Ramona Tells Jim is a familiar plot, a romcom-turned-tragedy told through the characters of long-lost first loves Ramona and Jim, and the girl that Jim ends up dating, Pocahontas. (No, I don’t really get it either). Unlike the other great R & J’s in the dramatic canon – Romeo and Juliet – this play offers insight into ‘what happens next’, demonstrating in the process that expectation does not always equate with reality. But this is not entirely original thought, and it’s here that the play begins to unravel somewhat.
Courtesy of Sam Taylor.