Jamaican Plays

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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Me & Mi Chapsie – Opening October 7

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 [...]

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Jamaican Plays Struggling

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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The Hilarious Pupalick Returns August 1

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 [...]

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Pupalick Goes To South Florida

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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