Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics

UWI Inter-Campus Foreign Language Theatre Festival

2016

Two universities, three campuses of one of the universities, two departments in one of the campuses, fourteen plays in seven languages! Click on the image above for the Facebook event page with the synopses of the plays and the schedule!

Tuesday May 17 | Day

• 9:00 to 9:15 a.m. Opening Ceremony
• 9:20 to 9:40 a.m. El uno y el dos (Spanish - UWI, Cave Hill)
• 9:50 to 10:30 a.m. Frédo (French - Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (DMLL), UWI, St. Augustine)
• 10:40 to 11:00 a.m. Bem-vindas ao Rio (Portuguese - DMLL, UWI, St. Augustine)
• 11:00 to 11:20 a.m. Break
• 11:20 to 11:40 a.m. Diatriba de amor a un hombre sentado (Spanish - UWI, Mona)
• 11:50 to 12:10 p.m. Culture Shock (English as a Foreign Language - Centre for Language Learning, UWI, St Augustine)

Tuesday May 17 | Evening

• 6:00 to 6:10 p.m. Opening
• 6:15 to 6:30 p.m. 牛郎织女 The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd (Chinese - Centre for Language Learning, UWI, St Augustine)
• 6:40 to 7:00 p.m. Sakura of the Gods (Japanese - Centre for Language Learning, UWI, St Augustine)
• 7:10 to 7:20 p.m. Zafè Nòs-la - Wedding Business (Patois/French Creole - DMLL, UWI, St. Augustine)
• 7:30 to 8:10 p.m. Frédo (French - DMLL, UWI, St. Augustine)
• 8:20 to 8:40 p.m. Bem-vindas ao Rio (Portuguese - DMLL, UWI, St. Augustine)
• 8:50 to 9:30 p.m. Exceso de Equipaje (Spanish - DMLL, UWI, St. Augustine)

Wednesday May 18 | Day

• 9:00 to 9:20 a.m. El Bebé León se hace héroe (Spanish - University of Trinidad and Tobago)
• 9:30 to 9:50 a.m. El Monstruo Blu (Spanish - UTT)
• 10:00 to 10:15 a.m. C’est la vie (French - UWI, Mona)
• 10:25 to 10:45 a.m. Une tempête d'Aimé Césaire (French - UWI, Cave Hill)
• 10:55 to 11:15 a.m. Break
• 11:15 to 11:30 a.m. The Peony Pavilion (Chinese - UWI, Cave Hill)
• 11:40 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Exceso de Equipaje (Spanish - DMLL, UWI, St. Augustine)
• 12.30 to 1:15 p.m. Closing Ceremony

2013

In 2013, the St Augustine Campus was pleased to host the 13th UWI Inter-Campus Foreign Language Theatre Festival, welcoming for the first time English, Chinese and Japanese from the Centre for Language Learning (CLL), and the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) Spanish Department. Cave Hill was unfortunately unable to be present, but Mona was represented in Japanese and Spanish. The programme was as follows:

Tuesday 28 May 2013

9:00 Opening Ceremony
9:30 Impressions de Jazz (Mona – French)
10:00 A propos de pattes (St. Augustine – French)
11:00 Long de chuan ren (song) (Mona –Chinese)
11:30 梁祝The Butterfly Lovers (CLL, STA – Chinese)
12:00 Na Cola do Sapateado (St. Augustine – Portuguese)

18:30 Esugata Okusan - Shojoji no Tanukibayashi: (CLL, STA – Japanese)
19:00 A propos de pattes (St. Augustine – French)
20:00 Na Cola do Sapateado (St. Augustine – Portuguese)
21:00 Tengo (Mona – Spanish) and Tres colores: Negro. Blanco.Rojo. (St. Augustine – Spanish)

Wednesday 29 May 2013

9:00 Las orejas del burro and ¿Qué significa compartir? (UTT – Spanish)
10:00 Esugata Okusan - Shojoji no Tanukibayashi: (CLL, STA – Japanese)
10:30 Tengo (Mona – Spanish) and Tres colores: Negro. Blanco.Rojo. (St. Augustine – Spanish)
11:30 EFL students’ Comical Experiences (CLL, STA – English)

12:00 Closing Ceremony

2012

In 2012, although the University was unable to host a inter/cross-campus Theatre Festival, the Faculty of Humanities and Education at UWI, St Augustine was pleased to host the Foreign Language Theatre Festival from Monday 21st May to Tuesday 22nd May 2012 in the Centre for Language Learning Auditorium, with the University of Trinidad & Tobago (UTT). Congratulations to the organisers, Guillermo Molina Morales and Mathilde Dallier, for their superb organisation and to all the hard-working students.

The programme was as follows:

Monday 21st May

9:45 - Welcome

10:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Short plays in Spanish for primary schools (UTT)

11:30 - 12:00 noon - "El solitario en Octubre" (Spanish - UWI)

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. - "Plenty amor" (Spanish - UWI)

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. - "Le Coq au vin" (French - UWI)

Tuesday 22nd May

11:30 - 12:00 noon - "El solitario en Octubre" (Spanish - UWI)

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. "Plenty amor" (Spanish - UWI)

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