After premiering in San Fernando and going to Port of Spain, Sunday with the Warlord Lord Blakie in Brooklyn is set to make its international debut.
Writer and producer Dawad Phillip said conversations are taking place to have it played in London, where the daughter of the late legendary Blakie (Carlton Joseph) lives.
It was always billed for audiences around the globe where vintage calypso has an appeal, and so on the schedule are shows in New York, Atlanta, and other parts of the US where the Warlord had a following, he said.
The world premiere at the Naparima Bowl on February 4 was not successful in terms of revenue, Phillip confessed, having been told the risk he was taking in bringing theatre, despite the calypso element, during the short 2024 Carnival season. Read More
Webb, Y. (2024, April 10). Play about Lord Blakie to make overseas debut - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Newsday.co.tt. https://newsday.co.tt/2024/04/09/play-about-lord-blakie-to-make-overseas-debut/
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