User:Eddydaoriginalone

Eddy Da Original One

Storytelling - performance poet, and Beat-boxer. Born in Ottawa, Canada but raised in Trinidad &Tobago and is presently residing in Toronto, Canada. Artist would be the umbrella term to be used to describe him; as he is a jack-of-all-trades in front and behind the stage. A theatre Arts Graduate, He has Acted in and stage-managed several plays; the former Artistic director of the Ottawa spoken word group & chapter of Young Poets of the Revolution in which he produced an annual performance poetry series from 1992-95. Which has led to producing & hosting various other talent showcases; and another performance poetry series entitled Poetic Soul Spot featuring spoken word artistes and performance artist from across Canada, States, UK and the Caribbean.

He has graced stages in the Caribbean, various parts of Canada and the USA. He has opened for the Caribbean kings of comedy Paul Keens-Douglas, Oliver Samuels,; renowned Jamaican radio personality, folklore storyteller Ms. Louise Bennett and Calypsoian  David Rudder & Andy Narell. He has also appeared in Word on the Street, When Brothers Speak (II, III, VI, VIII & X), Poetic Soul Spot, Harbour front, Toronto storytelling festival, Irie festival, 2004 beat box conference NY, Jazz by genre, CBC radio, Much Music, CTV, C.H.R.O., Rogers Television and Zed TV. Featured Poet in the Spoken Word Documentary “Speak” (lost word films 2005) and feature on the Sound track beat boxing of the Bravo series “Futa” by award winning filmmaker/poet Seth-Adrian Harris.

In 2001 he was a Jury member for Canada Arts Council Spoken word program and is supported by the NGN (National Griot Network of Canada). He is also a recipient of a Canada Arts Council Grants 2002 which helped in the production of his first solo CD project. Also toured as a Beat boxer/ back vocalist with D’bi Young’s Band the   “Dubbin Revolushun Gang-Stars

As a writer he was first published by MACPRI International and featured in a 1992 Special Edition magazine entitled Young Poets of the Revolution; then published as one of 40 African-Canadian writers in T-dot Griots: An Anthology of Toronto’s Black Storytellers (Trafford publishing, 2004).