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BMDS Hosts Shakespeare in the Park
The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society production of Shakespeare’s well loved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing opens July 17th and is performed outdoors in Victoria Park. The story revolves around two couples, the first, Benedick and Beatrice who are engaged in a “merry war”; they both talk a mile a minute and proclaim their scorn... Read more of this article
Bermuda Glee Workshop Kicks Off Tomorrow
Bermuda Glee, the 10-day performing arts intensive for students sponsored by The Argo Foundation, starts tomorrow with a three day workshop conducted by Florida-based master teacher Daniel Bonnett. 85 students between the ages of 14 and 18 who auditioned in April for the intensive will receive a crash course from Mr. Bonnett this weekend in how to put... Read more of this article
Famous For 15 Minutes Playwriting Festival
The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society [BMDS] is holding their 10th Annual Playwriting Festival “Famous for Fifteen Minutes”. Kelvin Hasting-Smith, one of the founding producers of the festival, tells us how the idea was originally conceived: “BMDS is no different from other not for profit organizations. It is an institution which is run... Read more of this article
The Charleston Bermuda Race Gets Underway
The 11 boats racing in the 777-mile Charleston Bermuda Race got under way yesterday [May 21] beneath bright blue skies with freshening breezes ranging from eight to 12 knots. Borne by an ebb tide, the boats all crossed the starting line on starboard tack, and headed upwind out of the harbor, chased by a 50-strong fleet of spectator boats. Shortly before,... Read more of this article
Video: Daren Herbert Appears On A&E TV Drama
Bermudian actor Daren A. Herbert appeared on A&E’s new drama Breakout Kings on May 8 2011. The drama — about fugitives helping the police catch other fugitives and originally developed for Fox — premiered in March 2011. Tired of outdated methods of law enforcement, veteran U.S. Marshals Charlie Duchamp and Ray Zancanelli decide... Read more of this article
Colbert: ‘Only Armageddon Can Stop Me Now’
TV funnyman Stephen Colbert is serious about one thing — winning the the Charleston Bermuda Race which gets underway on May 21. In a recent interview with E! The Entertainment Network, the faux-conservative talk show host said he hopes to be first across the finish line at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club — in part to erase memories of his... Read more of this article
Bermuda Race Receives ‘The Colbert Bump’
With 10 days to go before the cannon fires to signify the start of the 777-mile Charleston Bermuda Race, the yachting event has received the fabled “Colbert Bump” in terms of heightened participation and public interest. Some 12 boats will start the Charleston Bermuda Race, which begins on May 21 in Charleston Harbour, with Comedy Central... Read more of this article
New Year’s Evil Focus Of Comic Mystery
[Written by Steven Rees Davies] If you are fans of the fashions and glitzy parties of the 1940s, or of films like “The Philadelphia Story” starring Cary Grant, James Stewart and Katherine Hepburn, you had better prepare yourselves and book tickets for a night of 1940s comic revelry as the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society take us back... Read more of this article
Film Company Files For Bankruptcy
The Bermuda company which owns the rights to such blockbuster movies as ”The Last of the Mohicans,” “Young Guns” and “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” has filed for bankruptcy, citing a sharp decline in movie royalties. Inverness Distribution Ltd, the Bermuda-registered film company that was previously known as Morgan... Read more of this article
Bermudian Rocks ‘Dancing With The Stars’
Bermudian Rebecca Faulkenberry — currently starring on Broadway in the Tony Award-nominated ’80s-era musical “Rock of Ages” — appeared this week [Apr. 26] with other members of the show’s cast to perform a special medley on the ABC ratings juggernaut “Dancing With The Stars.” Former Bermuda High School... Read more of this article
Audi Sponsors Colbert’s Bermuda Race Boat
Comedian Stephen Colbert joined Johan de Nysschen, president of Audi of America, at the 2011 New York Auto Show today [Apr. 20] to announce the formation of “Team Audi” in the biennial 2011 Charleston Bermuda Race. “If you’re going to win a race, you want to be in an Audi,” exclaimed Mr. Colbert, who plays a blowhard conservative TV... Read more of this article
“Star Wars” Meets “Stargate” In Bermuda
The fictional ”Star Wars” and “Stargate” universes collided recently – in Bermuda. Two stars of the enduringly popular science fiction franchises met at last month’s Bermuda International Film Festival. But to the disappointment of geeks everywhere, they ended up discussing their mutual love of Bermuda rather... Read more of this article
