Angels Live in Tunapuna at TTW

The story revolves around characters Frank and Boxo who have been enemies for decades owing to an old misunderstanding over a woman. When they die without resolving the issue and meet outside the Pearly Gates, they are forced to return to earth to perform a good deed to absolve their bad behaviour. They must help Ella, a young, Carnival designer struggling to make ends meet for the sake of her special-needs daughter Jada. Framed in the chaos of Carnival and the rum shop humour of TT , their story is one of brotherly love – lost and found.

A scene from the film was first performed as a stage play at the New Play Festival at the Trinidad Theatre Workshop in 2016. This expanded version is Dumas’ first full-length narrative comedy screenplay, said a media release.

Dumas is also a performer, writer, teacher and arts development consultant.

Her films include the documentary Julia and Joyce: Two Stories of Two Dance Pioneers, the African Movie Academy award-nominated Tickle Me Rich and the experimental dance film Agua Water L’Eau. She has been featured on BBC Outlook for her work in dance and was described in 2016 as a Caribbean pioneer by the Huffington Post.

Dumas will also lead the discussion of this month’s theme which is on Rewriting.

The PWT, which aims to foster the development of original storytelling through drama and playmaking, reads new stage plays and screenplays by TT playwrights and screenwriters on the first Wednesday of every month.

The workshop begins at 7pm at Jerningham Avenue and Norfolk Street, Belmont.

For more info: 351-6293 or Playwrights Workshop Trinbago on Facebook.