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Smile Orange comes to Little Carib Theatre

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Trevor Rhone was one of the Caribbean’s most well loved and appreciated playwrights and directors. His first big hit was 'Smile Orange' which ran for 245 performances forty years ago when it was first performed in Jamaica. Just prior to his passing in September 2009 Rhone was in discussion with Trinidadian producers to stage an updated version of the smash hit. Now close to two years later, in honour of Rhone’s passing Frontline ...Theatre Productions and Scarlett Project will bring to the newly reopened Little Carib Theatre an exciting remounting of 'Smile Orange'. 'Smile Orange' has been judged “a savage little comedy” (Sunday Telegraph), "a rollicking slapstick satire” (Washington Star). The Jamaican Gleaner exudes: “In the warm afterglow of the production when smiles come easily, if you see Trevor Rhone tell him he still has the last laugh". A genuinely hilarious politicized farce, a satire on tourism that centers on a hotel waiter, Ringo S...