Jamaican Plays

Puppy Love Will Be In Canada For Mothers’ Day Weekend

Puppy Love, the hilarious Jamaican play featuring Oliver Samuels, Dahlia Harris, Natalee Cole and Earle Brown will be in Canada for Mother’s Day weekend. Locations and dates: Friday May 7 @ 8 p.m. – Chinguacousy Sec School, Brampton Saturday May 8 @ 8 p.m. and Sunday May 9 @ 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sir [...]

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Media – The Plumber Review

In today’s Gleaner newspaper, Keiran King gives a stinging review of the latest roots play to hit the local entertainment scene, The Plumber. “The Plumber is, ostensibly, about a policeman suspecting and then uncovering his wife in an affair. Never mind that. It’s really about bringing some familiar characters onto the stage, characters from prior [...]

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Feature – Nadia Khan

In today’s Sunday Gleaner, Mel Cooke has a good feature on Nadia Khan, who was recently named ‘Best Actress in a Lead Role’ (for her role in The Love List) at the 2010 Actor Boy Awards. “In The Love List she plays Justine, the apparently ideal mate composed from a list of preferred qualities. The [...]

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Profile – Michael Nicholson (The Plumber)

Michael ‘Stringbeans’ Nicholson stars in the latest roots play to hit the local entertainment scene, The Plumber. Today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper features an overview of Nicholson’s role in The Plumber. Although recognised as one of the most sought after directors in Jamaica today, Michael Nicholson is also an accomplished actor, having starred in 11 pantomimes [...]

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Media – Puppy Love Review

Keiran King has reviewed the Puppy Love play in today’s Gleaner newspaper: One is a fluke, two a coincidence, three a trend. For those keeping count, Patrick Brown’s newly remounted play, Puppy Love, is (at least) the fourth recent Jamaican production to feature a May-December romance. (That’s where one partner is way younger than the [...]

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