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Newspaper: Guardian Writer: Bobie-Lee Dixon Date Published: March 23rd, 2017 At this year’s Decibel Entertainment Festival, one lucky young person will win the opportunity to fly to Los Angeles and spend two weeks at one of Hollywood’s best-known makeup schools. Decibel founder Simon Baptiste made the announcement at Wednesday’s launch...

Newspaper: Newsday Date Published: March 22nd, 2017 CARVALHO Productions’s new play, the Trini Story of a boy called Piñotito, is not only geared to entertain but also aims to send positive messages to the nation’s youth about school, the importance of telling the truth and also listening to your parents....

Newspaper: Newsday Reviewer: Julien Neaves Date Published: March 12th, 2017 AFTER the hustle and bustle of Carnival 2017 had simmered, the annual Talk Tent returned to offer its particular brand of humour and education. The show started promptly at 8 on opening night, March 3, with David Bereaux, the singing...

Newspaper: Newsday Writer: Angela Pidduck Date Published: February 23rd, 2017 IN August 2015, Success Stars Pan Sounds of Success Laventille Secondary School spent an exhilarating week in Cuba on a “Laventille to Cuba…..with Success” Tour. Since that visit, a warm relationship has evolved between the school, where Hamida Baksh is...

Newspaper: Newsday Reviewer: Julien Neaves Date Published: February 19th, 2017 FOR almost three and a half decades, Talk Tent, the brainchild of veteran storyteller Paul Keens-Douglas, has been entertaining and educating audiences. But Keens-Douglas, 74, believes that with support and greater exposure, the tent’s brand of clean, quality comedy and...

Newspaper: Guardian Reviewer: Shivanee Ramlochan Date Published: February 25th, 2017 Rapso collective 3canal—Wendell Manwarren, Roger Roberts, and Stanton Kewley—have claimed the self-devouring snake as a central jewel in the glittering diadem of their 2017 show: Blue Forever, Forever Blue, which opened at Queen’s Hall on February 21. It has been...

Newspaper: Newsday Writer: Julien Neaves Date Published: February 5th, 2017 IN 1997, J’Ouvert band turned singers 3canal were thrust into stardom because of the mega success of their song “Blue” and the creative accompanying video. This year the rapso group is celebrating an impressive two decades in the music business...

Newspaper: Newsday Date Published: January 23rd 2017 It was lights; camera, action for Tots and Tumblers Gymnastics Club as they presented their fifth production at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s on Saturday . The show that started at 7pm was entitled “High 5” – Gymnastics on Stage, and it was indeed...

Newspaper: Guardian Date Published: January 4th 2017 Carnival traditions will fill the chambers of the Queen’s Hall on January 29 when internationally-acclaimed jazz trumpeter Etienne Charles returns to T&T for the world premiere of his new compositional work. Titled Carnival—The Sound of A People, the opus continues Charles’ penchant for...

Newspaper: Newsday Writer: Cleavorn Diaz Date Published: January 14th 2017 THE golden history of the calypso art form will come to life on stage at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s when the Holy Name Convent Past Pupils Association (HNCPPA) assembles four of the best bards in the region for this year’s...