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Must Come See Productions presents AIDA at Queen’s Hall

For Release Upon Receipt - June 2, 2010

St. Augustine


        

Must Come See Productions will present its sixth full-length musical, AIDA, from Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th July, 2010, at Queen’s Hall, Port of Spain. Must Come See Productions is the production company of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Arts Chorale, who produced Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver! and Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

AIDA, with music scored by Sir Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice, is a contemporary twist on the opera of the same name by Italian composer Giuseppi Verdi. From the Egyptian wing of a modern museum to the dunes of ancient Egypt, AIDA centres on the emotional struggle of Nubian Princess Aida, who is captured and enslaved during an Egyptian raid. In becoming a confidante of the Egyptian Princess Amneris, Aida catches the eye of Amneris' fiancé, the warrior Radames. When Aida’s father is captured, she is torn. She must make a choice between loyalty to her country or to her heart.

AIDA features a Cacique-laden cast and crew, including Elliot Francois as Radames, Tramaine Lamy in the title role of Aida, and Cacique award winner Kendra Sylvester as Amneris. Well-known actors Marlon De Bique and Conrad Parris play the roles Zoser and Amonasro respectively. Louis McWillliams will direct and Jessel Murray will conduct the National Sinfonia ROCK Orchestra. Award-winning costume designer Paulette Alfred-Guy-James and well-known choreographer Adele Bynoe round out the production team.

Tickets are $150 for general seating and are available at Queen’s Hall Box Office, Crosby’s North and South, and the UWI Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA). Tickets for reserved seating ($200) and tickets for the Sunday Matinee at 2pm ($100 for children, $150 for adults) are available only at Queen’s Hall Box Office. 

For ticketing and other information, please contact (868) 462-0358 or 316-7651, or e-mail info@mustcomesee.com. For the latest UWI News, click http://sta.uwi.edu/news.

About UWI

Over the last six decades, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged University with over 40,000 students. Today, UWI is the largest and most longstanding higher education provider in the English-speaking Caribbean, with main campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and Centres in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Christopher (St Kitts) & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. UWI recently launched its Open Campus, a virtual campus with over 50 physical site locations across the region, serving over 20 countries in the English-speaking Caribbean. UWI is an international university with faculty and students from over 40 countries and collaborative links with over 60 universities around the world. Through its seven Faculties, UWI offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Pure & Applied Sciences, Science and Agriculture, and Social Sciences.

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