Dealer's Choice

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS EASY MONEY... 'It's a very good play given a fine direction by Craig Ilot.' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 'Dealer's Choice couldn't have been done any better. It provides the perfect mix of actors, a strong script, wonderful direction and a perfect night of entertainment.' BROADWAY AUSTRALIA Winner Writer's Guild Award for Best West End Play Winner Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy From the writer of the smash hit films 'Notes on a Scandal' and 'Closer' and the director of the Helpmann award-winning 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch', comes 'Dealer's Choice'. * * * Dealers Choice is much more than just a comedy. It is a compelling story about father-son, relationships, male bravado and a secret window into the world of men. Set in a restaurant after closing time, it's usually the same old guys and their weekly 'friendly' poker game, but on this particular night there is a ring-in. One last diner guest lurking in the restaurant volunteers to join the game. Unknown to the amateur poker players, he is a tough, uncompromising professional gambler, owed a large sum of money by the restaurant owner's compulsive son. In the build-up to the inevitable poker game, the men's lives are revealed and secrets are divulged. Dealer's Choice crackles with scalding wit and edge-of-your-seat suspense as the stakes are driven to an almost unbearable knife-edge. By Patrick Marber Starring David Webb, Eamon Flack, David Terry, Ashley Lyons, Brendan Clearkin, and John Leary Director Craig Ilott Set Designer Nicholas Dare Lighting Designer Andrew Mackonis Originally co-produced with The Tamarama Rock Surfers Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney Presented by QUT Gardens Theatre and Critical Stages PERFORMANCES Friday 10 July, 8pm Saturday 11 July, 2pm and 8pm