By Stephen Weir In the world of live theater, the line between truth and fiction often blurs. Actors effortlessly switch between roles, portraying star-crossed lovers one night and filming a soap commercial the next. It’s all part of the job. So if going to see Fatuma Adar’s, “She’s Not Special,” at the Tarragon Theatre starting […]
The Black-led CBC and BET Plus series The Porter has been making waves in the entertainment industry, but it seems that the success of the show has been short-lived. Despite winning 12 Canadian Screen Awards last week, including Best Drama Series, the series will not be returning for a second season. The Porter, a fictional […]
By Stephen Weir Rarer than a church handing out money on Sunday to its congregation, the new play Vierge (virgin) is breaking ground with its black all-female cast and its black female playwright. oh yes, its director is a Zambia-born black woman. The city has a long history of White male dominated theatre, Vierge is […]
Canada’s first Black Caribbean family-based reality show returns for its second season, premiering Saturday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CTV. Encore presentations to air Sundays at 2 p.m. ET/PT on CTV2, beginning Feb. 12, with episodes also available on CTV.ca and the CTV app. “We’re so excited to be back on CTV after […]
By Stephen Weir Woof. Woof. Who let the dogs out? The Crow’s Nest Theatre in downtown Toronto is quick to answer that it is Caribbean Canadian author Andre Alexis is to blame. For almost two weeks the Carlaw Avenue theatre has been selling out each and every performance of their play “Fifteen Dogs”. The new […]
By: Stephen Weir Not only is it the first weekend for Black History Month in Toronto, it will also be two days of first for dance fans. On February 3rd and 4th “America ‘s Cultural Ambassador to the World” the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre will kick off its 2023 North American tour with a trio […]
By Stephen Weir With Christmas 2022 now in our collective rear view mirror it is time to look ahead at some of the goings on at the 2023 Black Futures Month (Black History Month) celebrations at Harbourfront. Yesterday, the Camera talked to a spokesperson to get an update on the events Harbourfront will be presenting […]
Guyana President Irfaan Ali sends letter of invitation Black Panther actress, Letitia Michelle Wright, aka Princess Shuri, is being invited to visit the country of her birth by the CARICOM South America nation’s head of state. Guyana President Irfaan Ali has written to Wright, who was born in Guyana but migrated to the UK at […]
By Stephen Weir African dancer Shelly Tetely Ohene-Nyako and 35 other dancers from 14 African countries are in the middle of an around-the-world tour which brings them all to Toronto this weekend. She told the Caribbean Camera yesterday that European and North American audiences who have already caught their Rite of Spring performance were so […]
Yes, it’s over. The theatre is empty. The screen is black. The annual Caribbean Tales Film Festival (CTFF) has gone dark for the 17th time … sort of. Late last week the venerable CTFF announced the winning films in its 2-week downtown Toronto movie fete. And while there were no big surprises in the […]
