This year marks a land­mark mo­ment in Caribbean cul­ture: the 50th an­niver­sary of Paul Keens-Dou­glas’ ex­tra­or­di­nary ca­reer as a per­former, au­thor and pro­duc­er.

For five decades, the beloved cre­ator of the Tim Tim sto­ry­telling se­ries has en­thralled au­di­ences with his dis­tinc­tive voice and un­wa­ver­ing com­mit­ment to pre­serv­ing the re­gion’s oral tra­di­tions.

Tim Tim first took the stage at the Lit­tle Carib The­atre in Sep­tem­ber 1975, with Keens-Dou­glas—al­ready nick­named “Tim Tim” in the­atri­cal cir­cles—joined by gui­tarist Gene Lawrence and the Cre­o­la Singers of his Cre­o­la The­atre Group. What be­gan as a mod­est pro­duc­tion has since grown in­to a cher­ished in­sti­tu­tion, de­light­ing gen­er­a­tions of au­di­ences at home and abroad.

To­day, Keens-Dou­glas is not on­ly a cel­e­brat­ed sto­ry­teller but al­so an in­ter­na­tion­al per­former, ed­u­ca­tor and mo­ti­va­tion­al speak­er with nu­mer­ous pub­li­ca­tions to his cred­it. His con­tri­bu­tions have earned him a Doc­tor of Let­ters (DLitt) from The Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies and, most re­cent­ly, the pres­ti­gious Icon Award at Car­ifes­ta XV.

To ho­n­our this mile­stone, a spe­cial an­niver­sary pro­duc­tion, Ent Dat Nice!, will be staged at the Cen­tral Bank Au­di­to­ri­um on Oc­to­ber 11 and 12. The event will fea­ture some of Keens-Dou­glas’ most icon­ic pieces and pay trib­ute to his life­long ded­i­ca­tion to the oral tra­di­tions of the Caribbean.

Adding to the cel­e­bra­tion will be fel­low sto­ry­tellers Avion Crooks, Fari­da Chap­man and Miguel Browne, pre­sent­ing works in­spired by Keens-Dou­glas’ lit­er­ary lega­cy. Mu­si­cal per­for­mances by ac­claimed vo­cal­ist Can­dice Al­can­tara and renowned sax­o­phon­ist Tony Paul will round out the pro­gramme.

Ent Dat Nice! promis­es an evening of rich cul­tur­al her­itage, vi­brant per­for­mances and heart­felt re­flec­tion—per­fect for fans, fam­i­lies and friends alike.

Tick­ets avail­able at:

• RIK Book­stores – Gulf City & Trinci­ty

• Cros­by’s – St. James

• Met­ro­pol­i­tan Book Sup­pli­ers – 12 Ari­api­ta Av­enue

• Cen­tral Bank Au­di­to­ri­um Box Of­fice – 10–12 Oc­to­ber from 12 pm.

For in­for­ma­tion and book­ings:

632-1647 | 684-1620 | 612-6345