Lylah Persad

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Biography

Lylah Persad, writer, director, actor, storyteller, is the Creative and Artistic Director of LP Entertainment Theatre. She is a preschool drama teacher and also hosts workshops for teens and adults in speech articulation and character development. Together with Penelope Spencer, she co-authored the collection Tales from the Forest. 

Years Attended

2013, 2013 Children's Festival Storyteller, 2014, 2014 Children’s Festival Storyteller, 2014 South Children's Festival, 2015, 2015 Children’s Festival Storyteller, 2016, 2016 Children’s Festival Participant, 2016 Children’s Festival Storyteller, 2017, 2017 Children’s Festival Participant, 2017 Children’s Festival Storyteller, 2019, 2019 Children’s Festival Participant, 2019 Children’s Festival Storyteller

Lylah Persad

Children's Author, Storyteller
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Lylah Persad
2024
Imagine The Future: New Voices Chapter 4
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
City Hall, Port of Spain
2019
Dragonzilla's Birthday party: Dragonzilla and His Toys
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Social Event
Event Date:
Children's Library Reading Room
2019
Storytelling Caravan
Children's Festival, Festival Programme, Storytelling Caravan Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
Children's Library Reading Room
2019
Trapped in My Phone
Storytelling Caravan Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
Children's Library
2017
Dramatic Reading: Tales from the Forest
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
Children's Library Reading Room
2017
The Great Fish Protest
Storytelling Caravan Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
BPTT Mayaro Resource Centre
2016
Imagine New Worlds
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Performance Event
Event Date:
Queen's Park Oval
2016
The Disaster at the Kiddie's Carnival
Storytelling Caravan Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
San Fernando Public Library
2016
Secrets of the Old Railway Station
Storytelling Caravan Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
Siparia Public Library
2016
The Mystery of the Seaweed
Storytelling Caravan Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
BPTT Mayaro Resource Centre
2015
Lagahoo in the Lagoon
Storytelling Caravan Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
BPTT Mayaro Resource Centre
2015
The Stowaway in Toco
Storytelling Caravan Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
Toco Secondary School
2015
Adventures of the Temple Builder
Storytelling Caravan Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
NGC Couva Joylanders Panyard
2014
Down with Bullies
Bocas South, Children's Festival Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
SAPA
2014
NGC Bocas Storytelling, with Lylah Persad: “How Kevon and Aurora won the poetry competition”
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
Children's Library
2014
The Story of St Dominic’s
Storytelling Caravan Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
St Dominic's Children's Home, Belmont
2013
KFC/Bocas Storytelling with Lylah Persad
Children's Festival, Festival Programme Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
Children's Library Multipurpose Room
2013
Friends from school go “down the islands”
Storytelling Caravan Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
NALIS
2013
How Jessie moved to Trinidad
Storytelling Caravan Event
Storytelling Event
Event Date:
KFC El Dorado
A cartoon dragon and three children ride a bus in a graphic for “The First Trini on Mars with Lylah Persad,” under the heading “dragonzilla’s Storytime.”
Event graphic for The Mermaid of Grand Riviere with Lylah Persad, featuring a dragon character and a storytelling bus rooted in Caribbean folklore.
A cartoon dragon stands next to a bus full of children in this poster for “My Birthday Wish with Lylah Persad” and “Dragonzilla’s Storytime,” a perfect birthday greeting.