Two nights of dance and two nights of theatre are in the line-up for the 2018 finals of the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA), so says Chief Cultural Officer of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Andrea Wells.
As NIFCA celebrates 45 years of excellence, the decision was made to extend the performances in this discipline to allow more time for the delivery of the pieces and to satisfy overwhelming public interest and stakeholder recommendations.
The semi-finals in performing arts get underway on Friday, October 5 at The Lester Vaughan School and will run for two consecutive weekends ending Sunday, October 14. The semi-finals in performing arts is the first chance for the public to glimpse the talent in the areas of dance, theatre and music. On October 12, NIFCA heads north to the Alexandra School, while the refurbished Major Noot Hall at the Combermere School will host the remaining semi-final events. The start time for all NIFCA semi-final events is 6 p.m.
The NIFCA finals return to the Frank Collymore Hall from November 2 to 5 and NIFCA Theatre will be at the renovated Daphne Joseph-Hackett Theatre on November 9 and 10. The start time for these events is 7 p.m.
In celebration of NIFCA’s 45th anniversary, a performance from the NIFCA Performing Arts Ensemble launched in 2016 is expected to be among the acts slated to showcase at the NIFCA Gala. It will be 20-minute creative expression of the group’s collective and individual skills in voice, movement and acting. In addition to the ensemble theatre performance, patrons can look forward to feature acts by senior artistes who started their careers on NIFCA stages in their formative years.
Wells also disclosed another significant change this season, that being the move to focus on the Culinary Arts Exhibition, guide by analysis which has shown an increase in entries and growth in professional opportunities. The exhibition will be held on November 3, at The Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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