The Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts is pleased to announce its theme for the 45th Annual Bermuda Festival, from January 17 – March 14, 2020: “Come Together”. Festival Chairman, David Skinner explained the thinking behind it: “We wanted a theme that would...
Year: 2019
Woman Behaving Badly
Musical exploration: Rebecca Faulkenberry. Rebecca Faulkenberry has had leading roles on Broadway and is next on the big screen in The Irishman, playing Al Pacino’s daughter. She has come home for the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts, taking the stage with a...
Review: Chaka Khan Lights Up Bermuda Festival
First thing’s first; Chaka Khan is a Goddess. She is a criminally underrated vocalist whose voice can deliver primal screams with the same unflinching mastery as it delivers melodic lullaby hums. She is, in a word, magnificent. Now don’t get me wrong; those of us who...
Chaka Can Still Do It – Naturally
Powerhouse performance: Chaka Khan had fans dancing. Chaka Khan Fairmont Southampton Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts Chaka Khan proved she is every bit the powerhouse she always was, delivering an electric set spanning the decades. She whipped her fans up into...
A Convincing Joplin Performance from Davies
On song: Mary Bridget Davies brought the music of Janis Joplin to the Bermuda Festival (Photograph supplied). Mary Bridget Davies isn’t so much an impersonator of Janis Joplin as she is the very embodiment of the influential blues and rock singer. While Davies employs...