Jamaican Plays

Look What Jesus Did

Opening tomorrow, January 1-2010, at the Girl Guides Association (2 Waterloo Road, Kingston 10) is Ann Fuller’s “Look What Jesus Did” play. Directed by Michael Forrest, “Look What Jesus Did” plays nightly at 7:30 p.m. from January 1-3, 2010. “Look What Jesus Did” is based on two forces, good versus evil, like night from day. It [...]

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The Love List – Opening December 30

The Love List, directed by Pablo Hoilett and starring Munair Zacca, Clive Duncan and Nadia Khan, opens on December 30 at the Theatre Place (8 Haining Road, New Kingston). It’s described as a “screw-ball comedy for mature audiences“. More details will be provided about this play soon. For ticket information, please call 908-0040. Check out the [...]

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Family Affair Review

Anthea McGibbon recently reviewed the Dahlia Harris-produced Family Affair play. Green Gables is definitely a place for rib-tickling, and during the season’s showing of the Dahlia Harris-produced Family Affair, patrons got no less than a good passion-filled anecdote from this JCDC silver award-winning script. As ‘True Colours’ the script was first exposed in Kingston, then in [...]

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Coming Soon – White Witch

The much-anticipated White Witch play, with lead actress Maylynne Walton (of the television show, The Blackburns), Noel Kerr and Peter Abrikian, will have its gala world premiere on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at the Fairfield Theatre in Montego Bay. White Witch is directed by Douglas Prout, and was originally written by Jane Crichton, with additional material [...]

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Jambiz On Easy Street This Christmas

Local theatre producers Jambiz international Limited is hoping for lucky 13 this year, as their 13th annual Christmas Production maintains tradition with a Boxing Day opening at 5 p.m. Writer in residence, Patrick Brown, has crafted yet another creative gem, this time entitled EASY STREET. The now popular and experienced Jambiz crew will again bring the [...]

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Pirate Jack 2009 LTM National Pantomime Overview

Today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper has an overview of Pirate Jack, the 2009/2010 LTM National Pantomime. GOOD To Go is the theme of the finale song in the LTM National Pantomime Pirate Jack, which begins its run at the Little Theatre on Boxing Day, December 26, with a 6:00 pm curtain as customary … more

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For Better Or Worse – Opening December 27

Basil Dawkins’ “For Better Or Worse” opens on Sunday, December 27 at the Little Little Theatre (4 Tom Redcam Avenue, Cross Roads). Directed by Douglas Prout, “For Better Or Worse” is a story about challenging times when reasonable adults do strange and even crazy things. It stars Christopher ‘Johnny’ Daley, Jerry Benzwick, Terri Salmon, Sakina and [...]

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Pot O’ Gold Gleaner Review

The Pot O’ Gold musical is reviewed in today’s Gleaner newspaper by Marcia Rowe. “With the proclamation “a mystical, comical, dramatical, satirical musical”, director, scriptwriter and workshop leader, Shelia Graham and her team created the ideal prism to critique their play Pot O’ Gold. Or would Leonie Forbes’ cameo appearance be the talking point? Last Saturday [...]

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Pirate Jack Overview In The Gleaner

‘Pirate Jack’, the up coming LTM Pantomime for the 2009/10 season, is featured in today’s Gleaner newspaper. Like the anticipated Christmas breeze, the annual Little Theatre Movement (LTM) Pantomime provides a fresh air in Jamaican theatre. Usually the titles are catchy, the humour and language wholesome and the spectacle, breathtaking. Pantomime lovers should expect no less [...]

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Serious Business – Opening December 18

Paul O’Beale’s “Serious Business”, opens this Friday, December 18, at the Green Gables Theatre – 6 Cargill Avenue, Kingston 10. Directed by Michael Nicholson, “Serious Business” stars Keith ‘Shebada’ Ramsay, Maxwell Grant, Volier Johnson, Abigale Grant, Deon Silvera, Junior Williams, Wayne Newby and Pinciana Ennis. It will play Tuesdays to Saturdays (8:30 p.m.) and on Sundays (5 [...]

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