The Noble Douglas Lilliput Foundation For The Arts To Carry On The Legacy of Arts Icon, Noble Douglas

October 1, 2012 – Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago… Trinidad and Tobago’s leading
lady of children’s theatre, Noble Douglas, ushers in a new era in her life as a cultural
revolutionary with the launch of the non-profit organisation, the Noble Douglas Lilliput
Foundation for the Arts (NDLFA). On Friday October 19, 2012, the co-founder of the
country’s foremost children’s theatre company, Lilliput Children’s Theatre, and the founder
of premier contemporary modern dance company, the Noble Douglas Dance Company Inc.
(NDDCI) will introduce her latest initiative at a reception at Queen’s Hall.
The NDLFA is an entity committed to supporting and strengthening the work of the Lilliput
Children’s Theatre and NDDCI, as resilient, proactive, forward-thinking institutions
committed to the “Ideals and Principles of Discipline, Hard Work, Love and Respect for the
Craft, Forms and Traditions of Performance, and the Creative Process.” The foundation will
serve as a vehicle to continue the creative work of both Lilliput and the NDDCI thereby ensuring
their long-term viability while concretising the attainments and achievements of two of Trinidad
and Tobago’s most vibrant performing arts institutions.
For more than half a century, Douglas has stood strong with an unyielding commitment to her
vision to use the performing arts as a medium to stimulate young people’s creative energy and to
build character, self-confidence and self-esteem. She has shone as an icon of the arts in Trinidad
and Tobago and the Caribbean region. A recipient of the nation’s second highest award, the
Hummingbird Medal – Gold, Douglas’s work has been celebrated by many. Most recently, the
Guardian Media group named her as one of the country’s 50 Most Influential People.
The NDLFA board of directors, Dennise Demming (Chairperson), Noble Douglas
(Founder/Artistic Director), Denise Dickson-Cunningham (Secretary), Lenore Harris
(Treasurer), Margaret Walcott, Liza Miller, Wendell Manwarren, Zakiya Smart and
Merylle Mahabir, are inspired and committed to carry on Douglas’s legacy. The board will be
supported in their work by patrons, former First Lady and social activist, Zalayhar Hassanali;
intellectual, Diana Mahabir-Wyatt; and Lilliput parent, Sian Aboud.
The NDLFA launch will feature a keynote address by Mahabir-Wyatt and live performances by
Lilliput Children’s Theatre and an excerpt from NDDCI’s 2012 dance season, Transition.
Dance enthusiasts and NDDCI’s followers can look forward to the opening of Transition, on
Saturday October 20, 2012 at Queen’s Hall. Tickets are priced at $150.00 and are available now
at Crosby’s Music Centre; and from October 15, 2012, at Queen’s Hall box office. Part of the
proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the NDLFA’s Lilliputian For Life Fund. For more
information, visit the NDDCI Facebook page at www.facebook.com/nddci or email
info@estuaryPR.com or call (868) 367-5295.
WHAT: Reception to launch the Noble Douglas Lilliput Foundation for the
Arts
WHO: Noble Douglas Lilliput Foundation for the Arts
WHEN: Friday October 19, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Queen’s Hall
WHAT: Transition
WHO: Noble Douglas Dance Company Inc.
WHEN: Saturday October 20, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday October 21, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Queen’s Hall
TICKETS: $150.00
Crosby’s Music Centre, St. James – (868) 622-SOCA(7622)
Members of NDDCI.