Car­ni­val 2015 may be over but ac­tiv­i­ty in the arts fra­ter­ni­ty con­tin­ues un­abat­ed from this evening un­til the end of the month.

With Kurt Allen's Back­a­yard Tent hav­ing its gala fi­nale at 7.30 pm at the Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts (NA­PA) in Port-of-Spain, two the­atri­cal pro­duc­tions are be­ing pre­miered. Keens­dee Pro­duc­tions pre­mieres Talk Tent 2015, fea­tur­ing Paul Keens Dou­glas, David Berreaux, Short Pants, Miguel Browne, Fe­lix Ed­in­bor­ough, Fari­da Chap­man, Roy & Glo­ria and Neisha Ju­lia Guy, at Queen's Hall, St Ann's, at 8 pm.

At Cen­tral Bank Au­di­to­ri­um at low­er St Vin­cent Street, Fun­ny Farm Fac­to­ry Pro­duc­tions, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with 3Hah The­atre Com­pa­ny, will pre­miere XXX-posed (Who Vex Lorse!), star­ring Nik­ki Cros­by, Pene­lope Spencer, De­bra Bou­caud Ma­son, Leslie Ann Lavine, Abeo Jack­son, Kearn Samuel and Con­rad Par­ris, at 8.30 pm.

The two plays will be re­peat­ed to­mor­row night but the day's big show is the an­nu­al Champs of Steel Plus be­ing staged by Pan Trin­ba­go at Queen's Park Sa­van­nah, Port-of-Spain, at 8 pm. Head­lin­ers are the win­ners in the var­i­ous Na­tion­al Panora­ma cat­e­gories in both se­nior and ju­nior com­pe­ti­tions; se­nior and ju­nior Kings and Queens of Car­ni­val; and, the Ju­nior Band of the Year win­ner Play One For Cito pro­duced by Ros­alind Gabriel.

Spe­cial guest is the mas pre­sen­ta­tion of K2K Al­liance & Part­ners' M3 (Mil­len­nia Three) The Long Walk From Home.

Al­so mak­ing the play­bill are some of the sea­son's cham­pi­ons and con­tenders in­clud­ing the Na­tion­al Ca­lyp­so Monarch Rod­er­ick "Chucky" Gor­don, sec­ond run­ner-up Karene As­che and Ju­nior Ca­lyp­so Monarch Aaron Dun­can.

Some of the biggest names rep­re­sent­ing the In­ter­na­tion­al Pow­er and Groovy So­ca Monarch com­pe­ti­tions will be fea­tured such as Ri­car­do "Vagabond" Drue.

Kel­ly Greene & Har­mo­ny will pro­vide mu­si­cal ac­com­pa­ni­ment.

Champs of Steel Plus, orig­i­nal­ly called Champs in Con­cert, has been a fix­ture in the Car­ni­val cal­en­dar since 1980, pro­vides a fit­ting end to the cel­e­bra­tions. This show prides it­self in the tra­di­tion of al­ways hav­ing the Na­tion­al An­them played min­utes be­fore the start of its sched­uled pro­gramme.

Billed as the biggest cul­tur­al event this week­end, the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies' Clas­sic Con­cert 2015: The Caribbean Man–A Trib­ute to Black Stal­in, will be held on Sun­day at the Hy­att Re­gency, Wright­son Road, Port-of-Spain, at 6 pm.

The con­cert is be­ing held as a trib­ute to Black Stal­in (Leroy Cal­liste) and among its per­form­ers, each per­form­ing one song, are Roy Cape, and the Roy Cape All Stars. Oth­er artists in­clude David Rud­der, Mun­gal Patasar, Ray­mond Ram­nar­ine, Ex­plain­er, Kurt Al­leyne, De­stra Gar­cia, Olatun­ji Year­wood, Blaxx, Kees, Nigel Ro­jas, Machel Mon­tano and Len "Boogsie" Sharpe.

There will be even more ca­lyp­so on Sun­day evening when TU­CO holds We Eh Done Yet 2 Car­ni­val Ta­ban­ca boat cruise on the Coral Vi­sion, Wa­ter Taxi jet­ty (be­hind Break­fast Shed), Wright­son Road, Port-of-Spain, at 6 pm.

Oth­er Sun­day ac­tion in­cludes YMG Pro­duc­tions stag­ing its An­nu­al World Laugh Fes­ti­val at Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts (SAPA), cnr Todd Street and Rien­zi-Kir­ton High­way, San Fer­nan­do, at 6 pm. The show stars Spran­galang, Tom­my Joseph, Damion Melville, Dr Pee Wee, Pe­ter Joseph, for­eign-based Su­san Kennedy and Bob­by Smith and many more.

The the­atre sea­son con­tin­ues to be in full gear next week Thurs­day when Ray­mond Choo Kong Pro­duc­tions pre­mieres Par­ty Done for the Freak Next Door at Queen's Hall, St Ann's, at 8.30 pm. This play stars Ray­mond Choo Kong, Ce­cil­ia Salazar, Arnold "Pee­nie" Goind­han, Car­olyn Tay­lor, Kevon Brooks and Trevon C Jug­mo­han.