69 stories by "Will Ramsey"
Staged in-the-round, Mark Babych's production of Jim Cartwright's pub-set play draws you in, as if you're idling over a pint as an
Master of ceremonies Marc Graham arrives on stage astride an inflatable shark at the start of Middle Child's irreverent Christmas show. Bantering
In Hull New Theatre's version of Aladdin, dancer and actor Jake Canuso rarely stands still. Sporting "magical cha-cha heels" he shows off
After the bite of last year's production of Oliver Twist, which didn't shy away from depicting the grimmer aspects of Victorian London,
The farmhouse walls are partly torn down in Hull Truck's new production of Martin McDonagh's breakout play. It feels as if the
Pinter's play bamboozled some critics when it premiered in 1975. It remains a conundrum. It remains quite hard to know what it
In this revival of Ben Benison's 2008 play, originally staged in Scarborough, Shakespeare's tragedy plays out in a domestic setting " that
It might not be a festive tale but Goodnight Mister Tom, with its themes of redemption and acceptance, chimes with Christmas. In
Middle Child’s panto has a new home this year, moving from its previous base in Fruit, a converted warehouse, to Jubilee Central.
Hull Truck’s take on Oliver Twist is convincingly Dickensian, both in its vivid characters and in the momentum of the narrative, holding
Resplendent in an array of eye-wateringly bright costumes, including a traffic light and zebra crossing print combo, David Dale's Claudia delivers one
Beverly enters the room like a star from Hollywood's golden age, flinging open the double doors with outstretched arms. Though this glamorous
While fake news isn’t at the centre of Better Off Dead, it certainly swirls around the edges of this bleakly comic play.
David Lindsay-Abaire's 2011 play, Good People, is set within the tough underbelly of South Boston: "Southie" to its citizens. With Donald Trump's
The thumping drumbeats of Iggy Pop's Lust For Life roar out of the speakers as flickering video images projected on to the
Hull's alternative panto more than matches anything in the city for its invention. This sixth Middle Child Christmas show " it's now
Panto's flexing its muscles at the redeveloped Hull New Theatre. In Peter Pan, the first festive show since its £16m facelift, Qdos
The Ghost of Christmas Present emerges from a gift-wrapped box, her skirt wreathed in festive lights. "I've had tinselitis", she tells us
A gang of swaggering lads, hair Brylcreemed and suits sharply cut, are making eyes at a group of women, who are languidly
A young woman paces her cramped flat, fussing with her hair, trying on different necklaces. It appears that she's preparing for a
Fifty years of married life, and 50 years of a city. John Godber's comic drama threads the life of the Malcolm and
The need to escape is signposted all over the stage set for this adaptation of Marina Lewycka's novel. Ladders are propped up
The lime and white logo of the Kasang corporation is stamped throughout the entryway to its glass-fronted office. The beaming staff "
From its opening scene, at a northern university’s hall of residence during the early 1980s, to its close in 2010, a simple,
It’s a tale of a girl and a boy and a a singing asteroid (words I never thought I’d type). Staged in
