Jamaican Plays

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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David Heron’s AGAINST HIS WILL Is Back

The ‘rape case of the century’ returns to local theatre, when David Heron’s multi-award winning AGAINST HIS WILL play, opens with a star-studded cast tomorrow, August 18, at the Theatre Place on Haining Road in Kingston. Among the talented cast is none other than entertainment diva Amelia ‘Milk’ Sewell, who (along with Nadia Khan) will [...]

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For Better Or For Worse In Palm Beach, Florida – Fathers Day

The award-winning Jamaican play, “For Better Or For Worse” will be showing on Father’s Day (June 20) at the Royal Palm Beach High School in Palm Beach, Florida. Written and produced by Basil Dawkins, the play stars Christopher “Johnny” Daley, Jerry Nezwick, Sakina Deer, Ruth Ho Shing and Terri Salmon. See flyer below.

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Overview – Basil Dawkins’ “For Better Or Worse”

Written and produced by Basil Dawkins Directed by Douglas Prout Playing at the Little Little Theatre (4 Tom Redcam Avenue, Cross Roads) This is a story of a couple (Marcia and Alfred) married for approximately seven years, with two daughters. They are experiencing severe financial difficulties due to the fact that Alfred, an engineer, has [...]

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Video – Uptown Bangarang 2

Check out these video excerpts from Uptown Bangarang 2, a Basil Dawkins play that’s basically about about a stereotypical pastor, Edgar Webster – played by theatre veteran Douglas Prout – who neglects his stereotypical gym-fit wife, Veronica, played by Maylynne Walton, for the ‘wickedest ghetto slam’ that’s provided by the nimble domestic helper/his personal assistant [...]

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