Arts on Sunday

Ron Robinson
Ron Robinson

Arts On Sunday

A more expository than experimental production One of the important developments in Caribbean drama in the middle of the twentieth century was a phenomenon called the ‘theatre of the backyard’ and sometimes ‘yard theatre.’

David de Caires
David de Caires

Arts on Sunday

David de Caires: a true connoisseur of the arts So jail me quickly, clang the illiterate door If freedom writes no happier alphabet.

 Sasenarine Persaud
Sasenarine Persaud

Arts On Sunday

Personal odyssey Among the most recent new books of poetry is In a Boston Night  poems  by Guyanese poet and fiction writer Sasenarine Persaud, published by TSAR in Canada in 2008. 

Errol John

Arts On Sunday

Reconnection of a theatre and a play When Moon on A Rain-bow Shawl returns to the Theatre Guild of Guyana’s Play-house in Kingston on November 7, it will be a rewarding reconnection between the oldest and most established theatre in Guyana and one of the most established foundation plays of the West Indies. 

Hazel Simmons-McDonald

Arts On Sunday

Poui accepts Simmons-McDonald’s burnt offerings The editors of Poui, the Cave Hill Literary Annual, “are happy to see that so many of our regular contributors continue to send us work” while at the same time they feel “it is good to find a number of new voices”. 

Arts On Sunday

Poui introduces poet Richard Allsopp One of the many significant features of Poui, the Cave Hill Literary Annual, is that one can always look forward to its introduction of noteworthy new writers.

Arts On Sunday

‘My life, my country’ There exists a slim, neat volume of some fifty pages, unobtrusive and unheralded, whose worth is several times more than its unassuming appearance and deserving of much more attention than it has ever been given. 

Arts On Sunday

So was Carifesta X worth the effort? Carifesta X is already fading from the headlines but it will take a much longer time before it begins to show any signs of fading from memory. 

Earl Lovelace

Arts On Sunday

Was Carifesta worth the effort and expense? Among the most memorable features of Carifesta X in Guyana were the interventions of the major writers, and, generally, that is how it should be. 

Derek Walcott will be at the opening symposium and

Arts On Sunday

The Pre-Carifesta programme has paid off As the Tenth Caribbean Festival of the Arts gets into full stride, the public awareness campaign in Guyana seems to have already begun to show some positive returns.

Robin Dobru

Arts On Sunday

‘One people’ Wan one tree so many leaves one tree one river so many creeks all are going to one sea one head so many thoughts thoughts among which one good one must be one God so many ways of worshipping but one Father one Suriname so many hair types so many skin colours so many tongues one people Robin DobruTo be described as Janus-faced is no compliment.

George Simon’s Universal Woman (Gina photo)

Arts On Sunday

UG has a close partnership with Carifesta management We would like Carifesta X to showcase not only the great cultural talent that this region has spawned over the short period of Caribbean history, but the great philosophical legacy and diverse economic, productive and natural resource capacities that we as a region have to offer.

Arts On Sunday

We have on several previous occasions alluded to the common features of various different traditional festivals and, in particular, those that are primarily religious.

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