Ben Elton's Gasping
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When:
| Wed 6 May ’09, 7:30pm |
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| Thu 7 May ’09, 7:30pm |
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| Fri 8 May ’09, 7:30pm |
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| Sat 9 May ’09, 2:00pm |
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| Sat 9 May ’09, 7:30pm |
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Where: Rangiora Town Hall, High St, Rangiora Show map
Restrictions: All Ages
Ticket Information:
- Matinee performance, Saturday 9/5/09: $10.00
- Evening Performances: $15.00
- Booking fees may apply
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Ben Elton's debut play - originally seen at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, starring Hugh Laurie (House, MD) and Bernard Hill (Titanic) - is a brilliantly funny satire on big business, the media, and product exploitation.
Lockheart Industries are making serious money, but Sir Chiffley Lockheart is looking for the buzz given by a new way to make money where no money existed before. Philip, his pushy workaholic executive, suggests selling "designer air" - Perrier for the nostrils - as a privatised alternative to polluted urban fug.
The marketing phenomenon of the decade has arrived and millions are quickly made! However, producing the designer air has unintended consequences, needing the kind of corporate maneuvers that would make the CEO of Enron proud. The world divides into the "haves" and the "have nots": The world starts Gasping, and only the biggest suckers survive...
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