Miss Lou would have been proud. For it was hilarious from start to finish, with splendid backdrops, lively music/dancing, colorful costumes and most importantly, professional acting.
The cast |
This outstanding pantomime “Ole Time Sinting Come Back Again’ was written by the late Easton Lee and Norma Darby (former director of Jamaica Folk Review) and first staged in Miramar Florida in 2011.
Consul General Oliver Mair salutes Norma Darby |
This latest staging was at the 1000-seat Lauderhill
Performing Arts Center in Florida and was a sold-out affair on the first
night, Saturday, September 30, 2023. It closes on Sunday, October 1st.
Behind this production, is the dynamic cultural organization, the Louise Bennett-Coverley Heritage Council. It is chaired by the talented Jamaican, Colin Smith who also chairs the musical chorale, the Jamaica Folk Review, most of whose members were the actors in this production.
Smith is also the founder and leader of Tallawah Mento Band which provided the music for the pantomime. He also directed this production.
Miss Lou was a child of the pantomime, having
acted in the first one staged in Jamaica in 1941 and writing, producing, and
acting in many others during her active life.
This latest production of 'Ol Time Sinting
Come Back Again’ was entertaining from start to finish and elicited audience
participation and laughter throughout.
I hope it will be taken on the road throughout the USA, for Jamaicans
everywhere deserve to see this production.
I had been a regular pantomime attendee in Jamaica for many decades. Then
they became boring to the point where I literally fell asleep in the last
one I attended decades ago!
Then Covid came and brought it to an end locally.
Hopefully, this pantomime will be taken to Jamaica too so the younger
generation will learn, and good pantomimes will once again become part
of Kingston’s entertainment scene.
The late, great Louise Bennett aka Miss Lou |
Miss Lou and the younger generation deserve no less.
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2 comments:
Great entertainment, bring back memories.
Thanks to all who keep the tradition going.
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