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Past Productions

1959 - 1961

  • The Little Carib Theatre Workshop is founded by Derek Walcott
  • Moon on a Rainbow Shawl - Errol John
  • This Property is Condemned - Tennessee Williams
  • Saint Joan - Bernard Shaw
  • The Crucible - Arthur Miller

1962 - 1963

  • The company is renamed the Trinidad Theatre Workshop when the island gained its independence from Great Britain in 1962.
  • Knapp's Last Tape - Samuel Beckett
  • The Caged - Dennis Scott

1964

  • Jourmard - Derek Walcott
  • The Lesson - Ionesco

1965

  • Batai - Derek Walcott

1966

  • Sea at Dauphin - Derek Walcott
  • Zoo Story - Edward Albee
  • Belle Fanto - Eric Roach
  • The Blacks - Jean Genet

1967

  • Moon on a Rainbow Shawl - Errol John
  • Zoo Story - Edward Albee
  • Jourmard - Derek Walcott
  • Belle Fanto - Eric Roach
  • Dream on Monkey Mountain - Derek Walcott
  • Jourmard - Derek Walcott

1968

  • Henri Christophe - Derek Walcott
  • Under Milkwood - Dylan Thomas
  • Dream on Monkey Mountain - Derek Walcott
  • Belle Fanto - Eric Roach

1969

  • World of Sam Selvon -Sam Selvon
  • Dream on Monkey Mountain - Derek Walcott; Presented at the Eugene O'Neill Playwright's Conference in Waterford, Connecticut

1970

  • Dream on Monkey Mountain - Derek Walcott
  • Ti-Jean And His Brothers - Derek Walcott
  • The Pickwickians at Manor Fair - Charles Dickens

1971 - 1972

  • Ti-Jean And His Brothers - Derek Walcott; Presented at the New York Shakespeare Festival/Joseph Papp Public Theatre in Central Park
  • Dream on Monkey Mountain - Derek Walcott; Winner of the Obie Award for Most Distinguished Foreign Play for the 1970-71 Off-Broadway Season
  • Anne Marie - Douglas Archibald
  • Belle Fanto - Eric Roach
  • The Harrowing of Benjie - Roderick Walcott
  • Henri Christophe - Derek Walcott
  • Fog Drifts in the Spring - Lennox Brown
  • Odale's Choice - Edward Brathwaite
  • Sea at Dauphin - Derek Walcott
  • One For The Road - Neville de la Bastide
  • Malcochon - Derek Walcott

1973 - 1975

  • In a Fine Castle - Derek Walcott
  • Franklin, A Tale of the Islands - Derek Walcott
  • Pieces Two - ?
  • The Charlatan - Derek Walcott
  • The Joker of Seville - Derek Walcott; Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company
  • The Sea Gull - Anton Chekhov

1976

  • O Babylon! - Derek Walcott
  • Belle Fanto - Eric Roach
  • The Maids - Jean Genet
  • Ti-Jean And His Brothers - Derek Walcott
  • The Joker of Seville - Derek Walcott
  • Douens - Leroy Clarke

1977

  • The Charlatan - Derek Walcott
  • The Maids - Jean Genet
  • Revival - A presentation of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop Dance Company
  • Teacher Teacher - Anthony Hinkson

1978

  • Douens - Leroy Clarke
  • Pantomime - Derek Walcott
  • Schooner Flight - Derek Walcott (Reading)
  • The Dragon Can't Dance - Earl Lovelace

1979

  • Departure In The Dark - Sam Hillary
  • Old Storytime - Trevor Rhone
  • Remembrance - Derek Walcott
  • Smile Orange - Trevor Rhone

1980

  • Pantomime - Derek Walcott
  • Marie Laveau - Derek Walcott
  • Sizwe Bansi is Dead - Athol Fugard (Tour)
  • The Dragon Can't Dance - Earl Lovelace

1981

  • Walcott leaves Trinidad to take up a teaching position at Boston University
  • The Dragon Can't Dance - Earl Lovelace
  • Pantomime - Derek Walcott (Tour)
  • Beef, No Chicken - Derek Walcott
  • Sizwe Bansi is Dead - Athol Fugard (Tour)

1982

  • Sizwe Bansi is Dead - Athol Fugard (Tour)
  • A Nancy Story - Eliot Bastien
  • The Last Carnival - Derek Walcott (Tour)
  • Smile Orange - Trevor Rhone
  • The Rig - Derek Walcott (Film)
  • Sizwe Bansi is Dead - Athol Fugard (Tour)
  • The Actor and His Art - Henk Tjon

1983

  • Pantomime - Derek Walcott (Tour)
  • Like Them That Dream - Edgar White
  • A Branch of the Blue Nile - Derek Walcott

1984

  • Woza Albert! - Ngena
  • Haytian Earth - Derek Walcott (Tour)
  • We Can't Pay, We Won't Pay - Dario Fo

1985

  • Dream on Monkey Mountain - Derek Walcott
  • Moon on a Rainbow Shawl - Errol John
  • A Branch of the Blue Nile - Derek Walcott
  • Night Mother - Marsha Norman

1986

  • Let Resurrection Come - Derek Walcott (Excerpts)
  • Boesman and Lena - Athol Fugard

1987

  • Boesman and Lena - Athol Fugard
  • Beef, No Chicken - Derek Walcott
  • The Joker of Seville - Derek Walcott

1988

  • The Joker of Seville - Derek Walcott
  • Accidental Death of an Anarchist - Dario Fo

1989

  • Albert Laveau is named Artistic Director
  • Smile Orange - Trevor Rhone
  • Remembrance - Derek Walcott

1990

  • Two Can Play - Trevor Rhone

1992

  • November - Walcott wins the Nobel Prize for Literature for his book "Omeros"
  • Celebration! Excerpts from the plays of Derek Walcott; Performed in honour of the award of the Nobel prize to Mr. Walcott

1993

  • Celebration! - Tour (St. Lucia)
  • Celebration! - Tour (Boston)
  • The Odyssey - Derek Walcott
  • Dream on Monkey Mountain - Tour (Rotterdam - Afro Caribe Festival)
  • Dream on Monkey Mountain - Derek Walcott

1994

  • Celebration! - Tour (US Virgin Islands)
  • Dream on Monkey Mountain - Tour (US Virgin Islands)
  • The Joker of Seville - Derek Walcott Tour (Boston)
  • Dream on Monkey Mountain - ĘDerek Walcott Tour (Boston)
  • The Joker of Seville - Derek Walcott (Trinidad)

1995

  • Ti-Jean And His Brothers -Derek Walcott Tour (St. Lucia)
  • Ti-Jean And His Brothers - Derek Walcott (Trinidad)

1996

  • Senior Resident Company member and TIE Director, Charles Applewhaite passes away.
  • Pantomime - Derek Walcott Tour (Singapore Festival of Arts)

1997

  • For Coloured Girls Who Have Considered Suicide...- Ntozake Shange
  • The Odd Couple - Neil Simon

1998

  • The first Summer Arts Programme is held in St. Lucia. A project of the Boston University, Trinidad Theatre Workshop and the Rat Island Foundation, St. Lucia.
  • TTW receives a US$20,000 grant from TEXACO for its Theatre-in-Education Programme.

1999

  • The company achieves its 40th year of existence
  • Thanksgiving/Interfaith Service in March
  • Remembrance - by Derek Walcott (St. Lucia, July)
  • Remembrance - by Derek Walcott (Trinidad, September)
  • Art by Yasmina Reza - October-November
  • Art Auction & Photographic Exhibition - October

2000

  • TTW wins 4 Cacique Awards :-
    Best Production - Art
    Best Director - Art
    Best Comedy - Art
    Best Actress - Remembrance

2001

  • Launch of the first season of "Up Close & Personal"
  • Romeo & Juliet in the Panyard - Naima Thompson

2002

2003

2004

  • Relocated to and established the Playwrights' Theatre in Belmont

2005

  • Carnival Theatre
  • Steel - Derek Walcott

2006

  • Beef, No Chicken- Derek Walcott

 
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