The 4th annual Shakespeare in Paradise Theatre Festival officially opens Friday, October 5th. This year the festival will feature five productions in five venues throughout Nassau.

The Signature Shakespeare production is entitled Merchant. This is the classic tale of the Merchant of Venice but since our production is set in The Bahamas, the Venice part of the title has been dropped. Gordon Mills directs.

The Signature Bahamian production welcomes back playwright/actress/director Jeanne Thompson with her playwright hat on this time and her newly written one-act play, Back of the Moon. We will also present one of her classics, Father’s Day. This evening of two one acts is being called Out o’ Wedlock and is directed by the festival’s artistic director Philip A. Burrows.

As a part of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Trinidad and Tobago’s Independence, Shakespeare in Paradise is pleased to present Lion City Live. This production features Freetown, which consists of two Trinidadians, Muhammad Muwakil and Lou Lyons.

Continuing with 50th Anniversary celebrations Shakespeare in Paradise will also present, from Jamaica, Mr and Mrs Blacke. This play is coming off a very successful and critically acclaimed run at the Philip Sherlock Centre at the University of the West Indies. The cast features Keiran King, who is also the playwright, and Sakina Deer. Paul Issa directs.

Speak the Speech is a new work created by Philip A. Burrows and compiled by Nicolette Bethel. This production will consist of a series of speeches and correspondences from the landfall of Christopher Columbus to the present day Bahamas.

Tickets for Shakespeare in Paradise productions are $25. The Box Office is open at the Dundas Centre and will run Monday thru Saturday from 10:00am to 4:00pm until October 13th, the closing day of the festival.

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