Jamaican Plays

2010 Jamaica Pantomime – Blinga Linga

When the curtains open on Boxing Day for the start of this year’s LTM Pantomime, it will mark the event’s 70 anniversary. This year’s pantomime, Blinga Linga, also marks Barbara Gloundon’s 27th as writer of what has become a cultural tradition. Blinga Linga , like most LTM ‘pantos’ takes a satyrical look at Jamaican life [...]

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The Jamaican Pantomime Turns 70 & Faces Challenges

Can the annual LTM Pantomime continue down on a path of grandeur? Unable to lure wholesale sponsorship from corporate Jamaica, Jamaica’s theatre industry faces an uphill battle especially in a shrinking economy. Most theatre producers have opted for small casts and at times double settings. Preparation for the 70th pantomime – Blinga Linga – are [...]

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Pantomime – A Christmas Tradition

It’s a Jamaican tradition – Christmas and Pantomime, opening Boxing Day, December 26. This year the tradition goes on with Runner Boy which will take to the stage of the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Drive as usual, curtain rising at 6p.m. sharp. The production stars the 26 member Pantomime Company under the guidance of Bobby [...]

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