A Double Bill including Lazarus and His Beloved by Kahil Gibran and Song of Death by Tewfik El-Hakim . Director, Renu Setna.
Beef, No Chicken by Derek Walcott. Director, John Matshikiza.
Show Theatre, January – April 1989.
Dog, by Dennis Scott. Director Paulette Randall. Opening 25 January 1989.
Designer Emma Frater. Lighting Designer Richard Moffatt. Choreographer Wanjiru Gichigi. Actors: Calvin Simpson, Robbie Gee, Jo Marin, Roger Griffiths, Faith Tingle, Victor Romero Evans, Kwabena Manso.
Dog by Dennis Scott is a semi-allegorical, poetic play representing civil turmoil in Jamaica in 1974 and the clash between affluent middle class life and that of the underclass.
Double Bill, Opening 15 February 1989.
Lazarus and his Beloved, by Kahil Gibran.
Director Renu Setna. Designer Souheil Sleiman. Lighting Designer Shangara Singh. Actors: Anthony D. Lenon, Misli Alan, Carol Vieira, Alibe Parsons, Mark Lloyd, Billy Braham.
Song of Death, by Tewfik El-Hakim. Director Renu Setna. Designer Souheil Sleiman. Lighting Designer Shangara Singh. Actors: Alibe Parsons, Alaknanda Samarth, Mark Lloyd, Rezaul Kabir.
A Double Bill of North African theatre directed by Renu Setna, including Lazarus and His Beloved by Kahlil Gibran, a poetic rumination about the biblical character and his lamentiation of the loss of the divine communication discovered beyond the grave; and Song of Death by Tewfik El-Hakim a drama concerning a centuries-old family feud in a dusty peasant village in Egypt.
Beef, No Chicken, by Derek Walcott. Opening 8 March 1989.
Director John Matshikiza. Designer Janey Gardiner. Lightin Designer Francis Stevenson. Music Consultant Ram John Holder. Actors: Syreeta Kuar, Shango Baku, Carmen Munroe, Roger Griffiths, Ram John Holder, Jo Martin, Beresford Le Roy, Susan Lycett, T-Bone Wilson, Jim Findley, Vincent Wong Calvin Simpson, Rony Cush.
Beef, No Chicken is a farce set in Trinidad revolving around the attempts of a restaurateur to save his premises where the corrupted council wants to build a highway.