Everyone’s Got A Gun at Trinidad Theatre Workshop

Set in an almost post-apocalyptic Trinidad, the play tells the story of four gun-toting strangers trapped in a bar during curfew. A murderous conspiracy follows one of them, teaching them all the hard way that nowhere is safe where crime and corruption is the law of the land.

Brendon O’Brien is a young Spoken Word poet, playwright and director. Since 2010, he’s written five original plays, and has directed both commercially, in partnership with the local NGO ParentingTT , and for festivals such as the National Drama Festival 2013 and the New Play Festival 2016. His desire is to create smart theatrical work with interesting ways of seeing characters and situations, and to challenge both performers and audiences with those perspectives.

Everyone’s Got A Gun is the fifth of O’ Brien’s works to be read at the Playwrights Workshop; one he is especially excited to have read because it is one of his favourite pieces.

“It is always an eye opening experience to hear what other writers and performers liked, expected and were caught off guard by. I am looking forward to hearing what the folks who get a chance to read, think about the work,” O’Brien told TT Performing Arts Network. One of Playwrights Workshop Trinbago’s aims is to foster the development of original storytelling through drama and playmaking.

On the first Wednesday of every month, actors, as well as other theatre practitioners and the general public are invited to read new stage plays and screenplays, by TT playwrights and screenwriters.

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