'Guys & Dolls' tells the story of Nathan Detroit, a small-town gambler who runs an illegal floating crap game, despite constant encouragement to “go straight” by Miss Adelaide, a night club singer whom he has been engaged to for 14 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, namely Lt Brannigan, he can only find 1 spot, the Biltmore garage. The owner’s requirement, however, is a $1000 deposit for security, which Nathan does not have.
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 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 they begin to fall in love with one another.
Nathan is also struggling in his relationship with Adelaide. Tired of his lying, she walks out on him. Meanwhile Sky is having problems of his own with Sarah as their conflicting lifestyles clash. Convinced that his love for Sarah is true, Sky makes a good on a bet he made with Sarah to fill her failing mission with a dozen sinners. Also, he lies about succeeding on his original bet with Nathan and pays him the $1000. At the same time, Sky wins a bet with the guys at Nathan’s crap game that results in them having to appear at Sarah’s mission.
Sarah fatefully runs into Adelaide where the 2 realise that they cannot fight love any longer. Adelaide is relieved when Sarah mentions that Nathan had attended a service earlier in the night, which Adelaide thought he had been lying about.
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Our 2012 Cast is:
Sky Masterson – Calum Campbell
Sarah Brown – Alison Train
Nathan Detroit – Sandy Queenan
Miss Adelaide – Carol Fraser
Nicely-Nicely Johnson – Graeme Scott
Benny Southstreet – Cameron Leask
Rusty Charlie – Ross Miller
General Cartwright – Ruth Campbell
Arvide Abernethy – Eric Brown
Harry the Horse – Sandy Bain
Angie the Ox – Garry Withnell
Lt Brannigan – Les Fulton
Big Jule – Bob Clark
Joey Biltmore – Malcolm McNulty
Mimi – Claire Fraser
MC – Alastair Brown
Hot box girls – Karine Stalker, Hayley Fleming, Caroline Steven, Rebecca Gillies, Nicola Preston, Gillian Taylor, Gillian Stewart, Gillian Brodie, Jennifer Miller
Director...Malcolm J Burnett
Musical Director...Eddie MacLennan
Choreographer...Amanda-Louise Clark