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Video: Historical Re-Enactment In Dockyard
An American visitor uploaded a video of one of the Historical Re-Enactments being held in Dockyard through the summer cruise ship season, calling it a “great find” and recommending visitors “check it out” when they are in “beautiful Bermuda.” In partnership with Select Sites Group, the West End Development Corporation... Read more of this article
TROIKA Bermuda To Make International Debut
This summer TROIKA Bermuda will be making 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 of over 130... Read more of this article
2013 BMDS Playwriting Festival Finalists
The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society [BMDS] will be holding its 11th annual playwriting festival, “Famous For Fifteen Minutes”, next month spotlighting six original works by local authors. The festival runs from June 13-15 and June 19-22. Showtime is 8 p.m. A total of 25 Bermuda writers submitted one-act, 15-minute plays to the 2013... Read more of this article
“Famous For Fifteen Minutes” Auditions
The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society [BMDS] will be holding open auditions next week for actors to perform in the six winning scripts in its eleventh annual “Famous For Fifteen Minutes” Playwriting Festival. Auditions will be held at the BMDS Daylesford Theatre on Monday, May 6 and Tuesday, May 7; those interested in trying out should... Read more of this article
Upcoming: Gina Love Music & Comedy Concerts
Bermudian funny lady Gina Love will be hosting three evenings of stand-up comedy, improv and live music at City Hall later this month. Aside from Ms Love’s inspired comedic stylings, there will be improvised routines from Gavin Carter and Toby Butterfield, a live band fearturing singersg Tianja Bean-Israel and Hugh Murray and performances by... Read more of this article
Actor With Bermuda Ties Reprises “Trek” Role
American actor Garrett Wang — who grew up in Bermuda — will be reprising his signature role as Harry Kim when a group of “Star Trek” fans boldly go where no Trekkies have gone before and create a pilot for a new series based on the long-running science fiction franchise. Mr. Wang [pictured], was born in California to Chinese... Read more of this article
BMDS Auditions For “All’s Well That Ends Well”
The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society [BMDS] is holding open auditions at its Daylesford Theatre on April 30 and May 1 for an upcoming production of William Shakespare’s comedy “All’s Well That Ends Well,” a mixture of fairy tale logic, gender role reversals and cynical realism Adapted and directed by Barabara Jones, callbacks... Read more of this article
Aspiring Bermuda Filmmaker Uploads New Short
Directed and co-written by aspiring Bermudian filmmaker Kyle Dill, the short film “Breathe” was recently uploaded on YouTube. Former Berkeley Institute student Mr. Dill — who is now enrolled to study at the Vancouver Film School — crafted the plot with Talisa Marks, who also produced. The story focuses on Tasha, who has experienced... Read more of this article
Nicholas Christopher Makes His Broadway Debut
Bermudian actor/singer Nicholas Christopher made his Broadway debut in “Motown: The Musical” yesterday [Apr. 14] in front of a wildly appreciative opening night audience which included many of the legends his new show celebrates — including Diana Ross, her former Supremes partner Mary Wilson and Stevie Wonder. The iconic stars were... Read more of this article
Faulkenberry Greets Bronx Second Graders
A group of second graders from the Bronx’s PS 69 Journey Prep school attended the Wednesday [Apr. 10] matinee performance of “Spider-Man Turn: Off the Dark” at Broadway’s Foxwoods Theatre and afterwards got to meet and greet friendly neighbourhood Bermudian co-star Rebecca Faulkenberry. Following the performance, the class enjoyed... Read more of this article
BMDS 2014 Calendar Goes On Sale
The cast and backstage personnel of the upcoming Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society [BMDS] production “Calendar Girls” have dropped everything — well, almost — in the name of a good cause. The show’s actresses, director and producer have emulated the play’s plot and posed for a 2014 Bermuda calendar wearing nothing but... Read more of this article
Faulkenberry Interviewed By Royal Conservatoire
Bermuda’s friendly neighbourhood Broadway star Rebecca Faulkenberry was recently interviewed by her alma mater — Scotland’s Royal Conservatoire — about her time studying there and the learning experience which equipped her with the skills to develop her successful career, starring in “Rock of Ages” and “Spiderman:... Read more of this article
Life’s A “Cabaret” For Bermuda’s Christopher
While brother Nicholas prepares for his Broadway debut in “Motown: The Musical” later this month, Bermudian baritone Jonathan Christopher has been taking a break from his duties as resident artist at the Syracus Opera in upstate New York to remind Iowa theatre-goers that life is indeed a cabaret, old chum. Mr. Christopher won rave reviews... Read more of this article
“Scottish Curse” Struck Heston In Bermuda
There’s a reason actors refer to Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” as the play that dare not speak its name — and an accident-plagued Bermuda production only added to the superstition. According to a theatrical superstition called the “Scottish Curse”, speaking the name “Macbeth” outside a theatre will cause... Read more of this article
Christopher Appears On “Good Morning America”
Bermudian actor/singer Nicholas Christopher was dancing in the street — quite literally — when the cast of the upcoming Broadway show “Motown: The Musical” appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” this week [Apr. 4]. Now in previews at New York’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, the much anticipated show officially... Read more of this article
BMDS Play Revels In The Bare Necessities
In the play “Calendar Girls” — being staged in Bermuda later this month — cancer-stricken John Clark says of his middle-aged wife Annie: “The flowers of Yorkshire are like the women of Yorkshire. In each phase of their lives they become more radiant, but the last phase is their most glorious …” After John succumbs... Read more of this article
