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Bashment Granny Movie Delayed
Originally scheduled to premiere on June 16 at the Carib Theatre in Kingston, the Bashment Granny Movie has reportedly been delayed by Stages Films, as it seeks to explore additional distribution arrangements with a number of industry players. The film, which is based on the extremely popular stage play of the same name, has reportedly [...]
Continue reading...Coming Soon – Short Film Called The Final Game Based On Love Games Play
25. May 2010
After a successful staging more than two years ago, Patrick Brown will be turning part of his Love Games play into a short film called The Final Game. Love Games has six skits, and the last one, called Final Game, will be turned into a short film. In the last section of the play, John (Glen [...]
Continue reading...2010 Actor Boy Awards – March 29
28. March 2010
The 2010 Actor Boy Awards happens this Monday, March 29, at the Courtleigh Auditorium on St. Lucia Avenue in New Kingston. All are invited; additional details in the flyer below.
Continue reading...White Witch Is On At Fairfield Theatre In Montego Bay
9. February 2010
‘White Witch’, is the latest offering from the Fairfield Theatre in Montego Bay. On Saturday, February 6, it enjoyed a packed house for its gala world premiere, and it reportedly left many patrons offering rousing spontaneous applause, and singing high praises for the overall quality. It will continue, on weekends only, until some time next [...]
Continue reading...Aston Cooke Wins Best Play Award – 2009 National Literary Competition
12. November 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Wycliffe Bennett Has Died
6. October 2009
Pioneer producer/director and former Chairman of the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC), Wycliffe Samuel Bennett, reportedly died yesterday afternoon at the University Hospital of the West Indies following a long illness. He was 87 years old, and his death comes less than a month after the sudden passing of another Jamaican theatre stalwart – [...]
Continue reading...Bashment Granny Shebada Picture
6. October 2009
Keith ‘Shebada’ Ramsay stars in Bashment Granny. Here’s a picture of one of the hilarious scenes from that play.
Continue reading...Trevor Rhone Has Died
15. September 2009
Trevor Rhone, one of Jamaica’s best known playwrights and screenwriters, died earlier today in Kingston, Jamaica; he had reportedly suffered from a heart attack and was being transported to the hospital, but died while in-transit. He was 69 years old. Born March 24 1940, Rhone is best known for his co-writing role in the movie “The [...]
Continue reading...Oliver Samuels Joins Big Yard Cast
21. August 2009
Popular Jamaican comedian Oliver Samuels has joined the cast of “Big Yard”, a play that has been getting rave reviews in Canada. Samuels plays the lead character who operates a business from his handcart, and he is also the source of food supplies and gossip in the ‘big yard’. The “Big Yard” comedy/drama is set in [...]
Continue reading...Jamaican Plays Struggling
16. August 2009
According to a report in today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper, Jamaican plays – despite a call to “come laugh out the recession” – are feeling the pinch and seemingly struggling. The box office receipts for plays are not publicly available but Dahlia Harris (a star of several plays and a marketing executive at the Jamaica Cultural [...]
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13. July 2010
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