Jamaican Plays

Bashment Granny Movie Delayed

Originally scheduled to premiere on June 16 at the Carib Theatre in Kingston, the Bashment Granny Movie has reportedly been delayed by Stages Films, as it seeks to explore additional distribution arrangements with a number of industry players. The film, which is based on the extremely popular stage play of the same name, has reportedly [...]

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Bashment Granny Movie Opens On June 16

The movie version of the popular Bashment Granny play, will reportedly premiere on June 16, at the Carib Theatre in Cross Roads. “There are plans for premieres across the Caribbean, the UK, USA and Canada. However, Paul O Beale, director and producer of the film which will be Stages Films’ first release, said “since Kingston [...]

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Bashment Granny A Racist Play?

There’s a letter to the editor in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, where an irate Jamaican-American of Chinese origins is complaining about Bashment Granny being racist towards Chinese people. “In the world of Bashment Granny, Chinese people are nasty, laughable sources of mockery, and have small genitalia. I half caught myself shouting and telling Shebada and [...]

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Bashment Granny 2 Heads To England

Bashment Granny, said to be the most successful play in Jamaican history, heads to England for a series of shows beginning on Saturday, October 24 in Birmingham. The last time that Bashment Granny came to the U.K., it was well sold out. Don’t get left out this time around, get your tickets for Bashment Granny [...]

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Bashment Granny Movie Trailer

Check out the trailer for the soon-to-be released Bashment Granny movie, which is based off the hilarious Jamaican play of the same name. It stars Garfield “Bad Boy Trevor” Reid, Maxwell Grant, Keith “Shebada” Ramsay, Stede Flash and Abigail Grant, and was written and directed by Paul O. Beale. This is a two-minute video clip [...]

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