Autobiography deon silvera jamaican actress
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Deon Silvera gets mad for Back-A-Yaad
IN her last Observer interview veteran actress Deon Silvera expressed the desire to play a madwoman on stage.
Come December 27, she will get her wish when Back-A-Yaad premieres at the Pantry Playhouse on Dumfries Road in the Corporate Area.
With over 30 years’ experience in theatre, Silvera has tackled a range of characters in various genres but for her, this will be new and exciting waters.
“I’ve done several productions in which I’ve played multiple characters but to play a single character whose personality is splintered will require a portrayal with more sensitivity and gradation.”
The last time Silvera charted the unfamiliar was in Dahlia Harris’ Judgement. Her portrayal of the naïve but independent Janet earned her rave reviews as well as an Actor Boy Award nomination.
In Back-A-Yaad Silvera plays Madeline Carter, a socialite who is banished by her parents to the impoverished community of Mucky Pen because of an unplanned pregnancy. The struggle to fit in takes an emotional toll on her and when she is mentally unable to cope, she is abandoned by the father of her child. Silvera anticipates that Back-A-Yaad will be just as fulfilling.
“She’s colourful, but sweet, and may
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Actress in a lead role
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MIAMI – Another entertaining and quality piece of theater comes to town on Saturday, November 3rd at North Miami Beach Performing Arts Center and Sunday, November 11th at Coral Springs Center for the Arts when Andrew Roach’s Strength of a Woman makes its South Florida debut.
Presented by Riddims Marketing and Jamaica Awareness, Inc, the play is a hot new comedy, unfolding a powerful plot and features an all-star cast of Deon Silvera, Audrey Reid, Volier Johnson, Chris Daley and Sheldon Shepherd
Having spent the better part of his life in theatre as a set designer and builder, traveling the globe for over 22 years with Oliver Samuels and the top team of Jambiz International, Andrew Roach’s first attempt at playwriting has produced a riveting true-to-life story.
Strength of a Woman boasts a versatile ensemble cast, headed by Audrey Reid in the role of Rose, a no-nonsense Christian woman and housekeeper who works for an uptown family. Her young son, Johnny (Chris Daley) becomes an object of lust for her boss’ manipulative wife, Sharon (an engaging Deon Silvera). Rose strongly disapproves of Sharon’s intentions and things take a turn for the worse.
The action is explosive from the get-go, particularly in scenes where the husband, Lloyd (played with vigou