Jamaican Plays

Camille ‘Diana’ Davis Featured In The Gleaner

Camille ‘Diana’ Davis, star of the romantic comedy play Diana, is featured in today’s Gleaner newspaper. It’s the way she plays up the connection between the gorgeous face and the goofy attitude that makes Camille Davis so appealing onscreen. But when it comes to knowing what she wants in life, there’s no faking. Her current [...]

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The Ladies’ Room Review

Today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper has a review of the Edna Manley College’s School of Drama’s latest production – The Ladies’ Room. “An entertainment package of colourful dialogue, creative plot and ingenious set design best describes the latest dramatic production of the Edna Manley College’s School of Drama, The Ladies’ Room, written by Rodolfo Santana. The [...]

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Bashment Granny A Racist Play?

There’s a letter to the editor in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, where an irate Jamaican-American of Chinese origins is complaining about Bashment Granny being racist towards Chinese people. “In the world of Bashment Granny, Chinese people are nasty, laughable sources of mockery, and have small genitalia. I half caught myself shouting and telling Shebada and [...]

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Stabroek News Feature On The Popularity Of Jamaican Plays In Guyana

Guyanese newspaper, Stabroek News, has a feature today on the popularity of Jamaican plays in Guyana. It begins … “In recent years Jamaican plays have been extraordinarily popular in Guyana and whenever any of the companies from that country are booked on tours to Georgetown they are in high demand.  There are reasons for this [...]

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Aston Cooke Wins Best Play Award – 2009 National Literary Competition

Playwright, Aston Cooke, recently won the Best Play award for his entry – a full-length manuscript called Jonkanoo Jamboree – in the 2009 National Literary Competition that was staged by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC). He was presented the award at a ceremony held recently at the Rex Nettleford Hall at the University of [...]

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