Nico on Feb 12 2009 | Filed under: Miscellany
Today, Bahamians throughout the capital wore white and called in to talk shows and blogged and wrote letters and imagined what the world would be like if all the artists disappeared. At the College/University of The Bahamas, art students and literature students and dancers and musicians and their supporters staged a demonstration of solidarity for [...]
Nico on Feb 12 2009 | Filed under: General Theatre, Miscellany
I got the idea for our Day of Absence from Douglas Turner Ward’s play. Lo and behold, on YouTube I found a clip of a staged reading of that play. The above is from close to the end. Note how the actors are playing the white characters in whiteface — a reversal of the traditional [...]
Nico on Jan 30 2009 | Filed under: Annoucements, General Theatre, Miscellany
In 1965, an African-American playwright by the name of Douglas Turner Ward wrote a play he called Day of Absence, which told the story of a small town — any small town — in the Deep South in which the white inhabitants discover on a particular day that all the black people have disappeared. When this fact becomes [...]
Nico on Jan 27 2008 | Filed under: General Theatre, Miscellany
The problem with being committed to doing full theatre, the whole shebang, with costume changes and sets and props and lighting effects and what-have-you, is that there really aren’t a whole lot of spaces in Nassau to do it in. People who focus on social commentary, satire, and sketches are better served. There are spaces [...]
Nico on Jun 13 2007 | Filed under: General Theatre, Miscellany
I want to say a big thank-you to those people who continue to check in with this website and read it. Ringplay is on hiatus for the time being, but we plan to begin work again starting this August. Watch this space. In the meantime, break a leg!
Nico on Jan 29 2007 | Filed under: Blogstuff, Miscellany
So hold your breath. I’ll be upgrading to WordPress 2.1 this week, which could be disastrous for all concerned; the point is, expect challenges when linking to this blog, and be patient. All may go well, but we shall have to see. Cheers.
Nico on Apr 25 2006 | Filed under: Miscellany
Hibernating, perhaps, but not dead. Nor is this blog, although you’d be forgiven for thinking it was. A month’s silence is a long time, and unforgivable. Please forgive us. A few updates. Most of us have been pretty busy with other things. The most exciting thing of all is that the discussion forum at http://www.artsbahamas.com [...]
Nico on Mar 01 2006 | Filed under: Annoucements, Miscellany
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.
