitely unlike the one that you would’ve heard in literature class at school. General Macbeth: Castle Pon De Sand is drama, tragedy [...]

The 2010 Jamaica Youth Theatre (JYT) Production – Graffiti

Jamaica Youth Theatre (JYT) will present its production for 2010 at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts on the University of the West Indies, Mona campus from September 10-12. This year, the group will restage the piece, Graffiti, which tackles local and international issues affecting today’s youth … more here //

Jamaica Farewell To Be Made Into A Movie?

Taken from today’s Sunday Gleaner newspaper: Debra Ehrhardt got a standing ovation on the first night of Jamaica Farewell, which has been running at The Theatre place on Haining Road. The following morning, Ehrhardt revealed plans to make the one-woman play into a movie. Pre-production is set to begin within the next two years … more [...]

Run Di Track

Run Di Track, an Independent Actors Movement (IAM) production, opens this Friday (August 20) at the Dennis Scott Studio Theatre, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts. In today’s Sunday Gleaner, Mel Cooke takes a look behind the scenes of this new production: ‘Run Di Track’ is the theatrical X-ray of a televised popular [...]

Short Review – Jamaica, Farewell

Featured in today’s Sunday Observer newspaper: Written and performed by Jamaican-born Debra Ehrhardt, Jamaica, Farewell has been heralded as one of the best one-woman shows to hit the stage — so much so, that many eagerly anticipate its adaptation to film by Hollywood’s Rita Wilson. It was a full house at Pablo Hoilett’s Theatre Place on [...]