Arts on Sunday

Nrityageet is a major production and achievement. It is outstanding among Guyana’s foremost, important and longest-running annual dance productions.

The past few weeks were significantly marked by an explosion of community theatre mainly led by secondary schools in several different parts of Guyana.

(BBC) – A lot has changed in the past 18 years, according to film director Louisa Wei.

“The child is father of the man;  And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.” 

A rather special and different type of dramatic production was held at the National Cultural Centre last Sunday.

A play with a considerable weight of importance and significance was recently staged at the National Cultural Centre.

Ti Jean and His Brothers by Derek Walcott is one of the most celebrated plays in Caribbean drama.

By Alim Hosein Winslow Craig’s work, currently on display at Castellani House, is ample proof of his genius, even though it shows only a part of his many creations.

One of the most significant developments in the theatre in Guyana now is the return of The Link Show. After

Last week saw the height of carnival in Trinidad and Tobago: J’ouvert, Ol’ Mas, Carnival Mon-day and the end of the festival on Carnival Tuesday.

The audience at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) was entertained and enlightened by a fairly unique theatrical experience on Saturday, February 2, with “Musings of A Poet” produced and performed by the National Drama Company (NDC) of Guyana.

Pocomania                                                                                  Long Mountain rise, Lift you’ shoulder, blot the moon, Black the stars, hide the skies, Long Mountain, rise, lift you’ shoulder high.

“Musings of A Poet” is a theatrical performance to be staged at the National Cultural Centre on Saturday, February 2 at 8 pm.

My grand-father sailed on the ship                                                         Red-riding Hood: part of a straggly band of yellow humanity.

(BBC) – Silver is the shiftiest of colours. It never knows if it’s coming or going.

Journey of The Magi                                                                   A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.

The festival of Christmas is an extensive and complex one; the largest and most popular in the world.

The National Dance Company staged its annual production “Christmas Funtasia” a week ago. 

Guyana now has an annual National Poetry Slam. This represents not only an entertaining event, but an important development of a popular performance form and a significant recognition of this form as a further addition to national literature.

There is a new film currently in circulation in Guyana, which has already found its way further afield, particularly in the USA, and will no doubt go further.