Arsenic and Old Lace (2011)

Friday 26 August - Saturday 10 September 2011

The story is set in New York in Brooklyn & our hero is Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic, the youngest of 3 brothers raised by their elderly, eccentric spinster aunts, Martha & Abby Brewster. He has just become engaged to the girl next door when he accidentally discovers his lovable aunts have a rather sinister little habit. Mortimer goes from a nice normal young man to a nervous, neurotic mess as he tries to figure out what to do. It’s also a play full of zany characters for the actors to get their teeth into, Teddy one of his brothers who thinks he’s building the Panama Canal is harmless but totally bonkers, Jonathan his other brother is a psychopathic killer on the run who looks like Boris Karloff courtesy of his friend Dr Einstein an intoxicated plastic surgeon. And this is to name but a few. It’s no wonder Mortimer is a mess but how he manages to get out of it all is hysterically funny, to say the least.

 

Cast

Abby Brewster ........................... Denise Oxborough

Rev. Dr. Harper ................................ Gerard Burges

Teddy Brewster ...................................... Mark Scott

Officer Brophy .................................... Gary Suthers

Officer Klein ......................... Samantha McLaughlin

Martha Brewster ............................. Doreen Omiros

Mortimer Brewster................................ Kevin Doyle

Elaine Harper ..................................... Joanne Smith

Mr Gibbs .............................................. Gary Clarke

Jonathan Brewster ........................... Patrick Tiernan

Dr. Einstein ........................... Martin Navin-Sanders

Officer O’Hara .................................. Gerard Burges

Mr Witherspoon ................................ Franck Dance

Lieut. Rooney ....................................... Gary Clarke