SUNDAY 8TH MAY, 2016 – UWI TODAY
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THE ARTS
Director and former head of DCFA Dani Lyndersay congratulates her cast and crew
on a job well done.
Many Sides to a Story
Rashōmon, in Kyoto, Japan
was the great southern gate of
the city, now derelict where people left unwanted corpses
and conducted other such unpleasant business. It had a
reputation for harbouring thieves and generally, persons of
disrepute. As a locale for storytelling or discourse on various
forms of societal decay in literature or the performance arts,
Rashomon is easily a good launching pad. The title was
first that of a traditional short story that was subsequently
made into a film in 1950 that became a classic and then
subsequently into a play.
The preceding paragraph was written by Rebecca
Robinson who interviewed the Director, Dr. Danielle
Lyndersay of the UWI Department of Creative and Festival
Arts before the play ran. It turned out to be quite a success as
these photos by Aaron Mohammed of TCDMedia suggest.
The samurai’s wife, Kinume played by Rhesa Samuel takes a stab at
Tajomaru played by Jeron Hackett.
A wig maker, a priest and a woodcutter become embroiled in the search for truth at Rashomon’s rainy gates played by Kyle Hernandez,
Nishard Mohamed and Dejean Balfour.
Cast members are called back on stage including moko jumbie-sque
forest spirits for appreciative applause.
Can a boastful bandit strike down a skillful samurai?
Tajomaru and the samurai go head to head in a battle to
the death, played by Jeron Hackett and Kino Jarvis.
The title was first that of a traditional short story that was subsequently made into
a film in 1950 that became a classic and then subsequently into a play.
