Archive | October, 2009
Me and Mi Chapsie Benefit Performance For Charity
To raise funds for its annual children’s Christmas treat, and to assist with the purchase of a wheelchair for the St. Catherine Infirmary, Elitte Club – a charity organisation – will host a benefit performance of Me and Mi Chapsie at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, November 13, at The Pantry Playhouse, New Kingston. Elitte Club Limited [...]
Continue reading...JA Story – A Theatrical Celebration Of Jamaican history
27. October 2009
For Jamaicans and fans of Jamaica in the U.K., you may want to go see “JA Story – The Musical“, a theatrical celebration of Jamaican history, which makes its debut on October 29 at the Stratford Circus venue in east London (Box office #: 0208 357 2625). It is scheduled to run for just three [...]
Continue reading...Kennise Watson Shines In Family Affair
26. October 2009
On seeing ‘Family Affair’ for the second time in two nights, one patron reportedly exclaimed “this is the best show I’ve seen all year!” Of the many exciting moments in the hot new ‘Family Affair’ comedy, audiences are reportedly spellbound by newcomer Kennise Watson, and her portrayal of Danielle Lloyd, the vengeful woman scorned. Danielle spins [...]
Continue reading...Bashment Granny 2 Heads To England
20. October 2009
Bashment Granny, said to be the most successful play in Jamaican history, heads to England for a series of shows beginning on Saturday, October 24 in Birmingham. The last time that Bashment Granny came to the U.K., it was well sold out. Don’t get left out this time around, get your tickets for Bashment Granny [...]
Continue reading...Trevor Rhone’s Two Can Play Reviewed In The Gleaner
20. October 2009
Gleaner review of Trevor Rhone’s “Two Can Play” by Keiran King “… if you see five Jamaican plays in your short, embattled life, one of them has to be Trevor Rhone’s Two Can Play. The script, which won Best Original Play on its 1982 debut, tells its story with such thunderous honesty that neither the [...]
Continue reading...Old Tyme Country Wedding Was A Hit
18. October 2009
According to reports out of Canada, Old Tyme Country Wedding, an original home-grown Canadian pantomime, was a big hit on its debut at the P.C. Ho Theatre for Performing Arts on Sheppard Avenue East in Toronto, last night. Jamaican musicologist, composer and choir director, Noel Dexter, was specially flown in from Jamaica to attend the [...]
Continue reading...Two Can Play – A Tribute To Trevor Rhone
16. October 2009
The University Players’ will pay tribute to the late Trevor Rhone by staging his award-winning comedy “Two Can Play” for just six performances – beginning Saturday, October 17 and continuing through to Monday, October 26. The venue will be the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at the University of the West Indies, Mona, [...]
Continue reading...Suzette Barrett In ‘Family Affair’
15. October 2009
At age 18, Suzette Barrett made her stage debut in Michael Denton’s “Hear Say”, which signaled the start of an extremely successful career. Having worked on smash hits such as “Two Fowl A Mi Yaad”, “Granny Rule I”, “Missa Dweet Nice”, “Passa Passa”, “More Passa”, “Crazy Landlord” and “Shebada Comes To Town” to name a [...]
Continue reading...Pssst! | Dark Diaspora
14. October 2009
The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts School of Drama presents two short plays in one night: - Pssst! (directed by Neila Ebanks) - Dark Diaspora (directed by Ahdri Zhina Mandiela) The two plays commonly explore the issue of identity, and are carried along mainly by poetry, monologue and sound. The plays will run for two [...]
Continue reading...Bashment Granny Movie Trailer
12. October 2009
Check out the trailer for the soon-to-be released Bashment Granny movie, which is based off the hilarious Jamaican play of the same name. It stars Garfield “Bad Boy Trevor” Reid, Maxwell Grant, Keith “Shebada” Ramsay, Stede Flash and Abigail Grant, and was written and directed by Paul O. Beale. This is a two-minute video clip [...]
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28. October 2009
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