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Jamaican Canadian actress back on stage this weekend

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Yvette Martin – Her life is a play that doesn’t have an end yet By Stephen Weir for Caribbean Camera If you pulled back the drapes at many Toronto events, you would find 52-year    old  Yvette Martin pulling the strings, firing up the musicians and cueing the talent.    This weekend, for the first time in many years, the Jamaican Canadian actress is going to be on this side of the curtain joking about running from death! Ms. Martin has so many titles.  Actress, Artistic Director, Writer, Stage Manager, Arts Educator, Forum Theatre Specialist and well, the list goes on from there. She has been actively working in the Arts & Entertainment Sector here in Toronto for the past 35 years. Although Yvette has worked with various cultural groups and mainstream entertainment projects, she always credits the Black & Caribbean Theatres that laid the foundation for her successes. This weekend she is taking to the boards  starring  in a two act play that she also wrote and directs