Author Archives: Tony Ramsay

Everyone says the karma from this show has been good from the outset. Yesterday my brother Peter and his wife Jan insisted on driving down from Yorkshire to see it. On the way back Jan put £2 in a fruit … Continue reading →

Today will see the final performance of Bentwater Roads.  I was there yesterday evening in a full house to see it for the last time. It was comfortably the best run of the show I’ve attended. Actors and chorus have … Continue reading →

A good start to the day. Woke up to find we’d got a 4 Star review in the Times. I could provide a link but there’s not much point as you come up against the Times’ new paywall and have … Continue reading →

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The sun shone and as we rolled into Bentwater Parks little knots of Ancient Britons were already making their way across the wide open spaces towards the Hush House.  The sight of a procession of ungainly figures in hemp robes … Continue reading →

Over to the Hush House yesterday to watch some of the technical rehearsal and a first run of the play in full costume. This is always a heart-stopping time with actors coming to grips with fast costume changes, the sound, … Continue reading →

Things have moved up a gear.  The seats have gone into the Hush House. You can watch all 200 set up in just over a minute here.  There are other blogs running as we get closer. Alex D’Andrea, who plays … Continue reading →

If you check the archives on the right hand side of the page you’ll see the first entry in this blog was written in November 2007.  Way back then the project had already been running – in fits and starts … Continue reading →

We’ve lost Tony Scannell to illness. This is a great shame. Everyone who watched his Mal and Commander in the workshop will find it very difficult to see anyone else in the roles. The unenviable task of filling his shoes … Continue reading →

Ten days to go. And the tempo in the rehearsal room has picked up. I went over after a break of a week or more and the change was immediately evident. Up to now people have been holding back as … Continue reading →