CASABLANCA: THE GIN JOINT CUT
presented by TRON THEATRE COMPANY
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY MORAG FULLARTON
DESIGNED BY KENNY MILLER
WITH GAVIN MITCHELL, CLARE WAUGH + JIMMY CHISHOLM
Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut is a lovingly disrespectful homage to one of the classic films of all time. First performed last year to sell-out audiences at Oran Mor, a superb multi-tasking cast whisk you back to Morocco 1941, a Nazi-infested hotbed of corruption, teeming with refugees and all the flotsam and jetsam of war-torn Europe. Cut to Rick's bar where the emigres gather, desperate to get hold of the all elusive exit visa, when who should walk in but the beautiful Ilsa, Rick's long lost love....
Casablanca has some of the most iconic scenes and best lines ever written, so why not play it again? But this time in a tiny gin joint, with three actors. Morag Fullarton's fast-paced distillation will have you raise a Bogart-style eyebrow, shed a Bergman-like tear and drown out the Nazis with a rousing chorus of the Marseillaise.
Excerpts from Casablanca granted courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
'...succeeds in evoking the thrilling plot of the original movie while allowing for some fine bursts of humour...' ***** THE HERALD
