Three pre-eminent Jamaican poets are lauding fellow poet Ishion Hutchinson for being shortlisted for Canada’s prestigious International Griffin Poetry Prize. One of the world’s most generous poetry awards, the prize, this year, is worth CDN$130,000...
The Jamaican pantomime has been around since 1941, initially a production of The Little Theatre Movement (LTM), but as of early this year, a Pantomime Company-owned musical. Skoolaz 3.0, the current show, is based on an original pantomime,...
The music was magnificent. The singing of the full choir was superb, the solos sublime. The dance and drama were dynamic. The décor was divine, which was appropriate, considering the theme, Christmas and the birth of Jesus. In general, the audience...
Having been executive director of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) since 2000, with a break between 2012 and 2016, Vivian Crawford left a job that gave him great joy on Friday. We spoke on two occasions, the first about his affection for the capital...
There was loud applause and cheering as the Immaculate Conception High School Symphony Orchestra (ICHS SO) ended the first of its two concerts at Jamaica College last Sunday. The audience loved the show, and one comment to The Sunday Gleaner was in...
Every aspiring writer has seen the memo “Always have pen and paper handy to make notes”. Humroy Whyte has followed the advice, and he always has paper or a book with him to record his observations and thoughts on life happening around him. He makes...
"I guess the intended impact was one of transcendence." That was the reply from theatre director-designer Eugene Williams when asked about the concept behind his latest production. The show, Company Song, based on four plays and 22 poems by Dennis...
The Immaculate Conception High School (ICHS) Symphony Orchestra has had a most amazing run of good fortune. A month or so ago, guiding the members musically as she took part in their rehearsals for their next concert, was one of the world’s most...
In light of Jamaica’s growing, internationally applauded status as an arts and culture superpower, it was fitting that more national awards were bestowed on contributors to that growth this year than ever before. Monday’s Ceremony of Investiture...
Irony is at the heart of all good drama. So it was appropriate that the man who has become Jamaica’s most prolific dramatist was pushed, perhaps not kicking and screaming but certainly protesting, into theatre. Basil Dawkins has so far written more...
Educators were plentiful at the launch of Opal Palmer Adisa’s latest book, The Storyteller’s Return: Story Poems. Hence, the abundant praise that flowed for the book might well have been thought of as “high marks,” especially by the author, herself...
