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Three tribute nights are on the cards for the 2019 National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA). This was confirmed last Saturday at a press briefing held during the launch of this year’s festival in Queen’s Park, tagged Art in the Park. The tribute nights will be in recognition of ...

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Five days of rehearsals have flown by and I have been working with the actors eight hours a day.  Process has always been private for me, especially during dramaturgy – it is like being a midwife to a play.  I am known for being able to work at an incredible ...

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I could not sleep last night. I just tossed and turned, and when I dozed off my eyes would pop open and search the night to see where I was. In my room, a big window opens onto an undulating landscape of green grass and pathways like how I imagine ...

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In  May of this year the NCF’s Cultural Officer, Research and Document, Michelle Springer tagged me on a Facebook Blog where British writer Mags Chalcraft-Islam, was searching for a Caribbean writer to direct a play on Mary Prince.  I had read ‘The History of Mary Prince’ in 1986 when I ...

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