GUYANESE artiste and owner of Purple Arts Productions, Ms Simone Dowding, is readying herself for “A Treat for my Mother 2,” one of her latest productions that she has created for Mother’s Day.

She wants to move away from the usual shows that feature drama and has thus opted to put on something that will appeal to the culture-oriented mothers out there.

“I want it to be a pure, delightful evening for mothers and to bring back to them fond memories like when they were young, and probably encountered their first lover,” Dowding expressed to Sunday Pepperpot, adding, “It’s all about clean fun.”
Dowding, who joined the Theatre Guild more than 30 years ago, started her planning since last year and even booked the venue, the National Cultural Centre, ever since last December.

She is promising, today (May 14), an evening of songs by Sean Bhola, Bonny Alves, Charmaine Blackman, Kwasi ‘Ace’ Edmondson, Sheron Cadogan-Taylor, Colin Ambrose, Donald Wallerson, Keith Glen, Winfield James, Barbara Lee, Winifred Mason, and Daria Barrow.

Dowding had also included ballroom dancing on the agenda, along with Indian dances by the Nadira Shaw Dance group, and a fashion show by Nelsion Nurse and Melissa Payne-Bishop.
The event, to commence at 8 pm, will also feature local budding fashion designers and many free treats to mothers. Tickets are currently on sale for $2000 and $1500.

Having graduated from the Burrowes School of Art and other institutions, Dowding has ended up with a total of 13 certificates, and has won Theatre Guild’s Best Actress in 2012 for the play “Old Story Times.”
She works primarily with children through her production house.