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Rebecca Faulkenberry To Appear At Festival
The Bermuda Festival announced that accomplished Bermudian Broadway star Rebecca Faulkenberry will be performing at the 40th Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts. Her performance will mark the third appearance of local talent in the Festival’s line-up. Ian Davidson, Festival Chairman remarked: “We are thrilled to welcome Ms. Faulkenberry back... Read more of this article
Bermuda Festival Announces Full Line-Up
The Bermuda Festival has revealed the full line-up for the 2015 Ruby Anniversary of the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts. Ian Davidson, Festival Chairman, said, “The inaugural Bermuda Festival started in 1976 thanks to the vision of Yehudi [later Lord] Menuhin, former Governor of Bermuda, Sir Edwin Leather, and founding chairman John Ellison.... Read more of this article
Yo-Yo Ma To Perform At Bermuda Festival
The Bermuda Festival has confirmed that celebrated cellist and 15-time Grammy award winner Yo-Yo Ma [pictured] has accepted an invitation to perform at the 40th Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts. “This is quite a coup for the Festival as Mr. Ma is perhaps the greatest living cellist, and is in huge demand around the world,” remarked Ian... Read more of this article
Festival To Feature O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey
The Bermuda Festival will soon be presenting a production of “Long Day’s Journey into Night,” a play written by former Bermuda resident and renowned playwright Eugene O’Neill. Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill lived in Bermuda for three years, and while on the island, planted the seeds for his Pulitzer Prize-winning... Read more of this article
Monday: Bermuda Festival Tickets Go On Sale
Tickets for the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts go on sale Monday, November 25 at 10.00am and this year the Festival is going green. Since 1976, the Arts Festival has been inviting stellar performers from around the world to entertain the Island and this year the stars continue to shine brightly with everything from an iTunes featured artist... Read more of this article
Bermuda Festival Of The Performing Arts Roster
Ticket brochures for the 2014 Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts have gone into circulation with Chairman Ian Davidson presenting the ticket brochure to Joint Honorary Patrons the Governor Mr. George Fergusson and Mrs. Fergusson who will be the first dignitaries in that position to actually perform in the Festival themselves. They will sing with... Read more of this article
Bermuda Festival Review: “One Night of Queen”
[Written by Rajai Denbrook and Rennika Trott] They know how to start ‘em, and they definitely know how to end ‘em, the Bermuda Festival of Performing Arts that is. They promised to ROCK us and Gary Mullen and The Works did that oh so well with their “One Night of Queen”; a non-stop, high energy, evening of flawless covers of all of Queen’s... Read more of this article
Video/Photos: School Children Sing With Voces8
Crowds of people gathered outside City Hall this afternoon [Feb 20] combined choir of 300 school students performed under the direction of Voces8. The UK-based Voces8 group rose to fame in 2005 when they achieved first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Italy. Since then they have performed in Europe, the USA, Africa and Asia, and return... Read more of this article
Bermuda Festival Review: Sitkovetsky Piano Trio
[Written by Rajai Denbrook] A heartfelt evening of music making was realized by the Sitkovetsky Piano Trio at the Earl Cameron Theatre, City Hall with their only performance with this year’s Bermuda Festival. Though lacking the sense of adventure and inspiring musicality that nuanced the opening performance of Duo Amal that avoided any and all stereotypical... Read more of this article
Bermuda Festival Review: Duo Amal
[Written by Rajai Denbrook and Rennika Trott] They set a fire in the hearts, minds, and bellies of all those in attendance at the Earl Cameron Theatre, City Hall that evening. Bishara Haroni and Yaron Kohlberg of the piano duo, Duo Amal, certainly lived up to their name, as they demonstrated what music can achieve when people come together to make it,... Read more of this article
Bermuda Festival Review: Black Angels
[Written by Rajai Denbrook and Rennika Trott] It’s not often that you have the privilege of experiencing a piece of theatre where the story is not only that deserves to be told over and over, but where the cast is not only talented enough to tell it, but their depth of care for the story is so obvious that it only serves to inspire their performances,... Read more of this article
Festival Review: ‘The Complete World of Sports’
[Written by Rajai Denbrook and Rennika Trott] Generally these reviewers feel that the acronym about to be used should never, ever, ever be put to use, under any circumstances, ever, except when struck by the utterly intelligent, seemingly chaotic, effervescent theatrical hilarity that took place at the Earl Cameron Theatre, City Hall last night…*clears... Read more of this article
Festival Review: Poncho Sanchez & His Band
[Written by Rajai Denbrook and Rennika Trott] You know what is great about Latin Jazz? Well, good Jazz in general, but Latin Jazz in particular? The complete and utter lack of pretension, nuanced by the flair and soulfulness of Latin American culture. Poncho Sanchez and his band were no exception to this when they performed with light-hearted, yet indelible... Read more of this article
“Festival Freebies” To Take Place At City Hall
Free performances will take to a newly created stage in City Hall later this month. Festival Freebies is an exciting part of the Festival Impressions exhibit opening next Friday, January 25 at the Bermuda Society of Arts. The inspiration and creativity spawned in local artists by performances in last year’s Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts,... Read more of this article
Bermuda Festival Add Another Night of Voces8
Audience demand has led to The Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts securing an additional performance by the a cappella group Voces8. Ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey, the eight person group rose to fame in 2005 when they achieved first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Goriza, Italy. Since then they have performed across the world... Read more of this article
Extra Performance Added: ‘One Night Of Queen’
An unprecedented demand for tickets in the first six hours they were on sale, has resulted in The Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts arranging an additional performance of One Night of Queen to its 2013 programme. The band’s act is a re-creation of the final concert tour of Queen with its iconic lead singer Freddy Mercury. Festival-goers can... Read more of this article
