Much ado behind the scenes as festival, competition loom on theatre agenda

Students of the National School of Theatre Arts and Drama on stage during a production earlier this year

While the theatre agenda in Guyana is currently quite busy, the production of plays on the public stage is at a low ebb – a condition that is expected to be only temporary and is not unrelated to the business of the agenda.

High up on the agenda, the National School of Theatre Arts and Drama (NSTAD) is opening its doors for the new academic year 2015/2016 and is currently receiving applications. Invitations are still open for new students and there is to be an orientation exercise on October 5 at 5 pm in the Drama School at the National Cultural Centre. This is at the core of