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“COCO Dance Festival begins” at Queen’s Hall

“COCO Dance Festival begins” at Queen’s Hall

Newspaper: Newsday Date Published: Friday 3rd October, 2014 The 2014 installment of the Contemporary Choreographers’ Collective (COCO) Dance Festival takes place this weekend at the Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s. The festival, founded in 2009 by dance professionals Sonja Dumas, Nancy Herrera, Nicole Wesley and Dave Williams will present to Trinidad...

“Shaktiyana – The Primordial Energy” at Queen’s Hall

“Shaktiyana – The Primordial Energy” at Queen’s Hall

Newspaper: Newsday Date Published: Friday 3rd October, 2014 The Nrityanjali Theatre, in collaboration with the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Cultural Co-operation, will present a classical dance drama entitled “Shaktiyana — The Primordial Energy” for Divali 2014. The show takes place on October 11 and 12 at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s...

“De Goeas to Direct The Wiz in November” at Queen’s Hall

“De Goeas to Direct The Wiz in November” at Queen’s Hall

Newspaper: Sunday Guardian Writer – Shivanee Ramlochan Date Published: Sunday 14th September, 2014 Proscenium Theatre Co’s production of The Wiz opens on November 13 at Queen’s Hall, for a four-day run. Subtitled The Super Soul Musical Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Wiz reimagines L Frank Baum’s children’s novel The Wonderful...

“Classical Guitarist Hosts Viva!” at Queen’s Hall

“Classical Guitarist Hosts Viva!” at Queen’s Hall

Newspaper: Newsday Writer – Angela Pidduck Date Published: Friday 5th September, 2014 Guitarist, Stefan Roach, presents his first major production, Viva!, on September 12, at Queen’s Hall, from 8 pm. Viva!, a love story based in Spain, features live flamenco music and Spanish dances. It is a collaboration of Cindon...

“TTYP Set to Rock and Rule with Concerts” at Queen’s Hall

“TTYP Set to Rock and Rule with Concerts” at Queen’s Hall

Newspaper: Trinidad Guardian Date Published: Tuesday 19th August, 2014 The T&T Youth Philharmonic (TTYP) will host Classics Rule! Movies Rock! on August 23 and 24, at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, at 7.30 pm and 5.30 pm, respectively.  The concerts will be the culmination of St Augustine Chamber Orchestra Saco/TTYP’s tenth...

“Birdsong Flies Over the Flow” at Queen’s Hall (Guardian Review)

“Birdsong Flies Over the Flow” at Queen’s Hall (Guardian Review)

Newspaper: Trinidad Guardian Date Published: Friday 15th August, 2014 Writer: Simon Lee “Have wings? Let’s fly to the moon and beyond” might well have been a suitable slogan for last Sunday’s Birdsong vacation camp closing concert at Queen’s Hall. The packed audience (admittedly partisan of family and friends) was treated...

“Les Miserables Makes its Debut at Queen’s Hall”

“Les Miserables Makes its Debut at Queen’s Hall”

Newspaper: Trinidad Express Date Published: Wednesday 16th July, 2014 Writer: Sonja Gopeesingh-Luckoo, Art Critic Les Miserables is undisputedly one of the greatest novels of all times and its author Victor Hugo had said of it, “I don’t know whether it will be read by everyone, but it is meant for...

“Staging Les Mis: A Long Journey” at Queen’s Hall (Guardian Article)

“Staging Les Mis: A Long Journey” at Queen’s Hall (Guardian Article)

Newspaper: Sunday Guardian Date Published: Sunday 6th July, 2014 Writer: Janine Charles-Farray The preparation for the Marionettes Chorale’s staging of Les Misérables has been a long time in coming. It was a personal mission for dramatic director and assistant artistic director Caroline Taylor, who will be working along with the...

‘A Presentation of Fantasy’ at Queen’s Hall (Express Article)

‘A Presentation of Fantasy’ at Queen’s Hall (Express Article)

Newspaper: Express Date Published: Wednesday 4th June, 2014 The Love Movement’s 2014 Presentation “Love Notes” opening at the Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, on June 8, promises to be its most exciting, entertaining, exhilarating and soul stirring production in its 42-year history. In the first half of the programme “Love Notes”...

‘Die Fledermaus’ delights (Newsday Review)

‘Die Fledermaus’ delights (Newsday Review)

Newspaper: Newsday Date Published: Saturday 17th May, 2014 I wasn’t looking forward to a local production of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus. I have a CD of that comic operetta recorded on New Year’s Eve at Convent Garden with Kiri Te Kenawa as Rosalinde, Benjamin Luxor as Dr Falke and Placido...