Ronald Hollingsworth and Sharon Taylor’s “Watch De Ride 2” on Saturday evening walked away with the grand Gy$ 1 million prize at the National Drama Festival 2013 award ceremony. The big cash prize was sponsored by Digicel. In at second in the Open Full Length Category was “Anybody See Brenda” while “When Chocolate Melts” written and directed by Neaz Subhan earned the third spot.
In the Open Short Play Category, “Before Her Parting” directed by Tivia Collins brought first and pocketed Gy$ 400,000 while “Mommy” directed by Sonia Yard was placed second and “Farepicker” under the directorship of the Theatre Guild was in at third.
In the Junior Category, “Creative Burial Ground” written by Rae Wilshire and Directed by Nickose Layne captured first place.
“Deep Wounds” written by Melinda Primo and directed by Marissa Primo was placed second and “Planned to Perfection” written by Mark Luke-Edwards was in at third.
Culture, Youth and Sport Minister, Dr Frank Anthony noted that this year’s festival has shown much improvement and encouraged the participants to work around the challenges.
“I think while we, with any festival, we have to keep looking at what we’ve done right and we also have to look at what we didn’t do right, and those challenges I think we have to learn from them and move forward.”
Digicel’s head of marketing Jacqueline James encouraged the actors to develop their dreams and visions as they have laid the foundation.
This year’s National Drama Festival saw the submission of 52 plays, of which 32 were short-listed for the finals.
