A mystical-dramatical-comical-satirical musical opening December 5th at the Theatre Place, 8 Haining Road, Kingston. Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 5:00 pm. Tickets are available at York and Moodie’s Pharmacies, The Theatre Place and AYF at 66 Barry Street. Pot o’ Gold features the AYKrew with Majah Bless

All are invited to watch two mini productions at the Edna Manley College- School of Drama, one directed by Jamaican dancer/choreographer/director Neila Ebanks and the other by Jamaican international director/dub artist  ahdri zhina mandiela who returned to Jamaica to direct this production. ahdri zhina mandiela’s bcurrent.ca website See article in Jamaica

YardEdge welcomes new guest blogger, Karen Hutchinson, who reviewed the recently held show presented by Women’s Media Watch.   

VAGINA MONOLOGUES April 24th – one show only! With special guests Leonie Forbes, Rosamond Brown, Claudette Powell, Neila Ebanks, Jacqui Fisher-Smith and Teneile Warren

For more about the Area Youth Foundation, see Area Youth Foundation Transforming Lives, Interview With Sheila Graham Area Youth Foundation Working With Kids In Tense Communities

The University Players present “ART” Starring: Paul Issa Alwyn Scott Munair Zacca Jean Paul Menou Philip Sherlock Center, UWI, Mona October 18 – 26, 2008 Fridays – Saturdays at 8:00 pm Sunday at 6pm For tickets call 419-6725

Ainsley Burrows, a Jamaican poet and performer stars in this new Guinness “Journey to Greatness” ad. Shot in New Jersey, the ad now airs across the Caribbean. Ainsley Burrows has been performing widely in Europe and has won Best International Performer in 2001 and 2002 from the Farrago Poetry Cafe

Scene from ‘Bus Big’ YardEdge talks to Sheila Graham, Founder of The Area Youth Foundation, about how the arts can transform lives in the inner city. YardEdge: What is the Area Youth Foundation? Sheila: The Area Youth Foundation is a charitable, non-governmental organization which, since 1997, has been changing the