‘Great start’ for National Secondary Schools Theatre Festival

Organisers of the National Secondary Schools Theatre Festival have described the
first night of performances featuring dance presentations from several of the
nation’s schools, as a great start.
The festival runs from April 25 to 28 and the performances are staged at the Dean
William Lake Cultural Centre. The first night was dedicated to dance
presentations. The dramatists are set to take the stage for three consecutive
nights starting tonight.
“The National Secondary Schools Theatre Festival is off to a great start with the
first night being the dance night. This featured over 45 of Antigua and Barbuda’s
young dancers, as well as the work of our choreographers and instructors who are
attached to the dancers, both privately and through the government,” Cultural
Director Khan Cordice stated.
For the rest of the week, you will see the works of actors, directors, and
playwrights performing a variety of plays from six secondary schools. There will be
more than fifty actors and actresses featured in these productions, according to
Cordice.
He said the aim of the festival is to build capacity among the nation’s ‘creatives’
and provide the opportunity, as well as an outlet for the young ‘creatives’ to
express themselves and continue to develop the creative industries and the arts.
Cordice noted that many creatives have graduated from participating in the
annual festival to where they become teachers of drama and dance in the
nation’s schools and have also been able to expand their horizons overseas.