The mag­ic of Broad­way lights up the Queens Hall stage this week­end with Show­time: A Mu­si­cal The­atre Re­vue, a vi­brant cel­e­bra­tioof icon­ic mu­si­cals. It is pre­sent­ed by Be­lieve Jr., a dy­nam­ic youth per­form­ing arts col­lec­tive and ap­pren­tice pro­gramme un­der the East­ern Per­form­ing Arts Fra­ter­ni­ty.

This powr­ful mu­si­cal jour­ney at the Winifred Atwell Au­di­to­ri­um, Queen’s Hall fea­tures beloved num­bers from Ai­da, An­nie, Hamil­ton, Moana, Sis­ter Act, High School Mu­si­cal, and The Col­or Pur­ple.

Show­time is the evo­lu­tion of the ac­claimed Mu­si­cale se­ries—five Broad­way-style in­stall­ments pro­duced and di­rect­ed by John Thomas, a pi­o­neer in lo­cal mu­si­cal the­atre and artis­tic de­vel­op­ment.

The Mu­si­cale pro­duc­tions quick­ly be­came fan favourites for their the­atri­cal flair, pow­er­ful vo­cals, and pol­ished per­for­mances.

Fol­low­ing Mu­si­cale, the East­ern Per­form­ing Arts Fra­ter­ni­ty took time to broad­en its cre­ative scope.

“We stepped away from the mu­si­cal the­atre re­vue for­mat to fo­cus on de­vel­op­ing our per­form­ers more holis­ti­cal­ly,” said Thomas.

“This al­lowed us to ex­plore ma­jor clas­si­cal and sa­cred works like David Fan­shawe’s African Sanc­tus, Mozart’s Re­quiem in D mi­nor, Robert Ray’s Gospel Mass, Han­del’s Mes­si­ah, and Gi­an Car­lo Menot­ti’s Amahl and the Night Vis­i­tors. These ex­pe­ri­ences deep­ened our reper­toire and skill set.”

That same pe­ri­od saw the birth of Be­lieve, a cre­ative brand com­mit­ted to de­vel­op­ment through the arts—and now Be­lieve Jr., which pro­vides in­ten­sive artis­tic train­ing and re­al-world per­for­mance op­por­tu­ni­ties for as­pir­ing young per­form­ers.

Show Dates and De­tails (Put in box)

 Fri­day, May 9th: Spe­cial School Shows at 10 am and 1 pm.

De­signed for pri­ma­ry and sec­ondary school stu­dents (un­der 17), with a spe­cial pro­vi­sion al­low­ing one adult per mi­nor at the same stu­dent rate. Uni­ver­si­ty stu­dents with ID and se­niors over 65 al­so en­joy this dis­count­ed rate.

 Sat­ur­day, May 10th: Evening Per­for­mance at 7:30 pm.

 Sun­day, May 11th: Spe­cial Moth­er’s Day Per­for­mance at 6 pm.

Venue: Winifred Atwell Au­di­to­ri­um, Queen’s Hall

Tick­et Prices:

 School Shows: $150

 Gen­er­al Ad­mis­sion: $250

 Spe­cial Re­serve: $300

Tick­ets Avail­able On­line at queen­shalltt.com. For as­sis­tance, call the Queen’s Hall Help Desk at 376-5699 or the Be­lieve Hot­line at 754-0134.

A Mile­stone Year

This year’s pro­duc­tion is es­pe­cial­ly mean­ing­ful as it marks 20 years of ded­i­cat­ed ser­vice by the East­ern Per­form­ing Arts Fra­ter­ni­ty in de­vel­op­ing Trinidad and To­ba­go’s per­form­ing and vi­su­al arts land­scape. From com­mu­ni­ty con­certs and sa­cred works to full-scale mu­si­cal the­atre and vi­su­al arts out­reach, their lega­cy con­tin­ues to shape gen­er­a­tions of tal­ent.

Show­time is a cel­e­bra­tion of youth, artistry, and the time­less pow­er of mu­si­cal the­atre.