With the curtain call of Julius Caesar, at 10:30 tonight, the 2011 Shakespeare in Paradise theatre festival officially came to an end.

We would like to thank all of our performers, directors, volunteers, staff, guests artists, sponsors and of course our audiences who helped to make this year’s festival a success.

For the majority of us, this festival is a labour of love as we try to keep theatre alive in our country and give a number of young people the opportunity to do more constructive things with their lives.

Your continued support of our festival is most appreciated and we look forward to that support in our 4th annual theatre festival in 2012.

Today is the final day of this year’s festival.

This afternoon you can see the final performance of Dis We Tings 2011, which starts at 2:00pm at the Dundas.

Tonight at 8:00pm are the final performances of Julius Caesar (at the Dundas), Mariah Brown (at The Bahamas Historical Society) and Pat Rahming alias Pat Rahming (at Nirvana).

Box Office is at the Dundas.
Telephone: 393-3728

There are only Friday and Saturday performances remaining before the close of this year’s Shakespeare in Paradise theatre festival.

You have the possibility to see the following performances:

Friday at 8:00pm you can see Dis We Tings 2011 at the Dundas or Mariah Brown at The Bahamas Historical Society.

Saturday afternoon you can see Dis We Tings 2011, at the Dundas, at 2:00pm.

At 8:00pm on Saturday you have a choice of Julius Caesar at the Dundas, Mariah Brown at The Bahamas Historical Society or Pat Rahming alias Pat Rahming at Nirvana.

After those performances the 2011 Shakespeare in Paradise theatre festival will come to an end.

Box Office is at the Dundas.
Telephone: 393-3728

The festival is winding down

Two public performances of Julius Caesar remain
Thursday – 8:00pm & Saturday – 8:00pm @ the Dundas

Two public performances of Dis We Tings 2011 remain
Friday – 8:00pm & Saturday – 2:00pm @ the Dundas

Two public performances of Mariah Brown remain
Friday – 8:00pm & Saturday – 8:00pm @ The Bahamas Historical Society

One public performance of Pat Rahming alias Pat Rahming remains
Saturday – 8:00pm @ Nirvana

Box Office at the Dundas
Telephone: 393-3728

With the end of tonight’s performance of Dis We Tings 2011 Shakespeare in Paradise will mark the official halfway point in its 2011 theatre festival.

The second half of the festival starts tomorrow with student matinee performances of Lovestruck and Dis We Tings 2011 and evening performances of Mariah Brown and Julius Caesar.

On Thursday there will be another student matinee performance of Dis We Tings 2011 and an evening performance of Julius Caesar.

Friday brings us two performances of Dis We Tings 2011, a student matinee and an evening performance. There will also be an evening performance of Mariah Brown.

The festival closes on Saturday, with a matinee performance of Dis We Tings 2011 and evening performances of Mariah Brown, Pat Rahming alias Pat Rahming and Julius Caesar.

There is still a chance to see all of the productions in the festival if you book and purchase your tickets now. Use our online schedule to choose the dates and times you would like to attend and then call the Box Office at 393-3728 to purchase your tickets.

After taking Sunday off Shakespeare in Paradise gets back in full swing today and for the next six days.

Bard To Go’s production of Lovestruck, for high school students, will begin this morning and run through Wednesday.

Julius Caesar is back at the Dundas tonight starting at 8:00pm.

Mariah Brown begins its run tomorrow morning at The Bahamas Historical Society with a special eleven o’clock matinee performance.

Dis We Tings 2011 is back in the Dundas on Tuesday evening at 8:00pm.

Fresh off the sold out performance at Nirvana on Saturday, Pat Rahming alias Pat Rahming gears up for its second and final performance this coming Saturday, again at Nirvana.

Don’t miss out on these exciting productions. You can still save $20 by purchasing a Season Ticket and also ask about our special discount rates on some shows. You can choose the days and times you would like to attend by checking out our schedule or you can call the Box Office at 393-3728.

On Saturday, October 8th, Shakespeare in Paradise will come to an end.
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Shakespeare in Paradise sends out a special Happy Birthday message to Delores “Reds” Archer Adderley. We also fondly remember Winston V. Saunders who would have celebrated his 70th birthday today. Winston, we continue this work to keep that dream that we all had alive.

A piece set on an island, sometimes prone to storms. It’s not The Tempest, but the work of husband-and-wife team Nicolette Bethel and Philip Burrows, who have been on a mission to bring Shakespeare to the Bahamas. The Shakespeare in Paradise festival, as it’s known, premiered in 2009, and is now in its third year of production. Bethel, the festival’s creative director, along with Artistic Director Burrows, who trained at the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts (and is regarded as one of the builders of Bahamian theatre) have sought to revive the dramatic culture in the Bahamas and in the Caribbean and create a hub for Caribbean theatre. Caribbean Journal talked to Bethel about her inspiration for the festival and the challenges of producing Shakespeare in the Bahamas.

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Last night was the official opening of the 2011 Shakespeare in Paradise theatre festival. As we experienced torrents of rain in the afternoon, by six o’clock the sky had cleared and the sun came out and by the time as the reception started the Dundas patio was dry. The performance got underway shortly after eight and there was much laughter coming from the house for this second public performance of Dis We Tings 2011. The cast is back at work tonight at eight for another performance and then they take a break until Tuesday night.

There are other performances happening today and the first is a matinee of Julius Caesar at 2:00pm at the Dundas. Student and Senior discounts apply so if you are a student (college or high school) and you missed one of the matinee performances during the week, today would be a good day to catch this show.

Tonight out at Nirvana, starting at eight o’clock, there is the first performance of Pat Rahming alias Pat Rahming. Remember that there is food and drinks that can be purchased so you can think of this as Dinner Theatre. Come out, have a meal and watch a great Bahamian artist perform.

If you have any questions or would like to make bookings you can call the Box Office at the Dundas at 393-3728.

Today was the last official Student Matinee for the production of Julius Caesar. Over 900 students took the opportunity to see this production over the past three days and for students that missed it you can call the Box Office (393-3728) and ask about discounts for our 2:00pm Saturday Matinee or Monday evening’s performance.

Performances of Julius Caesar will continue on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings next week.

It will soon be time for the Dis We Tings 2011 Student Matinees and they begin on Wednesday and run through Friday so check to see if your school is booked. Evening performances are tonight and tomorrow and you can check the schedule for next week’s performance times.

As we posted earlier, the festival officially opens tonight at the Dundas with a performance of Dis We Tings 2011 that is dedicated to Kayla-Lockhart Edwards.

The students from Grand Valley State University in Michigan arrive on Saturday and will begin their performances of Lovestruck on Monday at various schools in Nassau. The Mariah Brown people arrive on Sunday and the first performance of that production will be on Tuesday morning at The Bahamas Historical Society.

The festival is underway so don’t miss any of the productions. You can still save $20 by purchasing a Season Ticket and see four shows for only $80.