... meaty and happy revival Tricycle Beef, No Chicken Derek Walcotts good-natured farce, first staged in London in 1989, is the Caribbean equivalent of an Ealing comedy. Shango Baku repeats his laid-back role as Otto, a Rastafarian mechanic whose run down garage ...

... religion's coalescence, or syncretism, has applied since Christianity absorbed pans of the Old Religion of the earth mother, and Caribbean Catholicism amalgamated with African religion, as Manicheism had lasted until Thomas a Becket. The plot is parallelled by ...

... not. Issues as controversial as the Los Angeles riots, marital vio lence, homosexuality and preju dice amongst the divided Caribbean islands are discussed. However, it is the energy and originality in the exploration of these subjects that is striking. For ...

... so as not to get soaked. I am intrigued that this portrayal of a post-nuclear world is where people will speak with Afro-Caribbean accents, sport dreadlocks and live on building sites. Afterwards, I felt mentally exhausted and as brain washed as the performers ...

... of the other's wealth, leading to menacing complications. However, considering they have just returned from a three-month Caribbean cruise, they look awfully pale. Maybe they spent too much time in their honey moon cabin, or judging by the amount of alcohol ...

... production numbers in this, an omission more than com pensated for by the appearance of Boscoe Holder and a group of his Caribbean dancers and musicians. Mr. Holder and his company give a well-presented performance that, even though it is on a small scale ...

... elsewhere, Belfast has been given the opportunity to see itself, its feuds, absurdities, violence and distress in the lively Caribbean fantasy of Kingdom Come by local playwright Stewart Parker. The Lyric Players Theatre havt given it a colourful, zestful ...

... RIVERSIDE THE BLACK Theatre Co-operative production of Edgar White's Redemp tion Song at the Riverside Studios is set in the Caribbean during a Mummers Festival, or Jankanoo, and gives a carefully drawn picture of local life and personalities. Though passions ...

... forth with enormous gusto. There may be a smile when the company announce that they are the people of Japan; the setting is Caribbean and the colouring belongs there, or at least not to Japan. It does not matter, however, for the show is rich in good singing ...

... THE IRVING DANCES OF THE TROPICS On January 22 the Irving Theatre presented Boscoe Holder and his Caribbean Dancers in a presentation of calypsos, songs and dances, entitled Dances of the Tropics. This two-hour show is packed with colour and vitality ...

... Chnstmas play as you are likely to find this year. Moving the action from the design er gothic of Walt Disney to a verdant Caribbean island, he gives us a joyful interpretation bnmming with poetry and folk wisdom. Babel (Andy Coteman) is the mal formed but ...

... Pantomime Oldham Granada Studio Theatre at the Coliseum has been converted into a Caribbean island for Derek Walcott's Pantomime, which certainly is not a pantomime in the accepted sense. This witty two- hander has some powerful messages about prejudice ...