The Truth about Bajan Theatre

Playbill from Alleluia Pork Chops.  Adapted from the work of Barbadian writers Kamau Brathwaite, Austin Clarke, Timothy Callender, and John Wickham by L. Amanda Cumberbatch, and also directed by her, the play was first performed by The Gap Theatre in 2014.  Ayesha Gibson-Gill played Beryl, among several other characters.

 

WHENEVER I'M ASKED, What is the current climate in Barbados (and beyond) for writing and producing plays? Are you hopeful? my reflex answer is, Don’t ask me, because I am super jaded.  Really, can’t you see my cape?