The National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago (NDATT) Wednesday confirmed that its president Edwin Erminy Bayley drowned at the Grande Riviere Beach on Trinidad’s north coast earlier this week.
In a statement, expressing condolences to Bayley’s husband Raymer Diaz, the NDATT described the prominent member of the LGBTQI community as a “friend, advocate, amazing designer and a man who had a vision for the design fraternity of this country.
“Humble in his day to day life, he demonstrated exquisite skill in his design concepts with the capacity to always see outside the box,” said NDATT vice president, Marvin Ishmael.
NDATT said that Bayley taught at the Academy for the Performing Arts of the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) and was also an architect and scenographer with a Master of Arts (with distinction) from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.
It said between 1984 and 2004 he was part of the creative team at the Teatro Teresa Carreño, the most important opera house in Venezuela, and was also the technical director of the Caracas International Festival of Theatre and the International Festival of Afro-American Traditions.
NDATT said he designed over 100 productions for theatre, opera, musicals, dance, ballet and popular music, as well as corporate, fashion and publicity events in Venezuela, Colombia, United States and Trinidad and Tobago.
It said that since moving to Trinidad in 2014 from, Venezuela, Bayley made a significant impact in local theatre, and had worked with various production companies and clients.
A sad loss of life, Condolences to his husband, family & friends.
One less Sinner in the world. May he Burn in HELL
Thank God you are not a sinner Kaypee…never have you sinned a fell short because you are one of the only righteous people that still walk the face of this Earth….. HEAVEN AWAITS…..
Kaypee i feel so sorry for you. May you continue to be an ignorant soul.
Wow!! That was the worst display of hate for the loss of a loved soul of God. How sad and sorry I feel for the self righteous fools who think they are so much more worthy of heaven. You know white people thought they were doing God’s will.and justified for beating our ancestors asses in the fields. Ignorant people. So sorry for this loss and his family.