Archive for March, 2006

Lord of the Rings musical opens in Toronto

… and is promptly panned, at least by the Telegraph.
An excerpt:
Like the evil Sauron, the production has plans for world domination, and is due in London next spring. Tolkien buffs (and they are legion) may ensure its survival, but I have a hunch that most will find the show far from hobbit-forming and emerge as [...]

South African Playwright Athol Fugard’s Novel gets an Oscar

Well, it didn’t happen exactly like that. What happened was that his novel, Tsotsi, written back in the early 1960s, was picked up by South African director Gavin Hood and made into a movie, and that movie won the Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film.
Fugard is the playwright whose works in the 1970s and 1980s [...]

She Sails – Production Review

The first thing that I would have to admit is that I am not a poetry aficionado. I also have to admit that I have a bias that is based on two productions of poetry that I was involved with, as the Artistic Director of the Dundas Repertory Season. Four Billion Circles and Still Standing [...]

Inside Bahamian Media

I don’t know if anybody else was watching, but tonight Cable 12 aired a programme on the history, development, role and responsibilities of Bahamian mass media. The focus was primarily television, but there was some discussion about radio as well. Keith Wisdom hosted, and the show featured Sir Arthur Foulkes, Calsey Johnson, Charles [...]

Slight change in look

We wanted to feature the Ringplay Logo on our front page. After some playing around, we’ve got a slightly different look.
Hope you enjoy.