Ringplay on Aug 07 2010 | Filed under: Festivals, General Theatre, Shakespeare in Paradise
Shakespeare in Paradise 2010 (October 1-11) is well under way. Building on the success of last year, we’ve booked our productions, extended the festival by a weekend, cast our local shows and are beginning to rehearse. Everything is on schedule. The only thing we’re missing? Money.
Last year we took a huge [...]
Ringplay on Aug 22 2009 | Filed under: Festivals, Shakespeare in Paradise
The idea for a theatre festival has been knocking around in Ringplay’s repertoire for the better part of 10 years. I’ve blogged about it here already, so no need to go into all of that. It’s become a reality, though, because it was time.
In our country, where we welcome millions of tourists annually (from the [...]
Ringplay on Aug 21 2009 | Filed under: Festivals, Shakespeare in Paradise, Workshops
These were taken yesterday, at the second workshop. Participants were learning the fine art of stage managing. The location: the back studio of the National Dance School.
Ringplay on Aug 19 2009 | Filed under: Festivals, Productions, Shakespeare in Paradise, Workshops
Mikey Reiach’s production workshops began Monday night at the National Dance School. I (Nicolette) caught the end of the workshop, and I can tell you that those people who are enrolled in it are getting great exposure to what it takes to create live theatre.
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And meantime, Craig Pinder’s rehearsals for The Tempest are [...]
Ringplay on Aug 14 2009 | Filed under: Festivals, Shakespeare in Paradise, Workshops
Shakespeare In Paradise Production Workshops start on Monday August 17, 2009.
Bahamian theatre technician Michael Reiach, graduate of the Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning’s theatre programme and veteran lighting and sound operator, will share his expertise with interested students in preparation for the Shakespeare in Paradise theatre festival.
The workshop will cover the following:
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Ringplay on Jul 31 2009 | Filed under: Festivals, Productions, Ringplay Productions, Shakespeare in Paradise
The first auditions for The Tempest by William Shakespeare, adapted and dramaturged for a Bahamian setting by Nicolette Bethel, Travis Cartwright-Carroll, Reva Sharma, and Toni Francis, will be held tomorrow, Saturday, August 1st.
The Tempest is the signature piece of this year’s Shakespeare in Paradise theatre festival (October 5th – 12th, 2009).
Auditions will be held on [...]
Ringplay on Jun 04 2009 | Filed under: Festivals, General Theatre, Shakespeare in Paradise
So what possesses a group of people to up and decide to create a theatre festival with no money to speak of, nothing but a dream?
For us, it all began just over ten years ago. Back then, Ringplay was just about a twinkle in the founders’ eyes. The Dundas Repertory was still going — it [...]
Ringplay on Jun 01 2009 | Filed under: Annoucements, Events, Festivals
For those of you who have given up on Ringplay and this blog, know that, like bad children, silence means that we’re up to no good.
And here’s the result of all of that silence:
Ringplay Productions is excited to announce the First Annual International Shakespeare in Paradise Theatre Festival, to be held in Nassau, Bahamas, 5th-12th [...]
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