The sugar industry that had helped to build the economy of Princes Town was closed in 2003, leaving hundreds of workers on the breadline.

The lands on which the amphitheatre is located were donated to the Ramleela organisation of Cedar Hill by Usine Ste Madeleine.

Princes Town is located in south Trinidad, east of San Fernando, west of Rio Claro and north of Moruga.

Princes Town is also known for the famous Ali family, who set up many established "doubles" institutes, a famed local delicacy.

St. Stephen's College has the distinction of having an amphitheatre style auditorium, which is fringed at the rear by the main school block in a semicircle fashion.