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Saturday, May 30, 2026
Sunday, May 31, 2026
What to Expect
- Three nights of original and reimagined theatrical work
- A new running order each night
- Short-form drama, comedy, monologue, movement, and hybrid performance
- Local theatre artists, schools, companies, and independent creators
Important Information
Programme sourceRunning order and production write-ups supplied for TenTastic 2026
Programme
Friday, May 29, 2026 | The Dream Begins
INTERMISSION
15minutes
Saturday, May 30, 2026 | Deeper Into the Dream
INTERMISSION
15minutes
Sunday, May 31, 2026 | It's Ok to Dream
INTERMISSION
15minutes
Taniella Francis
10minutes
Artribute
Carolyn Allen
10minutes
Jomo Tafari Dixon, Quera South, Tifani Fagan, Gregory Slater
An educational theatre production designed around the CSEC English B Literature syllabus, dramatizing selected poems with interludes that underscore required literary techniques.
Courtney Harris
Courtney Harris
10minutes
Rolando Alberts, Christopher Coke
A one-act monologue following Jonathan K. Mitchell, whose everyday frustrations lead him into a deeper confrontation with childhood trauma and unspoken wounds.
Raheem Wellington
Raheem Wellington
10minutes
The Montego Bay High School for Girls Drama Club
An experimental drama inspired by Louise Bennett-Coverly, transforming familiar poems into conversations, dialogues, and dub-style interpretations.
Jonathan McLaughlin
Jonathan McLaughlin
10minutes
Arhiyanna Kentish, Rihanna Henry, Briannah Copeland, Jade-Alexi Heron, Kayden Steele, Joel Johnson, Ronaldo Harris, Timoy Blake (Ardenne High School Drama Club)
A community drama exploring young people navigating daily struggles within an inner-city Jamaican community through humour, music, dance, and charged encounters.
Jean Small
Jean Small
10minutes
Carol Reid
A riotous 10-minute performance inspired by a real phone call Jean Small received while promoting a storytelling programme in Portmore.
Adira Truthe
Adira Truthe
10minutes
Nora-Gaye Banton, Kimberly Henry
A two-hander rooted in ritual, memory, and the inherited emotional lives of women across generational thresholds.
Karl O'Brian Williams
Jean-Paul Menou
10minutes
Maylynne Lowe, Owen 'Blakka' Ellis, David Crosgill
A retelling of the River Mumma legend, following Biff and Bam as they try to capture the river girl's treasures and meet more cleverness than they bargained for.
Featuring Roxan Webber
10minutes
Maylynne Lowe
Maylynne Lowe
10minutes
Coleen Lewis, Uzuri Nguvu
A story about the innocence and naivety of children in moments of emergency, where curiosity and disregard for danger lead to a heartbreaking outcome.
Neila Ebanks
Eugene Williams
10minutes
Neila Ebanks
A quirky middle-aged woman confronts the real and imagined ailments of those around her as she tries to complete a simple, everyday errand without getting sick.
Cedron S. Walters
Michael Holgate
10minutes
Hanief Lallo, Daron Mitchell, Sherona Forrester-Thomas, Othniel Banton, Krysten Campbell; The Kingston Seventeen ensemble
The Gospel of Whappi is a ten-minute musical inspired by the Jamaican proverb, "From Whappi kill Phillup." The piece interrogates the untold story behind the phrase, exploring themes of religious psychosis, childhood trauma, and moral conflict.
Kurt Wright
Kurt Wright
10minutes
Noelle Wright, Kurt Wright
Darkly funny and psychologically tense, ...by proxy is a twisted exploration of love, identity, emotional neglect, and the hidden damage caused by feeling unseen by the person closest to you.
Millicent A. A. Graham
Carolyn Allen
10minutes
Jomo Dixon, Gregory Slater, Rolando Albert, Suzie Graham-Edwards, Adira Truthe, Javoneil Trowers
The Kendal crash seen from different angles through evocative imagery.
Gracia Thompson
10minutes
Gracia Thompson, Anayo Clarke
Set during a torrential rainstorm, Letting Go explores the suffocating bond between Marion, a rigid, hyper-protective mother of Jamaican ancestry, and Parker, her doctor son.
Desmond Dennis
Desmond Dennis
10minutes
Shawna-Kae Burns, Twila Wheelan, Shanice McCatty
An intimate drama about three Black sisters living under one roof, each navigating distinct but interconnected traumas through the emotional language of curls, kinks, and coils.
Shavaughn Byndloss
10minutes
Akeem Mignott
Akeem Mignott
10minutes
Julene Robinson, Akeem Mignott, David Crossgill
A high-tension hybrid performance about love, regret, masculinity, and emotional isolation, unfolding through a late-night video call across distance.
Owen "Blakka" Ellis
10minutes
Deidrie Wadsworth
Deidrie Wadsworth
10minutes
Tajmar Hines, Deidrie Wadsworth, Jalon Sullivan, Davia Ellis
A non-linear short play where past and present coexist, tracing the innocence of young love and the bitterness of its unraveling.
Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson
10minutes
Randy Makk, Veronique Makk
A fast-paced verse play about marriage, communication, and power dynamics, beginning with a household argument that spirals into something far deeper.
Emily Elliot
Emily Elliot
10minutes
Emily Elliot
A dramatic monologue infused with singing, cello playing, and dancing, expressing the desire to find peace in the chaos of Kingston and within the self.
Maya Wilkinson
10minutes
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