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With friends and family still celebrating the start of a new year, for some Jamaicans this means an increase in alcohol intake. With the new COVID normal and curfew restrictions, many fear that alcohol consumption might take centre stage at family gatherings and small link-ups with increased exposure and ready access of alcohol to minors. Now, through a collaboration with Red Stripe and The Ashe Company, a limited production series dubbed ‘Pon Anoda Level’ will address this issue, within the context of the family. Michael Holgate, the creative director of Ashe and the writer of the three-...

The story of the Grinch who stole Christmas has been re-purposed and re-told countless times over the past five decades. But this Yuletide season, Jamaicans at home and abroad will get to experience the storyline in a way that connects uniquely with the culture as the ASHE Academy brings the classic to life in an exciting new children’s musical titled Crinchy Mon: The Christmas Thief. According to writer and director, Michael Holgate, the production will incorporate different lessons learnt from COVID-19, which is this year substituting for the green-skinned monster that usually ‘steals ...

‘Christmas still a keep!’ That is the message The Ashe Company hopes to send this holiday season as they get ready to roll out their annual Christmas special. Dubbed ‘12 Days of Christmas with the Ashe Ensemble’, the production will include dramatic pieces, as well as special musical arrangements and choreography. “12 Days of Christmas was an idea coined by the ensemble as a gift to our fellow Jamaicans this holiday. Ashe has always been pioneers in spreading love and warming people’s hearts, especially at Christmas, and we thought if we have the capacity, the talent and everythi...