‘Days Like Dese’ back with fourth season
Yesterday for half an hour GEMS Theatre Productions in collaboration with NCN TV commenced the presentation of the popular TV sitcom ‘Days Like Dese’, on NCN TV 11 from 5 pm with a repeat broadcast tomorrow at 9.30 am.
The local Guyanese sitcom returns to the television screen with 13 half-hour episodes every Saturday for 13 weeks with a new episode and repeated on Mondays. This is Season Four of the show. Seasons One to Three were aired from 2018 to 2020. There was an absence of the sitcom following Covid.
A release from GEMS Theatre said that the 39 episodes of the sitcom previously aired are available on YouTube.
Actors in Season Four are Ron Robinson, Mark Kazim, Nathaya Whaul, Shenadia Ferrier, Linden Whaul, Safira Abrahim-Williams, Makaya Smith, Aletha Grant, Simone Dowding, Mark LukeEdwards, Rajan Tiwari, Tieanna Jordan, Kirk Jardine, Melissa Morgan and Brandon Singh.
Giving an insight into Season Four,
GEMS Theatre said that viewers will see the Rupaul family enjoy some of the recreational sights of Guyana and visit the country’s ancient county.
“Grandpa Rue takes his adopted grandson on a tour of Georgetown to see the last remains of our garden city before it is overtaken by development. David Rupaul is promoted and he and family move to their own home and get a new housekeeper,” the release said.
It added that in the season David meets up with his longtime police friend, Jack, who returns from the interior and wants to get back with his longtime girlfriend, Maybelle, who was David’s family housekeeper and is now Grandpa Rue’s housekeeper. Jack and Maybelle had lost touch with each other.
Other information provided indicated that David and Susan will hire a new maid while Uncle Sunny gets a new girlfriend and they are seriously together into big time farming.
The release said this season also examines family togetherness and good relationships
between all members of a household. The growing tension between Venezuela and Guyana and the Rupauls reaction to this situation and its effect on them and their patriotic commitment to their country are also explored.
In dealing with the Venezuelan situation, the sitcom aims to educate audiences and give them a clearer understanding of the situation.
The sitcom is written by Kirk Jardine and Gem Madhoo-Nascimento and directed by Madhoo-Nascimento.
It has been made possible with assistance from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health, German’s Restaurant, Readymix Concrete Ltd, Sterling Products Ltd, EPA, GPL, IPED and Sankar’s Auto Works.