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CURRENT PRODUCTION
"LEADING LADIES"
Cue Theatre is proud to bring to Taranaki this NZ Premiere

An outrageous comedy by Ken Ludwig
and directed by Margi Arthur

Tuesday 23rd March - Saturday 3rd April 2010

Leading Ladies has been described as a combination of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot. Not bad company! These are two of the most profoundly beautiful—and hysterically funny—stories ever told. In the hands of Ken Ludwig, this tale of mistaken identities, human foibles, and loves lost and found (not to mention cross-dressing) comes alive in a hilarious romp that has had great success in regional theatres overseas.

Delightfully silly, Leading Ladies follows the adventures of Jack and Leo, two down-on-their-luck Shakespearean actors, who hope to scam their way out of the Moose Lodge circuit by posing as the long-lost nephews of Florence, an elderly and apparently dying heiress. When our heroes learn that Florence's missing relatives are nieces, not nephews, they ransack their costume trunks and don women's clothing—but their successful masquerade proves problematic when Leo falls head-over-heels for Florence's winsome niece, Meg.
 

Will Jack and Leo inherit millions and spend the rest of their lives in the lap of luxury? Will Meg marry her stuffy, fortune-hunting fiancé or follow her dream of seeing the big, wide world? Slapstick goofiness, scrambled Shakespeare, and good-natured laughs make Leading Ladies an irresistible treat.


Margi Arthur has put together a talented cast for the New Zealand Premiere Production:
LEO - Andrew Judd; JACK - Antony Jones; MEG - Nicci Smith; DUNCAN - Morris West; AUDREY - Kristen Devine; DOC - Tom Crehan; BUTCH - Justin Lowcay; and FLORENCE - Lea Michaels

Tickets: On sale from Inglewood Book Centre from 7th February 2010 @ $22.00 per person or $20.00 per person for pre-paid group bookings of 10 or more. Please phone 0-6 7567032.

Performance Dates & Times:
NZ PREMIERE GALA OPENING NIGHT: Tuesday 23rd March from 7.15pm (show commences at 8.00pm)
Wednesday 24th March - 8.00pm
Thursday 25th March - 8.00pm
Friday 26th March - 8.00pm
Saturday 27th March - 8.00pm
Sunday 28th March - matinee only - 4.00pm
Monday 29th March - 8.00pm
Tuesday 30th March - 8.00pm
Wednesday 31st March - 8.00pm
Thursday 1st April - 8.00pm
Friday 2nd April - Good Friday - no performance scheduled
Saturday 3rd April - 8.00pm

CUE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS ARE KINDLY SPONSORED BY:
MACFARLANES CAFFE
Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings from 5.30pm for your dining convenience with BYO bottled wine.
Bookings are advised, please phone 06-7566665

INGLEWOOD SHOPRITE
Open seven days per week from 8am-8pm for all your grocery requirements.

FERNLODGE INGLEWOOD
Offering excpetional accommodation for Max and Sue Golding during their time in Taranaki with the production. Fernlodge also offer an early bird menu for dinner between 5pm-7pm for all performances - phone 06 7567220 to book.