Jamaican Plays

Dahlia Harris points Jamaicans to God’s Way at the Theatre Place

By Anthea McGibbon, Writer In Jamaica, its always about God’s way as more persons self-appoint and self-anoint themselves leaders and prophets. Playwright Dahlia Harris is no less or different, and pleads the notion to choose ‘God’s Way’ at The Theatre Place in New Kingston Haining Road, for peaceful prosperity. She answers the question on many [...]

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Overview – Ova Mi Dead Body

Stages Productions brought out a few big guns last Christmas for its giant size comedy, “Ova Mi Dead Body”. The comedy opened at the Green Gables Theatre on Friday, December 17, 2010 at 8:30 p.m. with a powerful cast lead by Andrea ‘Delcita’ Wright. Other members of the powerful comedy team include Garfield ‘Bad Boy [...]

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Review Of Judgement Play

Last night (February 13, 2011) I went to see the production ‘Judgement’ at the Pantry, and I am happy to report that I was pleasantly surprised. Kudos to the entire production team, and in particular to the multi-talented Dahlia Harris, who wrote, directed AND starred in the play which also featured the always funny Deon [...]

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Review Of Basil Dawkins’ “A State Of Affairs”

I attended Basil Dawkins’ “A State Of Affairs” at the Little Little Theatre last night, and was quite disappointed by the production which unfolded. I had heard the name Basil Dawkins being associated with Jamaican plays for at least the past two decades, but this was my very first time seeing one of his productions. [...]

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Owen Blakka Ellis’ Tick Tock

‘Tick Tock’ is different, very different. It is a play like you have never seen before. Created and directed by comedian/writer Owen ‘Blakka’ Ellis, ‘Tick Tock’ is an innovative multimedia theatrical journey into a Jamaican inner city community, where the nuances of poetry, the brashness of dancehall and striking still images are used to investigate [...]

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