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A career on the stage was something Stede Flash eyed since childhood when he performed in Christmas plays at church. That interest in theatre grew during his...

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A number of individuals who have played pivotal roles in the development of roots theatre were honoured ate last month at the second Roots Theatre Awards. Staged at the Anglican Church Hall in O...

The Everton Dawkins-led Jamaica Roots Theatre Foundation held its second annual Roots Theatre Awards on Saturday in Ocho Rios, inducting four stalwarts into the newly created Roots Theatre Hall of Fame. Garfield ‘Bad Boy Trevor’ Reid, Daphne ‘Mae’...

Keith "Ginger" Knight, one of the driving forces behind the roots theatre movement, died on February 23 at age 71. Hyacinth Knight, his wife of 31 years, said he died at the Kingston Public ...

It's been almost 30 years since Stede Flash made his first appearance in theatre, his declared love. But he notes that he knows a good script when he sees one. So, with that type of experienc...

Considered by some conservatives as traditional theatre’s poor cousin, roots plays are largely ignored when awards are handed out in Jamaica. Based on response from patrons during Ex-Baby Motha’s ...

The Jamaica Observer’s Entertainment Desk continues with the 56th of its biweekly feature looking at seminal moments that have helped shape Jamaica over the past 60 years. Many purists consid...

DESPITE packing the halls islandwide, producers of roots plays have long complained that they are ignored by mainstream Jamaican theatre. On August 20, however, they honoured their own at the inau...

AS a playwright for more than 40 years, writing dialogue is second nature for Basil Dawkins. Yet, he was speechless when the call came that he is to be a recipient of the Order of Distinction (OD)...