Carifesta 2019 [Drama On 3]

Three new dramas by young writers from Trinidad and Tobago, recorded for the 2019 Caribbean Festival of the Arts.

Mr Singh', by Derron Sandy, is set in a troubled country school where lawlessness prevails. New teacher Mr Singh arrives with his peaceful Buddhist ways, prompting his colleagues to lay bets as to how long he'll last.

Aron', by Kyle Hernandez, is about a 19-year-old working in his uncle's barber shop, under pressure from all sides to grow up and decide his future. It's a modern-day fairy tale in which a young man and a famous soca star form an alliance against toxic masculinity.

In 'Water More Than Flour' (an expression meaning hard times), by Elisha Efua Bartels, we eavesdrop on a couple who are keeping secrets from each other. Her secret is bigger than his.

Mr Singh - Keegan Maharaj

Ms Serrieux - Rhesa Samuel

Mr Pelton - Idrees Saleem

Mrs Frank - Tafar Lewis

Felicia - Khadijah Kirton

Bolo - Israel Nunes

Children from the Quays Foundation, Maloney, Trinidad & Tobago.

Writer Derron Sandy

Original music Kenyatta Lewis

Aron - Levee Rodriguez

Uncle - Errol Fabien

Dad - Anand Lawkaran

Teddy Boi - Jayron Remy

Friday - Tishanna Williams

Imani - Nickolai Salcedo

Writer Kyle Hernandez

Original music by Kyle Hernandez, Jayron Remy & Nickolai Salcedo

She - Mandisa Granderson

He - Conrad Parris

Girlfriend - Kimmy Stoute-Robinson

Friend - Arnold Goindham

Writer Elisha Efua Bartels

Recorded music 3canal

Original music Everald ‘Red Man' Watson

Sound engineering and design for all three dramas by Kasi Foster, Robin Foster and Alisdair McGregor

Producer/Director Melanie Harris

A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 3 and Trini Good Media.

Three new dramas from Trinidad and Tobago about life in the Caribbean

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