Jamaican Plays » Keith ‘Shebada’ Ramsey http://www.jamaicanplays.com From Roots Plays to The National Pantomime Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:01:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Serious Business Heads To North America http://www.jamaicanplays.com/2010/serious-business-heads-to-north-america/ http://www.jamaicanplays.com/2010/serious-business-heads-to-north-america/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 18:30:04 +0000 admin http://www.jamaicanplays.com/?p=462 Serious Business play - New YorkSerious Business, the hilarious Jamaican comedy that was written by Paul Obeale and starring Volier Johnson, Keith ‘Shebada’ Ramsey and Deon Silvera, heads north to North America soon, where it will have stops in New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Baltimore, Toronto and other cities in North America.

In New York, popular dancehall/reggae promoters Irish & Chin, will be bringing Serious Business to Brooklyn (Tilden High School, doors open at 7:00 pm/showtime 8:00 pm) and Queens (York College, doors open at 7:00 pm/showtime 8:00 pm) on June 5 and June 6, 2010. By popular demand, a New Jersey staging of Serious Business will take place on Saturday, June 26 in East Orange at the Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts (showtime 7:00 PM).

Serious Business plays in Toronto, from May 28-30. It will play on Friday, May 28, 8 p.m. at the Jamaican Canadian Association’s centre; in Scarborough on Saturday, May 29, 8 p.m., at Sir John A Macdonald Collegiate and on Sunday, May 30, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Speranza Banquet Hall.

For more information about Serious Business, click here.

]]> http://www.jamaicanplays.com/2010/serious-business-heads-to-north-america/feed/ 1 Feature – Keith ‘Shebada’ Ramsey http://www.jamaicanplays.com/2010/feature-keith-shebada-ramsey/ http://www.jamaicanplays.com/2010/feature-keith-shebada-ramsey/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:53:57 +0000 admin http://www.jamaicanplays.com/?p=327 In today’s Sunday Gleaner, Krista Henry does a feature on popular local theatre figure, Keith ‘Shebada’ Ramsey.

“In many ways, watching popular roots actor Keith ‘Shebada’ Ramsey is like watching the comic book character, mild-mannered Bruce Banner, transform into The Hulk. On stage, Shebada, like The Hulk, is larger than life, instantly grabbing the attention of persons around him. Off stage, Keith Ramsey is more like Bruce Banner, a bit more shy, but with big potential living inside him. When The Gleaner interviewed Ramsey recently, it was surprising to find the normally unreserved character, soft-spoken with hardly anything to say,” … more

]]> http://www.jamaicanplays.com/2010/feature-keith-shebada-ramsey/feed/ 2 Top 10 Shebada Quotes http://www.jamaicanplays.com/2010/top-10-shebada-quotes/ http://www.jamaicanplays.com/2010/top-10-shebada-quotes/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:00:05 +0000 admin http://www.jamaicanplays.com/?p=320 Keith Shebada RamseyKnown for his witty and sometimes biting comments in Jamaican plays, actor Keith ‘Shebada’ Ramsey has really grown on his fans. Shebada announced his presence to the comedy and drama world on ‘Comedy Buss’. The actor/comedian has not looked back since. In fact, his career has been going from strength to strength while starring in plays such as ‘Bashment Granny’, ‘Di Driver’ and the current run – ‘Serious Business’. Here are Chat magazine’s Top 10 Shebada quotes / comments:

  1. Me deh pon de borderline
  2. Me no fraid a no dog – you coulda Bounty, Kartel, Mavado or Bling Dawg
  3. Dash it pon me without warning
  4. Me Google yuh name and it say still searching
  5. You luddy
  6. Me no fraid a no gal, no bwoy, no day, no one
  7. But a wha do this unfinished dolly
  8. Me go buy piece a yam and the lady say it haffi tax, me just say peel off the tax and give me the rest
  9. Afta me no know you, me and yu used to play PE?
  10. When you a come from Dovecot, just stop over deh and book a plot
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