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Director: Philippa Alford Musical Director: Bernard Reilly Choreographer: Julie Donnelly   Written By: Abe Burrows, Jo Swerling, Damon Runyon
Music By: Frank Loesser    Nathan Detroit makes a living by running an (illegal) "floating crap game", despite constant encouragement to "go straight" by Miss Adelaide, a nightclub singer to whom he has been engaged for fourteen years.

When a surge of "high-rollers" comes to town, Nathan is pressured to find a place to hold his floating crap game. Due to strong police activity, he can only find one spot, the Biltmore garage. The owner's requirement, however, is a $1000 deposit for security.

Trying to obtain the money, Nathan comes across Sky Masterson, a gambler willing to bet on virtually anything. Nathan proposes a bet which seems impossible to lose: take Sarah Brown, a straight-walking sister at the Save a Soul Mission, to dinner ... in Havana, Cuba.

Surprisingly, Sky manages to get Sarah to agree to the date, putting Nathan in an even worse position. Over the course of their date, Sky manages to break down Sarah's social inhibitions, and they begin to fall in love with one another, and he tries to reform his gambling ways.

But old habits die hard. When he returns to New York, he bets all the members of the floating crap game that if he wins his roll of the dice, they will all have to go to church and repent. If he loses, he will give them each a thousand dollars. But who will win?   

CAST:

Nicely Nicely Johnson - Andrew Docherty Benny Southstreet - Eamonn Nolan Rusty Charlie - Ronán MacCabe Sarah Brown - Sharon Murphy Arvide Abernathy - Dominic Cogan Harry the Horse - Duane Fogarty Lt. Brannigan - Bert Carruthers Nathan Detroit - Paul Laycock Adelaide - Lorraine Murphy Sky Masterson - Niall Dempsey Joey Biltmore - (TBC) Mimi - Claire Nolan General Cartright - (TBC) Big Jule - Mick Amoruso Agatha - Avril Keogh
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