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exhibitions | music events | food | workshops | theatre film | festival & much more

T&T FACTS SIZE: Trinidad is the larger of the two islands and measures 1854sq miles/ 4828 sq km Tobago is smaller at 116 sq miles / 300 sq km

welcome

His Excellency Garvin Nicholas, High Commissioner for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

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rinidad and Tobago has a reputation for being one of most culturally diverse countries in the world. This year, as we turn 50, it is very important that we celebrate that.

The Trinidad and Tobago Culture Fest is a celebration of everything we are as a people. Our food, our language, our music and more will be on display.

This year, one when the world has come to London, we are inviting all of you to come and have a truly Trini experience at the Trinidad and Tobago Village. We have a whole month of activities planned, you will have every opportunity to come and lime with us this summer.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

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maticoor night

featuring Tassa drumming, Indian dancing Come experience the Indo-Trinidad & Tobagonian element of our culture

T&T food market

local exotic and tasty food, delicacies and drinks

Open Daily | Bar & Foyer, 10am - 11pm

Sat. 29th July | Theatre, 6:30pm P5

rave

featuring Performances by Machel Montano, Keshav & Zstar Sat. 11th August | Theatre, 7pm | Ticketed P10-11

classical concert night with Tony Woollard

and friends

Thu 16th August | Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed P14

Emancipation celebrations

Featuring ELLA ANDALL read more on p8

HOW TO find us This summer ‘Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Village’ has moved into The Tricycle which is located at 269 Kilburn High Rd, London NW6 7JR. Nearest tube: Kilburn (Jubilee Line).

Rail: Brondesbury (London Overground)

Children’S WORKSHOP Bus: 16, 31, 32, 98, 189, Throughout the Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Village

Learn the stories, the dance and the art of Trinidad and Tobago.

Open daily | Annexe, 10am

Please be advised that all events are free, but in order to ensure that events aren’t overbooked we have a booking system in place. For details please visit: www.tthighcommission.co.uk

CONTENTS CARNIVAL DANCING (WINING) CLASS RUM SHOP LIME FILM FESTIVAL FAMILY EVENT: CARNIVAL IS A GUIDe TO TOBAGO CALYPSO TENT WORKSHOP REHEARSED READING: THREE SISTERS FAMILY EVENT: T&T INDPENDECE ON FILM poets from t&t reading earl lovelace in converstation

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The Tricycle is within a Controlled Parking Zone Mon-Fri 8:30 - 6:30pm Parking on Kilburn High Road is only permitted after 7pm. There are 2/3/4 hour Pay and Display bays a short distance away in Willesden Lane, Grangeway and surrounding streets.

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thursday 26th the OPENING OF THE T&T Cultural VILLAGE THE Festival will be a celebration of music from different

musical genres with performances by 3Canal, Belmont Freetown. Curtis Melody, Orange Sky, Overdrive, Mungal Patasar & Pantar, The Incredible Myron B & Band and the UWI Dance Ensemble.

Thursday 26th Art Exhibitions

exhibiting artworks from Masters of Yesteryear, Living Legends and Contemporary Stars An exhibition of paintings, drawings, photography and sculptures from T&T which reflects the country’s way of life.

Come and see works from masters of the past such as Boscoe Holder and Michel Jean Cazabon, leading lights Leroy Clarke and Jackie Hinkson, and a host of contemporary visual artists who were either born, bred-in, or influenced by this dynamic and vibrant twin-island Republic. New work will be added to the exhibit 4

July 26th, August 6th and August 13th.

Gallery open daily from 10am - 9pm

Dance Workshop

with Belmont Freetown (For adults and children)

Annexe (children) & Theatre (adults), 11am 3pm

Business forum The Mission will hold a Business Forum on July 26th 2012 featuring a host of eminent speakers; addressing topics such as ‘Doing Business with Europe.’ A rolling Trade Exposition

will run from July 25th to August 25th where established and nascent Trinidad and Tobago brands will be displayed.

Cinema, 10:30am - 5pm

Thursday night JAm session

Featuring Jam Sessions with 3Canal, Curtis Melody, Myron Bruce, Orange Sky and Overdrive 3Canal are recording artists with a social conscience. Their musical style is called Rapso. The band describes Rapso as a philosophy. It is “The Power of the Word in the Rhythm of the Word,” and

3Canal

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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO CULTURAL VILLAGE the “The Consciousness of Soca”.

Curtis Melody is a singer/ song writer,with a style people compare to David Hinds of roots reggae musical band Steel Pulse.

Orange Sky is a totally Trini rock band whose music sounds like a perfect blend of Black Sabbath and The Wailers.

Overdrive a versatile band that is rapidly making waves in Trinidad and Tobago’s music scene because of their flawless performances.

The Incredible Myron B is a calypsonian and a comedian whose style calls to mind the chantwells of yesterday and the satirical style of Weird Al Yankovic.

Mungal Patasar has a career that spans over three decades. His music is a fusion that takes inspiration from various musical styles. He and his band Pantar have toured the world sharing his unique style of music.

FRIDAY 27th lava afterwork drinks lime with Shipwrecked crew.

Gallery & Bar, 5pm

olympics opening ceremony

The event will be televised live at the Tricycle Theatre.

Celebrating the joyful, outrageous and mysterious ties among women, inspired by the Indo-Trinidadian Hindu rite of passage for a young bride.

Theatre, 7pm | Ticketed

SUNDAY 29th

Gallery & Bar, 8pm

Saturday 28th SATurday night JAm session with 3Canal,

Mungal Patasar, Myron B, and Orange Sky.

Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed

SATURDAY 28TH MATICOOR night

with guest speakers Suresh Rambaran, Vahni Capildeo, tassa drumming, indian dancing and much more.

Alan Charles

Focus Arts Promotions

Presents: Love, Sax and all that Jazz 2 (Da Mans Dem) The hit comedy stage play from poet and playwright Alan Charles, takes an informative and humorous look at men and relationships.

What do men want? Why do men cheat? What defines a man? A play that will uplift, inspire and edutain the whole family.

(PG13) Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed

Sunday night Jam session with 3 Canal.

Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed Vahni Capidleo

Theatre, 10pm | Ticketed

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Monday 30th

Focus Arts Promotions - LOVE, AND ALL THAT JAZZ

TUESday 31St

Children’s Workshop Written by Playwright and poet

Children’s Workshop

Alan Charles

For children aged 7 - 12years

Eintou Pearl Springer

Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed

Session 1: Trini Food the Healthy Way - Lola Ross & Hassan Voyeau, Session 2: Cultural Forms of Tobago - Focus on Speech Band - Eintou Springer, Session 3: Pothound + Talk, Session 4: Steelpan.

For children aged 7 - 12years

Monday night Jam session with Myron B and Solomon

Session 1: Stories of T&T - Introduction to the script ‘How Anansi Bring the Drum’ - Eintou Pearl Springer, Session 2: Rhythms of T&T - Keshav Chandradathsingh, Session 3: Makin’ Mas - Symone Williams, Session 4: Trini Food the Healthy Way - Lola Ross & Hassan Voyeau.

Solomon - The band, the man, produce everything from calypso, rock and reggae to world beat. Its “intellectually thoughtprovoking” lyrics sung over international melodies with a strong Trini accent.

Everything about Solomon is original, so expect a treat.

Theatre, 10pm

Annexe, 10:30am - 4:15pm

Tuesday night Jam session - Sheldon Blackman & the Soul Rebels’ Hope Album Launch with

performances by Curtis Melody, Myron B and Solomon Sheldon Blackman is a musician, singer and songwriter from T&T.

Annexe, 10:30am - 4:15pm

CARNIVAL DANCING (WINING) CLASS with Attillah Springer

Annexe/ Theatre, 6:30pm Sheldon Blackman, third from left, with his band, The Soul Rebels

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mungal patasar & Pantar in concert Thursday 26th July & 28th July

Mungal Patasar has a career that spans over three decades. His music is a fusion that takes inspiration from various musical styles. He and his band Pantar have toured the world sharing his unique style of music.

See more on page 8

His music is best described as ‘Caribbean heart beat music’, expressions of Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Rapso and Jamoo fused with elements of jazz, blues and urban music. His father the late great Ras Shorty I, was the creator of the musical genres Soca and Jamoo.

Theatre, 7:30pm

WEDNESDay 1ST

THURSDAY 2ND

Children’s Workshop Children’s Workshop For children aged 7 - 12years

For children aged 7 - 12year

Session 1: Makin’ Mas - Symone Williams, Session 2: Anansi and Other Superheroes Eintou Pearl Springer, Session 3: Rhythms of T&T - Keshav Chandradathsingh, Session 4: T&T Flicks - The Amerindians (excerpt).

Session 1: Makin’ Mas - Symone Williams, Session 2: Rehearsal How Anansi Bring the Drum - Eintou Pearl Springer, Session 3: Preparation Jump up Session 4: Rhythms of T&T.

Annexe, 10:30am - 4:15pm

Wednesday night Jam session

Annexe, 10:30am - 4:15pm

THURSDAY night ‘Live’ Jam session

with Myron Bruce, Sheldon Blackman and Solomon.

with Curtis Melody, Myron Bruce, Sheldon Blackman and Solomon.

Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed

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T&T FACTS population: 1.3 million (2010 est.) 40% of Indian decent, 37.5% of African decent & 21.7% mixed

FRIDAY 3RD

saturday 4th

sunday 5th

Children’s jump up

RUM SHOp LIME

EMANCIPATION DAY CELEBRATIONS PART 2

Featuring Bois Academy Stick Fighters The children who took part in the workshops over the past week present what they’ve learned.

They will also be treated to a special performance

by Bois Academy of Trinidad and Tobago (B.A.T.T.) Stick Fighters.

Theatre, 6pm

Rum Shop Lime – Lime n An informal gathering characterised by semiritualised talking and socialising, drinking and eating. (from Dictionary of the English/ Creole of Trinidad & Tobago).

Gallery & Bar, 12pm

EMANCIPATION DAY CELEBRATIONS PART 1 Featuring performances by Ella Andall, Sheldon Blackman, Bois Academy and more.

Event to celebrate 174th Anniversary of the Abolition of Chattel Slavery in the Anglophone Caribbean.

Kalinda: Afro-Trinidadian Stickfighting

parade & stick fighting feature

Featuring Bois Academy Stick Fighters Theatre, 4pm

FriDAY night Jam session

with Myron Bruce, Sheldon Blackman and Solomon Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed 8

Ella Andall has worked consistently over the past four decades to establish herself as an artiste of international stature. She is considered by many as a Caribbean Queen of Song - a chantuelle supreme, a high priestess of African-Caribbean music. Ella’s journey is one of power .

Theatre, 6:30pm

Featuring performances by Ella Andall,Afro-Trinidad drumming and the B.A.T.T. in dedication to the memory of Ja Jah Oga Onilu.

Ja Jah Oga Onilu

Ja Jah Oga Onilu was a singer, songwriter/ composer, a record producer, a master drummer and percussion scientist. Onilu, who was 58-years-old at his passing, was also a well known artist and maker of “organic” musical instruments.

He was also one of the members of Jewels of Nature organic percussion group along with his two sons Baba Onilu and Modupe Onil.

Theatre, 5pm

100m final ‘live’

This olympic event will be televised on 52in Television screen Bar & Gallery, 8pm

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monday 6th Art Exhibition

rave MACHEL MONTANO HD IN CONCERT Saturday 11th August

Gallery open daily from 10am - 9pm

Children’s Workshop For children aged 7 - 12years

Session 1: Kathak Quincy Kendell Charles Session 2: Stories of T&T - Introduction to the Play ‘A Brighter Sun’ - Eintou Springer, Session 3: Rhythms of T&T - Keshav Chandradathsingh, Session 4: Makin’ Mas Symone Williams.

with Attillah Pearl Springer

He is the frontman of the popular soca band The HD Family, and is noted for his high energy, fast-paced, and often unpredictable on-stage performances. His career, which spans over 30 years, makes him stand as one of the most well-known soca acts in the world, using his leverage as an artist able to sell-out shows.

Annexe/ Theatre, 6:30pm

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Annexe, 10:30am - 4:15pm

CARNIVAL DANCING (WINING) CLASS

Film festival

with a special pre-show performance by Myron B. Cinema, 7:30pm

tuesday 7th Children’s Workshop For children aged 7 - 12years

Session 1: Kathak -

Quincy Kendell Charles, Session 2: TT Flicks The Amerindians + Q&A, Session 3: Anansi and other Superheroes Eintou Springer, Session 4: Martial Traditions of T&T - Bois Academy of T&T .

Myron B

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T&T FACTS RELIGION: Roman Catholic 26%, Other Christians 31.6% Hindu 22.5%, Muslim 5.8% Quincy Kendall Charles

Traditions of T&T - Bois Academy of T&T , Session 2: Rehearsal Session 3: Rhythms of T&T - Keshav Chandradath Singh, Session 4: Makin’ Mas Symone Williams.

Annexe, 10:30am - 4:15pm

EUPHORIA afterwork drinks lime Tuesday night Jam session with Machel Montano HD and Konata

Konata Alleyne is a Trinidadian born, Londonbased singer, songwriter, producer, audio engineer, entertainer, musician, promoter and entrepreneur.

Some might say he is a “Jack of all Trades, Master of none” but Konata believes that he has found a way to make his “manage everything” system work.

It’s this skill that makes him unique.

Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed

WEDNESday 8th

Quincy Kendell Charles, Session 2: Trini Food the Healthy Way - Lola Ross & Hassan Voyeau, Session 3: Rhythms of Trinidad and Tobago Keshav Chandradath Singh, Session 4: Mas Making - Symone Williams.

Annexe, 10:30am - 4:15pm

Wednesday night Jam session with Machel Montano and Konata

Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed

thursday 9th

Children’s Workshop Children’s Workshop For children aged 7 - 12years For children aged 7 - 12years

Session 1: Kathak 10

Session 1: Gatka & Kalinda - Martial

with Euphoria Carnival

Gallery & Bar, 5pm

thursday night ‘Live’ Jam session with Machel Montano HD and Konata

Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed

friday 10th Konata

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Children’s jump up

Featuring Trinidad Youth Ballet Troupe Theatre, 6pm

FRIday night Jam session

with Machel Montano HD and Konata Keshav Chandrath Singh

Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed

saturday 11th rave

with Chris Leacock, Keshav Chandrath Singh, Konata, Machel Montano HD and Zstar Chris Leacock a.k.a.

‘The Jillionaire’ has been a DJ for over fifteen years, and has created a unique sound which mashes indie dance and big room house with the Caribbean rhythms

of soca and dancehall. In 2009, Jillionaire stole the show at London’s Notting

The Jillionaire

Hill Carnival with his unique

Tropical Bass sound. He has toured across the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands with Major Lazer.

Keshav Chandradath Singh who is a member of 3Canal’s backing band Cut + Clear and creative collaborator with countless local and international artists, will share with the audience his explorations of rhythm in both traditional and electronic contexts.

Z-star (pronounced / ‘zee’ / star, styled Z*) is a musical project created

by Zee Gachette, a British/Trinidadian singer, songwriter, musician and producer, currently based in Brighton, UK. She is a regular fixture on the European summer festival scene and someone you simply must see live.

and spectacle of carnival by an award-winning singer, educator, and former member of the Trinidad Folk Singers, known fondly as ‘Auntie Ava’ by children and parents alike. Come and

be delighted by Ava’s words,

music, and ‘joie de vivre’.

Theatre, 2pm

Z-Star

Lime Zone, 7:30pm | Ticketed

sunday 12th family event: Carnival Is A delightful and entertaining

introduction to the magic

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T&T FACTS NATIONAL FLOWER: The Chaconia (Wild Poinsettia) - a flaming red forest flower.

RUM SHOp LIME

monday 13th

Bar & Gallery, 6pm

calypso tent Workshop

Sunday night concert

with Soprano Gweneth Ann Tenor Jeffers and Brian Green

A guide to tobago

by Leslie Palmer

A guided tour of Tobago and its attractions with the original Notting Hill Carnival pioneer and London resident Leslie Palmer, who publishes the annual What’s on...in Tobago magazine and is the author of a new Island Fun Guide - Tobago Exposed. Enjoy!

Theatre, 4pm Brian Green

Gweneth-Ann has been acclaimed internationally for her interpretations of Messiaen’s song cycles Harawi and Poèmes Pour Mi. Her operatic engagements have included Aida for Theatre Bremen and Oper Kiel.

A hands-on workshop on calypso performance, writing and making for children aged 12 - 25 years led by Alexander D’ Great.

Gweneth Ann Jeffers

Alexander D’ Great

Theatre, 11am - 3pm

This recital programme explores the themes of love, isolation and heroic quests through the works of Catalini, Fauré, Ravel, Wagner, Verdi, Dove and Le Gendre.

Art opening: The life of T&T

post concert talk

The launch of an exhibition that showcases artists from Trinidad and Tobago and England who represent the new wave of contemporary visual arts talent. Artworks and curation by Wendell Clement.

Theatre, 9:45pm

Theatre, 7:30pm then open daily from 11am.

Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed

with Andrea Hector Watkins 12

for children aged 12 - 25 years with Alexander D’ Great

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CARNIVAL DANCING (WINING) CLASS with Attillah Springer

Annexe/ Theatre, 6:30pm

lawrence scott: light Falling on bamboo (Literature - reading and conversation)

As a precursor to an official publication and launch, we are delighted to welcome Trinidadian novelist and short fiction writer Lawrence Scott to read and talk about his latest novel. Set in Trinidad and offering a fictional account of famed painter Michel Jean Cazabon, the book captures the worlds of the powerful and the dispossessed people driven by the legacy of slavery.

Caught in the sweep of history and his own intimate Lawrence Scott

Theatre, 7:30pm

of Spain during World War II, which echoes the themes of longing and ‘End of Empire’ in Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters.

Directed by Che Walker.

TUESday 14th

Theatre, 7:30 pm | Ticketed

dramas, Michel Jean paints the figures in the landscape, the dappled light as it falls through the bamboo grove.

calypso tent Workshop

for children aged 12 - 25 years with Alexander D’ Great Theatre, 10:30am - 4:15pm

caribbean diaspora meeting Cinema, 1pm - 5 pm

rehearsed reading: three sisters

by Mustapha Matura

This rehearsed reading offers a fantastic core cast of Trinidadian actors who have worked extensively on stage, screen and television, Martina Laird, Renee Castle, Indra Ove, Brian Green, Alexis Rodney, Bevan Vincent, Alan McKenna, Shonel Jackson, Lloyd Thomas and Valmire Rampersad.

Written by acclaimed playwright Mustapha Matura, THREE SISTERS is a classic take on middle class alienation set in Port

WEDNESday 15th calypso tent Workshop

for children aged 12 - 25 years with Alexander D’ Great Theatre, 11am - 3pm

RUM SHOp LIME Bar & Gallery, 6pm

rehearsed reading: three sisters

by Mustapha Matura

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T&T FACTS NATIONAL Birds The Scarlet Ibis (Trinidad) & The Cocrico (Tobago)

thursday 16th

Calypsonian Attilla the Hun and he shares his insights and performs his classic tracks.

calypso tent Workshop

for children aged 12 - 25 years with Alexander D’ Great

Bar & Gallery, 6pm

Zumba dance class Calypso Style

Theatre, 10:30am - 4:15pm

Family Event - “Salt Of The Earth”

Film directed by Sophie Meyer

Friday 17th

A documentary film on parang music. The film is narrated by Martina Laird with significant interviews with all of the leading Paranderos and Holly Betaudier.

calypso tent Workshop

Cinema, 2pm | Ticketed

with Attillah Springer

RUM SHOp LIME

Bar & Gallery, 6pm

classical concert night

with Tony Woollard and friends Bach to Now: cellist and cousin of Trinidadian boogie-woogie pianist Winifred Atwell, Tony Woollard’s concert takes us on an emotional journey from Bach’s cello suites to contemporary works by Paul Gladstone-Reid and Dominique Le Gendre.

Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed 14

for children aged 12 - 25 years with Alexander D’ Great

Join in, limber up for the liming to follow, have fun!

Theatre, 7:30pm

London liming: where spoken word meets carnival

Theatre, 4pm

Performing on the night are Chalkdust, Alexander D Great, Monique Roffey, Attillah Springer, Ray Funk, Vee Vee, Kevin Le Gendre, James Ingham and Melanie Abrahams

RUM SHOp LIME

Bar & Gallery, 7:30pm

Theatre, 10:30am - 4:15pm

Children’s jump up

with Alexander D’ Great on Attilla the Hun

saturday 18th family event Trinidad & Tobago independence on film

Attilla the Hun

Alexander D’ Great has selected famed

Ray Funk is a Calypso researcher and archivist based in Alaska. He is author of the newsletters The Kaiso Calypsos which has provided readers with the latest news on calypso and offers information

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Cinema, 2pm | Ticketed Ray Funk

Dr. dust & The judge: Chalkdust and Ray Funk Chalkdust is one of calypso’s true intellectuals, Chalkdust (born: Hollis Urban Lester Liverpool) is known for his hard-hitting, politically tinged lyrics. The record holder for most years as a National Calypso Monarch finalist, he won the prestigious competition in 1976, 1977, and 1981.

Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed

RUM SHOp LIME

Bar & Gallery, 6pm

talk time: independence!

with Roger Robinson, Paul Keens Douglas, Chalkdust, Malika Booker, Vee Vee, Roger Robinson, Ava Hutchinson, Ray Funk, Leslie Palmer, House Band and more.

This special event explores talk as art. It showcases leading writers, storytellers, humorists, singers and social commentators of Trinidad origin, as well as guest presenters who have a vivid passion for Trinidad language and culture.

Bar & Gallery, 7:30pm

midnight robber walk The Midnight Robber is one of the most beloved colourful traditional carnival characters.

Midnight Robber, is immediately identifiable by his extravagant costumes and distinctive speech, called “Robber Talk”

ancestry as well as his terrifying exploits.

Bar & Gallery, 10pm

sunday 19th family event: A guide to tobago

by Leslie Palmer

Theatre, 12pm

Little red riding hood concert & workshop Music and

words by Adam Walters with illustrations by Che Lovelace.

The “Robber Talk” is derived from the tradition of the African Griot or storyteller, and the speech patterns and vocabulary are imitative of his former master. His speech is characterised by its boastful, mocking style derived from a variety of sources: the Bible, literary texts and school readers and speaks of the Robber’s invincible 15

T&T FACTS currency: Trinidad & Tobago Dollar (TTD); 9.93* to the Pound Sterling *exchange rate on 28/08/12*

Little Red Riding Hood was written for the Ibis Ensemble. It is also dedicated to Leila, Adam Walters’ three-year old daughter.

To reflect the terms used at home, in this version of the story mother and father become “maman and papa” and grandma becomes “Nana”.

Book signing with the composer and illustrator in the theatre after the concert.

Theatre, 2pm

“quotable quotes in calyspo”: Lecture by Chalkdust A fascinating, entertaining and insightful introduction to the art, language and performers of Calypso.

Theatre, 4pm Paul Keens-Douglas

RUM SHOp LIME : New fiction with

Monique Roffey, Amanda Smyth and Kevin Le Gendrer This session explores New Fiction and contemporary T&T issues through a conversation between novelists Monique Roffey and Amanda Smyth, and journalist/ critic Kevin Le Gendre.

Theatre, 6pm

classical concert

with award winning singers Hyacinth Nicholls and Simone Sauphanor.

Songs of all Times: 19th, 20th and 21st century songs from the church to the calypso tent in this recital with works by Fauré, Strauss, Bernstein, Adams, Britten, De Falla, Carr, Sir Paul Mc Cartney, Le Gendre and the Mighty Sparrow.

Theatre, 7:30pm | Ticketed

RUM SHOp LIME “As Ah Was Sayin’...”: an Evening with Paul Keens-Douglas Come hear Tanti Merle at de Oval and other popular stories from one 16

of the most eloquent and best-known social commentators in the English-speaking Caribbean. Paul KeensDouglas is a pioneer in the development of oral traditions and the vernacular as a literary form.

Theatre, 9:30pm

Monday 20th Children’s Workshop For children aged 7 - 12years

Session 1: Overview - Story of T&T Introduction to the script ‘How Anansi Bring the Drum’ - Eintou Pearl Springer, Session 2: Rhythms of T&T - Keshav Chandradathsingh, Session 3: Makin’ Mas - Symone Williams, Session 4: Trini Food/ Steelpan Annexe, 10:30am - 4pm

Pan On film

Introduced by Debra Romain A collage of film clips on the steel pan, its players and those who enjoy this unique instrument created in T&T, which has become a highlight of Carnival festivities

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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO CULTURAL VILLAGE around the world, and a source of great national pride. A unique sounding instrument, and highly addictive!

tuesday 21st

Cinema, 7:30pm | Ticketed

Session 1: Trini Food the Healthy Way - Lola Ross & Hassan Voyeau, Session 2: Cultural Forms of Tobago - Focus on Speech Band - Eintou Pearl Springer, , Session 3: Pothound + Talk, Session 4: Steelpan

DOUBLE BILL: “We Love pan” and “WOMEN OF STEEL” We Love Pan offers a celebration of steel pan through artists exploring their passion for it through music, song, words and performance. Hear incredible music and word collaborations between Alexander D’ Great, Debra Romain and a specially-created London Is The Place For Me house band.

Women of Steel: An exhilarating concert of solo performances and collaborative pieces by some of the most talented pannists in England and internationally: Vanya ’Pan Lady’ Reid (Tenor), Delphina ‘Panness’ James (Double Seconds), Carlene ‘Sweet Wrist’ Etienne (Double Tenor/Vocals), and Debra ‘PanDiva’ Romain (Tenor/Vocals).

Cinema, 7:30pm | Ticketed

Children’s Workshop for children aged 7 - 12year olds with Atilllah Springer

Annexe, 10:30am - 4pm

Sam Selvon

demonstrate the author’s gift for poetry as well as prose. Presented by Cane Arrow Press, a new publisher dedicated to publishing Trinidad and Tobago authors.

Bar & Gallery, 6pm

RUM SHOP LIME & Book Launch: The Poems of Poets From Trinidad Sam Selvon and Tobago Readings Susheila Nasta, the founder and Editor of groundbreaking publication Wasafiri, shares her memories of Sam Selvon and discusses the impact of his writing and his powerful capturing of Caribbean voices and experiences of postWindrush life in London through pivotal writing including his novel The Lonely Londoners.

Susheila’s talk is followed by a book launch of The Poems of Sam Selvon, which bring to the fore little known poems and

Presented by Cane Arrow Press Readings by some of the finest living poets that will enthrall, and untap the great archive of the English language poetry of Trinidad and Tobago.

With Paul Keens Douglas, John Lyons, Eintou Pearl Springer, Fawzia Kane, Faustin Charles and Ian Dieffenthaller Theatre, 7.30pm

wednesday 22nd Children’s Workshop for children aged 7 - 12years with Attillah Springer

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T&T FACTS location: 11 degrees North of the equator, 61 degrees west of the Greenwich Meridian Line 10Km (7 miles) off the coast of Venezuela

Session 1: Making Mas - Symone Williams, Session 2: Anansi and Other Superheroes Eintou Pearl Springer, Session 3: Rhythms of T&T - Keshav Chandradathsingh, Session 4: TT Flicks The Amerindians (excerpt) Annexe, 10:30am - 4pm

adult Workshop led by Earl Lovelace

Earl Lovelace was born in Toco, Trinidad, and has spent most of his life in T&T. His books include While Gods Are Falling, winner of the BP Independence Award, the Caribbean classic The Dragon Can’t Dance, and Salt, which won the 1997 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.

This is a rare session to meet a masterful writer and discuss books, the craft of writing and a writer’s influences.

Suitable for writers of all levels. Places limited to 20 persons, to book a place visit: tthighcommission.co.uk Theatre, 3-5pm

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Family Event - “Salt Of The Earth”

Film directed by Sophie Meyer Cinema, 2pm | Ticketed

RUM SHOp LIME

Session 3: Preparation Jump up, Session 4: Rhythms of T&T - Keshav Chandradathsingh Annexe, 10:30am - 4pm

Bar & Gallery, 6pm

adult Workshop

Felix Cross and Nitro’s Mass Carib in concert.

Theatre, 10:30am - 4pm

Mass Carib is a musical setting of the full Mass by Trinidad-born composer Felix Cross who was recently awarded the OBE for “services to music”.

Sung in Latin, English, French Patois and Yoruba and written for choir, soloists, percussion and steel- pan, Mass Carib draws on historical, cultural and spiritual references from the Caribbean, most specifically Trinidad.

Theatre, 7pm | Ticketed

ThurSday 23rd Children’s Workshop for children aged 7 - 12years with Attillah Springer

Session 1: Makin’ Mas s - Symone Williams, Session 2: Rehearsal How Anansi Bring the Drum - Eintou Springer ,

led by Earl Lovelace

RUM SHOp LIME with Anthony Joseph

Anthony Joseph reads and performs extracts from ‘Kitch: A fragmented, fictional biography of Lord Kitchener.

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Cited as ‘The leader of the Black avant garde in Britain’ (Ikley Literature Festival), Trinidad-born poet, novelist and musician Anthony Joseph is an author of three collections of poetry, Desafinado, Terragaton and Bird Head Son, a spoken word CD and a novel The African Origins of UFOs. Bar & Gallery, 6pm

tthighcommission.co.uk 02072459351

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO CULTURAL VILLAGE

a classic novel: the Dragon can’t Dance: Earl Lovelace in conversation.

also featuring a performance by Neil Latchman As part of Earl Lovelace’s festival residency, we take the opportunity to look at his best-known novel The Dragon Can’t Dance (1979), a book that has become a classic text and is an uproarious and enduring exultation to Trinidad’s Carnival traditions. The writing offers an insight into Trinidad and Tobago through its characters, in particular the calypsonians (and their families) who challenged British rule in the wake of the second world war, and chose to fashion their own voices and cultures.

saturday 24th Zumba dance class Calypso Style Theatre, 1pm

family event - Julia & joyce: “TWO stories of two dance poineers Directed by Sonja Dumas

Cinema, 2pm | Ticketed

Ask earl lovelace: q&A with Earl Lovelace.

Theatre, 3pm

book launch: ‘Is just a movie’ by earl lovelace

Bar & Gallery, 7:30pm

Friday 24th Children’s jump up with Attillah Springer Theatre, 4pm

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The London Launch of the latest long-awaited book by award-winning writer Earl Lovelace, published in 2011. Set in the town of Cascadu, Trinidad, at a time when the 1970 Black Power rebellion has failed, Lovelace’s sixth

book explores the nature, causes, and effects of rebellion, and the state of contemporary Trinidad. As with his previous books, Lovelace chronicles the cultural, social and racial diversity of his birthplace with affection and a sharpeyed humour.

Theatre, 4pm

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with performances by Alexander D Great, Anthony Joseph, New World Voices Chorale Theatre, 6pm | Ticketed

FETE: Shipwrecked in T&T Shipwrecked in T&T is an all inclusive, unlimited drinks party which is held every year by the Shipwreck Crew.

This year the event will be hosted under the distinguished patronage of T&T High Commission, London.

The Mermaid River Rooms, Blackfriars, London, EC4V 3DB, 7:30pm | £55

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