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John Mitchell studied to become an actor, but decided he was better off camera. That decision, made years ago, has turned into a win for the Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society. Mr Mitchell is at the helm of Private Lives, Noël Coward’s comedy that st...

Teddy the Lost Dog doesn’t have a busty dame or a fairy godmother; there won’t be people yelling, ‘He’s right behind you!’ — over and over and over again. In other words, it’s not a pantomime. The Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society’s Christmas Musi...

Llantrisant, Wales, is a quiet place. Other than a couple of bars and historical landmarks there is not a whole lot to do. And that made it the perfect spot for Owain Johnston to write. He spent March there, penning two full-length plays — Right/Cro...

The winner of the 16th annual Famous for 15 Minutes playwriting contest will be named at Daylesford Theatre tonight. The rules state that plays are judged only on the quality of the scripts. Direction, acting and performance may bring them to life bu...

Two months to write, 15 minutes on the stage. Sherma Webbe Clarke is hoping the effort she put into her first play pays off. If Someday a Painter is one of six original works selected for BMDS’s annual Famous For 15 Minutes playwriting competition. “...

Lovers of Broadway packed Daylesford Theatre on Friday, eager to see The World Goes ’Round, the musical revue put on by Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society. Songs by legendary duo John Kander and Fred Ebb were performed to the delight of the audience ...

If musical revues are your thing, Paige Hallett is offering one you won’t want to miss. Six women play more than 30 characters in The World Goes ‘Round, an eclectic collection of “love songs, torch songs and acerbically witty comic numbers” by the fa...

This updated stage version of the 1980s BBC comedy classic Yes, Prime Minister had the packed Daylesford Theatre hapless with laughter. Director Nicola Flood and producer Rebekah Nebard’s Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society show, which opened on Thurs...

The central theme of this searing, tragicomic play, brilliantly directed by Nicola Flood, is the all too prevalent social issue of wife abuse. Willadean Winkler (Brooke Burfitt) finds herself trapped in an abusive relationship with her husband “J.D....

Before Brooke Burfitt moved to Bermuda, she had begun to carve out a career in television, radio and the news. When her husband got the offer to work on the island, the English actress and producer said she could never be content “just sipping cockt...

In bringing Twelve Angry Men to the 21st century, some of the style had to go. And since a modern jury would more accurately reflect society, then so, too, went some of the men. Four females will take on the roles of jurors in Reginald Rose’s classic...

The indelible popular image of Noël Coward as a showman, bon vivant and epigram-dropping wit too often overshadows his remarkable skills as a dramatist. The one-time Bermuda resident was one of the most enduring and successful playwrights of his era...