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Video: Troika’s Festival Performance Highlights
[Updated] TROIKA Bermuda recently returned from their international performance debut at the 2013 National Black Theatre Festival [NBTF] in North Carolina, which attracts more than 65,000 people over the six days. TROIKA’s production ‘Misunderstood’ was selected as one of the 30 main stage productions to be featured at this year’s festival... Read more of this article
Bermudian Writer To Stage Her First Play In UK
While Bermudians on island prepare for the annual Cup Match event, Bermudians located in London and surrounding areas are heading to Central London to support Bermudian writer, Cha’Von Clarke, who will see her first play on stage in the UK. On Wednesday [July 31] Cha’Von K. Clarke’s play, “A Moment of Innocence”, will meet the London stage... Read more of this article
Lena Headey to Reprise Queen Gorgo Role
Lena Headey, the Bermuda-born actress who shot to international fame for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister in HBO’s popular Game of Thrones series, is set to reprise her role as Queen Gorgo of the Spartans in the upcoming sequel to the action film titled 300: Rise of an Empire. Like its predecessor, Rise of an Empire is based on a series of graphic... Read more of this article
Video: Troika Leave For International Debut In NC
TROIKA Bermuda left the island today [July 27] to make their international performance debut at the 2013 National Black Theatre Festival [NBTF] in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1989 with Dr. Maya Angelou serving as the Festival’s first Chairperson, the NBTF is held biennially and attracts more than 65,000 people over the six days. Out... Read more of this article
BMDS To Perform “All’s Well That Ends Well?”
The BMDS Summer Shakespeare production this year is “All’s Well That Ends Well?” which is one of the Bard’s lesser known works – and with good reason, suggests director Barbara Jones. “I read the original play several times and just couldn’t have any sympathy for most of the characters – their motivations... Read more of this article
Rebecca Faulkenberry In Twenty-Somethings
The Highline Ballroom in New York City is getting set to host an evening that will feature the work of a variety of up-and-coming singers and songwriters, along with the talents of a handful of musically-inclined thespians, including Bermuda’s Rebecca Faulkenberry. Called Twenty-Somethings, the 90-minute concert will be headed up by a band including... Read more of this article
BMDS Shakespeare Comes To Daylesford
Originally cast in April 2013, the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society’s rendition of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well is set to hit the stage at the Daylesford Theatre later this week. Adapted and directed for the Daylesford stage by Barbara Jones, All’s Well That Ends Well is a Shakespearean comedy that follows the adventures of the... Read more of this article
Faulkenberry Meets Heidi Klum Via Spider-Man
Heidi Klum recently took her children to see a showing of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark on Broadway, giving Bermudian actress Rebecca Faulkenberry an unforgettable opportunity to rub shoulders with the world-famous model and television personality. After being spotted in the crowd, Klum was treated to a variety of photo opportunities, including one... Read more of this article
Michael Douglas Filming “And So It Goes”
Working alongside director Rob Reimer and actress Diane Keaton, Michael Douglas, the half-Bermudian actor born to one of the island’s most famous actresses Diana Dill, is filming his latest movie in Connecticut, with an unusually hot sun forcing the use of fans and umbrellas around the set. Filming for “And So It Goes,” a romantic comedy that... Read more of this article
Tickets For TROIKA Bermuda NC Show On Sale
Tickets are now on sale for the 2013 National Black Theatre Festival [NBTF] in Winston-Salem, North Carolina where TROIKA Bermuda will be making their international performance debut at . Founded in 1989 with Dr. Maya Angelou serving as the Festival’s first Chairperson, the NBTF is held biennially and attracts more than 65,000 people over its... Read more of this article
Improv Bermuda Offering Introductory Class
Improv Bermuda — which offers workshops in improvised theatre, customised training and events that tap improv’s power to transform people — is now enrolling students for a new introductory class. “Improvising is a LOT of fun and it turns out, it’s good for you too,” said a spokesperson for the group. “It relaxes... Read more of this article
Festival Nomination For Bermudian’s Web Series
A Bermudian actor, performance poet and recent graduate of Atlanta Technical College has added another feather to her artistic cap. Tamicka [Tee Jay] Johnson directed and co-produced seven of ten episode of the “Studville TV” web series written by Ron Fox. “Studville TV” is one of four series to be nominated by Detroit’s... Read more of this article
Actor’s Surprise Birthday Gift For Bermudian
A cross-Canada train trip ended with a surprise birthday gift for Bradlyn Deshields and her friends from the island when they arrived in British Columbia and took in a lavish new production of the Broadway musical “Dreamgirls” — because the star of the critically-heralded revival was none other than Bermudian actor Daren Herbert. Mr.... Read more of this article
Faulkenberry Meets U2′s Bono And The Edge
Bermuda’s friendly neighbourhood Broadway belter Rebecca Faulkenberry rubbed shoulders with rock royalty earlier this week when “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark” composers Bono and the Edge visited New York’s Foxwoods Theatre to help celebrate the hit show’s 1,000th performance. The U2 superstars provided the music and lyrics... Read more of this article
Andra Simons To Appear At UK Keats Festival
Bermudian poet Andra Simons will be reading at London’s Keats Festival tomorrow [May 30] as part of a global chorus organised by the UK’s Poetry Parnassus project. Initially a “back of an envelope” idea conceived by artist-in-residence at London’s Southbank Centre in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic Games, Poetry Parnassus saw 204... Read more of this article
G&S Society Holding “South Pacific” Auditions
Bermuda’s Gilbert & Sullivan [G&S] Society is holding auditions for its upcoming production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic “South Pacific”, the groundbreaking World War Two-era musical which introduced any number of popular standards to the American songbook — and one of the first show’s of its kind to send... Read more of this article
