The National Arts Festival, ArtReach (NAF) is one of the major annual activities undertaken by the Cultural Development Foundation. NAF focuses on celebrating the creative talent of Saint Lucians from every genre of the arts. From this varied artistic menu, the Cultural Development Foundation is this year teaming up with the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC) to offer Saint Lucians a serving of theatre during Theatre à la Carte.
This offering will take the form of a production which provides a platform for the display of Saint Lucian theatre by nurturing and facilitating development with the hope of growing the theatre audience among young people. The play “Field of Power” premiered during activities organised to mark Nobel Laureate Week 2015.
Photo by: Cecil Fevriere
The production was written and directed by Travis Weekes, lecturer of Caribbean Studies, Theatre Arts and Communication Studies at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College. It takes place on Wednesday March 18th at the National Cultural Centre from 1:00 p.m. and an entrance fee of $20 for adults and $10 for children will apply.
Other activities which are scheduled for the National Festival include a Visual Arts Exhibition currently underway at the Blue Coral Mall. Saint Lucians are invited to visit the impressive showcase Mondays – Fridays (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) and Saturdays (9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon), Dance Exposé on Saturday, March 21st and Poetry Live which will be broadcast live from the NTN studios on Wednesday March 25th from 7:30 p.m.