Beverly smith lopez biography

The late Beverly Smith-Lopez is remembered here at Belizean Legends as a true social activist of Belize's political past..

Beverly Smith Lopez diversified Belize's artistic scope by becoming the “First lady of Comedy”, the first National Drama Coordinator.

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The late Beverly Smith-Lopez is remembered here at Belizean Legends as a true social activist of Belize's political past.

The Beverley Smith Lopez Prize honours the late Beverley Smith Lopez, a renowned actress and advocate for the arts.

Beverly Smith Lopez, Director of the Belize Arts Council said they decided to move up the date of the award because of Reneau's illness.

BEVERLEY SMITH LOPEZ – our Miss Bev – was a female comedienne extraordinaire who made her international acting debut with the Square Peg Players at Carifesta in Jamaica performing her hit monologue – BELIZEAN GOSSIP.

At the tender age of 19, she became internationally known as Belize’s “First lady of Comedy”, a title she would keep as she went on to represent Belize at many other International Festivals including Carifesta in Cuba, Carifesta in Barbados and Commonwealth Festivals in Edmonton, Canada and Edinburgh, Scotland.

During the heydays of the Square Peg players in the late s, Bev was one of the most popular comediennes Belize had ever seen.

She was witty, sharp and used Belizean Creole in such a way that her work appealed to theatre enthusiasts from the ordinary rank and file Belizeans. Whenever she and the other members of the Square Peg Players performed (Ray Gongora, Diane Haylock, Hipolito Bautista to name a few), the Bliss Institute with its seating capacity of – was