After almost a year of not appearing on a physical stage, actress, vocalist and dancer Syntyche (Sin-tie-key) Bishop will take her place in the spotlight on Carnival Monday and Tuesday in the production, Riddim Nation. Bishop will play the role of Sexy Sue, the girlfriend of the lead character, Broko, played by Kearn Samuel, at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port of Spain before a live audience.

The last time she performed for a live audience was in March 2021 when she was Miss Lizze in the National Theatre Arts Company of TT’s Junction Village. So when she got a call from Prior Joseph, Riddim Nation’s stage manager, to be part of the production she was exhilarated.

“I take every opportunity I get to perform. I live for it!”

[caption id="attachment_941945" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Syntyche Bishop and Kearn Samuel in a promotional still for the Carmival Monday and Tuesday production Riddim Nation. -[/caption]

Very clandestine about the production, all she would reveal is that Broko has no rhythm and her character is tasked with helping him find it.

“He is given an ultimatum to find it or find someone else to lime with on Carnival Monday and Tuesday. Yes, they wrote me in to be brutal,” she said with a laugh.

“This is a must-see production with so much entertainment. There will be a bit of everything Carnival – soca, chutney, calypso, mas, theatre, moko jumbie, traditional characters,” the enthusiasm evident in her voice.

Bishop, whose first name is Greek for “highly favoured,” told WMN her mother got the name from the bible verse Philippians 4:2 which reads, “I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.”

With her siblings having “regular” names – Chloe, Kimberley and Justin – Bishop believes her parents foresaw that she was going to be a headliner and gave her a name that was sure to be highly favoured among the performance gods.

“I pretty much do everything artistic. I consider myself to be multi-hyphenate and open to doing a little bit of everything,” the 30-year-old said.

A resident actress with the National Theatre Arts Company for the past seven years, she moved up the ranks after starting off as an apprentice in 2014.

“It’s a full-time job, so I come up to Port of Spain from Princes Town every day.”

But the long commute is a small price to pay for someone whose entire life has revolved on and around the stage.

[caption id="attachment_941947" align="alignnone" width="668"] Syntyche Bishop got one of her breaks as a performer with the Carnival cruise line. -[/caption]

Bishop’s performance credentials are impressive and include roles at the Actor’s Chapel in New York for Black History Month in 2019 and 2020.

“It was amazing,” she told WMN with a satisfied sigh. “I came back home just before the lockdown in March.”

Having graduated from the UWI, St Augustine with a BA in theatre arts, over the years she has worked with several production companies including JSC Entertainment, Raymond Choo Kong Productions, Necessa

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