Link Show 31 continues its historical run as the most significant achievement in Guyanese theatre. It has sustained its position as a Guyanese tradition: a most popular theatrical event and the most successful satirical performance. But perhaps more importantly, after 31 productions since 1981, it has become one of the strongest annual dramatic productions and one of only three of its type to have survived in the Caribbean satirical tradition.
The Link Show is therefore unique as a satirical revue. It is directed by Ron Robinson and produced by Gem Madhoo-Nascimento in a joint presentation by The Theatre Company and GEMS Theatre Productions. This combination has worked well since Link Show 25 in 2009, bringing the annual series to its best ever quality and arriving at a settled standard of technical and artistic proficiency, a suitable playing style and management.
Number 31, which is scheduled to end tonight, is a mixture of comic performances. It is high farce with a cast that has acquired command of this style in the delivery of lines and treatment of material designed to delight the audience. It is also low farce, and this year it tends to depend on more slapstick and camp than is normally found in The Link in this current period of its
