After a bounty year in 2023, dramatic performances have made a fair appearance so far in 2024. The year had a relatively late opening on March 3 on the closing day of the Guyana Prize Literary Festival when the Guyana Prize Winning play of 20 years ago, Secrets (Father of the Man) by Paloma Mohamed directed by Simone Dowding was performed. At the end of February the National Drama Company performed A Rite of Passage for the Office of the First Lady as a part of the activities surrounding the Caricom Heads of Government Summit; but that was not a public performance.
The National Drama Company itself has gotten off the mark quite briskly for the year as they are also responsible for the second public theatre production. Musings of A Poet – An Evening of Wine and Reflection has its second night of performance tonight (Sunday, March 10) at the National Cultural Centre at 8.00 pm. Significantly, it is done, not on the normal conventional stage, but in a space created in the Upper Foyer of the Cultural Centre.
