TEA AND TALK WITH NICOLETTE BETHEL - SEASON 3 - EP2

About this episode

Nicolette Bethel discusses her journey in the arts and culture of the Bahamas.

TEA AND TALK WITH NICOLETTE BETHEL - SEASON 3 - EP2 Nicolette Bethel was born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas to parents Keva (the principal and then the president of the College of the Bahamas) and Clement (who was a concert pianist and a composer and a choral director) Bethel. She studied at Trinity College at the University of Toronto and at Corpus Christi College, where she got a PhD in Social Anthropology. She also lived and worked in the UK and Canada and later moved back to the Bahamas where she served as Director of Culture for the Bahamas for five years. When Nicolette moved back to The Bahamas she got involved with Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts, which was the community theatre of the time. During this time, she met and married her husband Phillip Burrows and they moved to Canada for a few years. Upon returning in 2000 they formed Ringplay Productions, mostly with the former members of the Dundas repertory company. She later went into the government to work as Director of Culture. Years later she left the government and produced Shakespeare in Paradise. Nicolette is a playwright, poet, fiction writer, and anthropologist who is the Chair of Social Sciences at the…

People in this episode

Host: Robert Bain

Guest: Nicolette Bethel

Topics covered

• theatre
• cultural leadership
• Bahamas arts
• playwriting
• anthropology

Keywords

• Nicolette Bethel
• theatre
• Bahamas
• playwright
• anthropologist
• Ringplay Productions
• Shakespeare in Paradise

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: College of the Bahamas, Trinity College, Corpus Christi College, Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts, Ringplay Productions, University of The Bahamas, Shakespeare in Paradise

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