UK Theatre Network

This week's play at Oran Mor's Lunchtime Theatre, Glasgow, is a co-production with Bewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin . Further details can be found at www.playpiepint.com.

Leslie Black Photography www.leslieblackphotography.co.uk 

This superb series from Glasgow's Oran Mor Theatre had another triumph with last week's presentation of Casablanca (The Lunchtime Cut), written and directed by Morag Fullarton. With a cast of 3 (well, 4 if you count an 18" high model Sam on piano), the audience was treated to an hilarious take on the classic film. Gavin Mitchell was superb in the Bogey role as Rick (inter alia), Jimmy Chisholm switched (almost) seamlessly and with great comic effect between Louis, Ugarte and Victor Laszlo, and Clare Waugh was an inspired Ilsa and brilliant Major Strasse. Collectively playing about a dozen parts, the cast still found time for asides to the audience and the occasional ad lib. Highlight of the show was, inevitably, the 'La Marseillaise' moment, with the Glaswegian spectators seemingly endeavouring to bring down the Third Reich by themselves.
Great script, great cast, great fun!