Biographies

Camille Quamina (BA, UWI)

Creative Development Officer

Camille Quamina has specialised in the delivery of arts-based participatory workshops for young people and the community since 1996. She has worked with Arts-in-Action, Contact Theatre, Manchester UK and Leeds Young Authors, Leeds UK. As an actor, she has received the National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago Cacique Award for The Most Outstanding Actress in 2000 and was nominated for the same in 2006. She has also toured internationally as an actor, dancer and vocalist. She is a Salzburg Fellow (Salzburg Global Seminar 446) and is currently reading for her MPhil in Cultural Studies at UWI.

 

 

Deon Greene (Cert. UWI)

Projects Assistant

Deon’s passion is working with young people and his introduction to Arts-in-Action came whilst working as a camp counsellor at the Department for Creative and Festival Arts’ annual children’s camp. His ability to play guitar and experience in singing and choir directing for his church and community quickly propelled Deon into the role of Musical Director at a time when AiA was desirous of strengthening the music aspects of its performance workshops. Seven years, and a couple international conferences and festivals later, Deon serves as a Projects Manager and is a holder of the Practitioners Certificate in Drama and Theatre in Education (UWI). His passion for music compelled him to become a certified radio broadcaster, and Deon now works with the leading jazz radio station in Trinidad and Tobago: Just Jazz Inner City Broadcasting (JJIB) 107.1fm Smooth Jazz. On his list of future achievements, reading for a Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Work id firmly placed at the top.

 

Alicia Goddard 

Projects Assistant

Alicia’s passion for the arts began as a child with her involvement in choir singing, drama groups, reciting poetry and entering choral speaking competitions both at primary School and at the church. She would later continue her exposure and training in performance both on and off stage at The Trinidad Theatre Workshop, where she was schooled in stagecraft from some of the nations best and most talented veterans and practitioners of theatre, namely, Albert Laveau, John Isaacs (deceased), Charles Applewhite (deceased), Devindra Dookie (deceased) and Dexter Lyndersay (deceased). She served as coordinator for their children’s camp and as a member of YMCA before beginning her career with Arts-in-Action. In addition to her many acting roles in the Department for Creative and Festival Arts' annual productions, she has served as the co-ordinator for the children's summer programme (Discovery Camp) since 2004. Alicia hopes to continue making a difference in the lives of young people.

 

 

Marvin George (MA, Leeds; BA Hons, UWI)

Artistic Director

Marvin began working in theatre with his community group, the Mt. D’or Cultural Performers. He came to the Department of Creative and Festival Arts in 1995 – then the Creative Arts Centre – and has worked extensively on the Department’s student productions. A graduate of the Department (BA Hons. Theatre Arts), Marvin was also awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship (2006) to read for the MA in Theatre and Development at the University of Leeds. In addition to his work as an artist facilitator with Arts-in-Action, Marvin has also worked as a lead artist with Manchester’s Contact Theatre, as a visiting artist on Geraldine Connor’s Carnival Messiah at Harewood (2007) and director at Leeds Young Authors. More recently he co-directed Fragments: Celebrating the Works of Derek Walcott (2009) with Louis Mc Williams. Marvin, who is also a Salzburg Fellow, currently serves as a Part-time Lecturer at the Department and as Artistic Director of Arts-in-Action.

 

Brendon Lacaille (BA, Cert, UWI)

Funding and Business Development Officer

Brendon has more than ten years experience in the Arts. As an apprentice of the Baggasse Production Company in the early nineties, he worked as a production assistant, stage crew member and actor in several of the company’s productions. This exposure also allowed him to secure several roles in local films for television at that time. As a student of the Creative Arts Centre (now the Department of Creative and Festival Arts), Brendon began a long career as an associate of the Centre, which culminated in him joining the Arts-in-Action unit in 1998 after completing a degree in English and History. With a distinction in the Practitioner’s Certificate course in Drama/Theatre-in-Education (1999), he continued as an actor-teacher/facilitator later moving on to become a Lead Facilitator, Project Manager, Business Development Officer, and Administrative Director with the unit. He is currently the Funding and Business Development Officer of Arts-in-Action. He is a husband, the father of two and is a Part-time Lecturer with the Department of Creative and Festival Arts.