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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 [...]
Continue reading...Me and Mi Chapsie Review
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Today’s Gleaner newspaper features a review of ‘Me and Mi Chapsie’ by Keiran King. Thinking of the world as a stage is a good place to start. In Aston Cooke’s world, to be Jamaican is to be a performer. His new play, Me and Mi Chapsie, is a humorous treatise on that idea. The chapsie is [...]
Continue reading...Everaldo Creary Is The ‘CHAPSIE”
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Everaldo Creary plays the role of Donald, a sound system selector who is the “Chapsie” in Aston Cooke’s romantic comedy about cougars and cubs called “Me And Mi Chapsie” – which opened last month at the Pantry Playhouse in New Kingston. In Jamaica it has always been socially acceptable to see older men with younger women, [...]
Continue reading...Me and Mi Chapsie Benefit Performance For Charity
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
To raise funds for its annual children’s Christmas treat, and to assist with the purchase of a wheelchair for the St. Catherine Infirmary, Elitte Club – a charity organisation – will host a benefit performance of Me and Mi Chapsie at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, November 13, at The Pantry Playhouse, New Kingston. Elitte Club Limited [...]
Continue reading...Me & Mi Chapsie – Opening October 7
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Aston Cooke’s latest play is a romantic comedy about ‘cougars’ and ‘cubs’ (women over 40 who sexually pursue younger men) called “Me and Mi Chapsie”. It opens on Wednesday, October 7, at the Pantry Playhouse in New Kingston, and follows hot on the heels of Cooke’s previous successful productions – “Concubine” and “Jamaica 2 Rahtid [...]
Continue reading...The Hilarious Pupalick Returns August 1
Friday, July 31, 2009
Aston Cooke’s multi award-winning play, Jamaica 2 RAHTID – PUPALICK, fresh from its overseas tour, returns to the stage for a limited run at the Pantry Playhouse, starting tomorrow – August 1 – at 8:30 p.m. Undoubtedly one of Jamaica’s most popular and appealing comedy revues, Jamaica 2 RAHTID – PUPALICK returns with the same familiar [...]
Continue reading...Country Duppy Loose In Toronto
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
There is a new play in town and it’s Country Duppy. The play is a hit here especially among the Jamaican community who are reliving the “old duppy stories” from yaad. A Marcia Brown production, the play which is written by Aston Cooke, relives the aspect of the duppy culture through the tale of a village [...]
Continue reading...Pupalick Goes To South Florida
Sunday, March 1, 2009
A cast of Jamaica’s finest actors will light up the stage at Coral Springs Center for the Arts on Sunday, March 15 in Aston Cooke’s much anticipated all new satirical revue, Pupalick. Directed by Michael ‘Stringbeans’ Nicholson, Pupalick boasts an outstanding cast, which includes the 2007 Best Actress, Dahlia Harris; Comedy Bus creator Christopher ‘Johnny’ Daley; [...]
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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