Jamaican Plays

Judgement Play Opens December 26 At The Pantry Playhouse

A sizzling new Jamaican drama called JUDGEMENT is set to open on Sunday, December 26, at 6 p.m. at the Pantry Playhouse in New Kingston. Set in New York, Judgement looks at how the decisions we make always come back to haunt us, and how the people we love often suffer the consequences. Written by [...]

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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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Oliver Samuels Returns To The Local Stage in PUPPY LOVE

Playwright, Patrick Brown, is at it again. This time, with the revival of his romantic comedy, Puppy Love (which last played some eight years ago – in Summer 2002). Puppy Love is centered around a sultry and precocious 18 year old – Karen ‘Kar Kar’ Cross (played by Natalee Cole), who, under the influence of [...]

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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 [...]

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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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