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
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