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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. “...

Helena Pipe had no idea the challenges she would face when deciding to leave home and pursue a career in British theatre. The hardest part? Trusting God in the midst of uncertainty. However the experience helped the 30-year-old grow her faith. She’s...

The prime minister’s private secretary isn’t quite what he seems. A yes-man in public, in reality Bernard Woolley is anything but. James Knell will take on the role in the Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society’s production of Yes, Prime Minister next we...

The Mountaintop by Katori Hill was a powerful and philosophically profound theatrical experience. Mountaintop is a historical play about Martin Luther King’s last night on earth, which is influenced by the political and historical climate of nine yea...

The evening gave us a chance to celebrate the talents of two Bermudian musicians on the brink of stellar careers: Kerri Dietz, mezzo soprano, and Leidy Sinclair, violin. The Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts programme commenced on Monday with ...

The Gilbert & Sullivan Society is to return to Hamilton’s City Hall this autumn with a production of Annie. Set in New York during the Great Depression, the classic musical follows a young girl forced to live a tough life in an orphanage. But her lu...

The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of Sherlock Holmes’s most famous cases but even he might have been a bit bewildered by a breakneck comic production of the tale starring just five actors. The rapid shifts of scene on a simple set — and quick cost...

As a young actor, Eric Bean was amazed by The Lion King. He couldn’t believe his luck when he was hired to tour the East Coast with the award-winning Broadway musical in June. Only two years earlier, the 33-year-old was turned down after his audition...

Bermudian Marvin Ford has joined the touring cast of a musical written by rock star Sting. Mr Ford said he was surprised to have landed his first professional role in The Last Ship. He said: “My first thought was that they were joking. I was shocked....

Master musician and virtuoso pianist Michelle Cann introduced each piece with erudition and humour. What followed in every case at the Earl Cameron Theatre last Wednesday, was a fascinating exploration of old and new music; an extended and profound ...

There is always a frisson of anticipation before a live concert, but there was a special warmth emanating from the packed audience the night these two young Bermudian-born virtuosic pianists performed. The Bermuda Cann clan were naturally out in for...