Yashika Graham | Friday, March 25th, 2016
Men and women faceoff in Ellis International’s newest production, He Said She Said, a comedy revue now on show at the Courtleigh Auditorium in Kingston, exploring touchy relationship issues for a good laugh.
Yashika Graham | Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
Come April 4, when the curtains open on the 2015 Actor Boy Awards, the air will be full of anticipation, as some 20 productions contend for coveted prizes in 21 categories.
Yashika Graham | Saturday, February 27th, 2016
It would not have been surprising if audience members at Wednesday’s staging of Patrick Brown’s Duppy Whisperer had left post production, wheeling or issuing salts as proverbial guards against the conjurings they had witnessed.
Tanya Batson-Savage | Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
A life of poverty is no laughing matter ... unless you are a comedian, then it makes for hilarious fodder for your routine.
Tanya Batson-Savage | Sunday, December 20th, 2015
Seven Shades of Woman at the Philip Sherlock Centre in Kingston presented a deep pool of acting talent.
Tanya Batson-Savage | Sunday, December 6th, 2015
Tribe Sankofa is getting ‘turnt up’! At least so declares the name of their upcoming edition of their Word Soul performance event. The list of guest performers slated to join the Tribe for the performance suggests that this is no empty boast.
Tanya Batson-Savage | Sunday, November 29th, 2015
With few scholarship opportunities on hand in Jamaica, the road toward higher education in the arts can be a narrow one. Time and again young artists find the best way to pave the way is through their talent and those of friends and colleagues.
Tanya Batson-Savage | Sunday, November 1st, 2015
Erna Brodber’s play Ratoon is a clear relative of the celebrated writer’s seminal novel Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home though it is obviously not quite an adaptation. Jane and Louisa is a complex novel that is a hard to understand.
Tanya Batson-Savage | Sunday, October 18th, 2015
Riot Act is the latest play written and directed by Michael Holgate. The musical was recently staged at the Philip Sherlock Centre by the University Players.
Tanya Batson-Savage | Sunday, October 18th, 2015
Just under 100 students from 8 Caribbean countries will gather in Trinidad and Tobago to share their art and vie for glory on a single Caribbean stage. The occasion is the 9th biennial Caribbean Drama Schools Festival which will take place November 1-8, 2015.
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