“Insanity runs in my family…it practically gallops”.
Set in 1940s Brooklyn, Arsenic and Old Lace paints the portrait of the two elderly Brewster sisters who drink tea, gossip, knit…and poison lonely old gentlemen who turn up at their door. As their nephew Mortimer seeks to place the blame for the pile of bodies on his insane brother Teddy, a third homicidal brother Jonathan turns up with his plastic surgeon-cum-alcoholic sidekick Dr Einstein. As the body count grows in equal proportion to the hilarity and shocking wickedness, the Brewster family reveal insanity lurking in every corner.
Kesselring’s most famous work opened on Broadway in 1941 and was described by the New York Times as “so funny that none of us will ever forget it”. A highly successful film version with Cary Grant followed swiftly in 1944. With its unique combination of sitting-room set-piece elegance, razor-sharp humour and alarming depravity it is no wonder that this play has retained its relevance, regularly undergoing revivals on Broadway and in the West End.
Rebecca Cusack and Dan EdwardsColin RothwellColin Rothwell, Rebecca Cusack and Max CampbellJasmin Rees and Rebecca CusackJasmin Rees, Gabrielle McGuinness and Rebecca CusackRebecca Cusack and Gabrielle McGuinnessAurelien Gueroult and Gabrielle McGuinnessRebecca Cusack and Aurelien GueroultAurelien Gueroult, Jasmin Rees and Rebecca CusackRebecca Cusack and Aurelien GueroultRebecca Cusack, Jonny Oldfield and Jasmin ReesRebecca Cusack, Aurelien Gueroult and Jasmin ReesJasmin Rees, Rebecca Cusack and Henry WilkinsonJasmin Rees, Jerome Burelbach and Rebecca CusackHenry Wilkinson and Jerome BurelbachColin Rothwell, Jasmin Rees and Rebecca CusackJerome Burelbach and Gabrielle McGuinnessHenry Wilkinson, Jerome Burelbach, Aurelien Gueroult and Gabrielle McGuinnessAurelien Gueroult, Jasmin Rees, Gabrielle McGuinness and Rebecca CusackAurelien Gueroult, Jasmin Rees and Gabrielle McGuinessGabrielle McGuinness and Aurelien GueroultJerome Burelbach, Jasmin Rees, Joe Shalom, Aurelien Gueroult and Rebecca CusackJoe ShalomAurelien Gueroult and Joe ShalomAurelien Gueroult and Jerome BurelbachJerome Burelbach and Aurelien GueroultHenry Wilkinson, Aurelien Gueroult and Jerome BurelbachAurelien, Joe Shalom, Jerome Burelbach and Henry WilkinsonTom Ingham, Aurelien Gueroult and Louisa KeightTom Ingham, Joe Shalom and Jerome BurelbachSaskia Ross and Jerome BurelbachJasmin Rees, Mark Bittlestone, Henry Wilkinson, Aurelien Gueroult, and Rebecca CusackJasmin Rees, Mark Bittlestone, Aurelien Gueroult and Rebecca CusackTom Ingham, Jerome Burelbach and Louisa KeightJasmin Rees, Mark Bittlestone and Rebecca Cusack(Top row): Henry Wilkinson, Joe Shalom, Jerome Burelbach, Gabrielle McGuinness, Colin Rothwell, Saskia Ross, Tom Ingham, Louisa Keight, Aurelien Gueroult, Jonny Oldfield (Bottom row): Rebecca Cusack, Mark Bittlestone, Jasmin Rees(Top row): Henry Wilkinson, Joe Shalom, Jerome Burelbach, Gabrielle McGuinness, Colin Rothwell, Saskia Ross, Tom Ingham, Louisa Keight, Aurelien Gueroult, Jonny Oldfield (Bottom row): Rebecca Cusack, Mark Bittlestone, Jasmin Rees
Cast
Abby Brewster – Rebecca Cusack
Martha Brewster – Jasmin Rees
Mortimer Brewster – Aurélien Guéroult
Teddy Brewster – Colin Rothwell
Elaine Harper – Gabrielle McGuinness
Jonathan Brewster – Jerome Burelbach
Dr Einstein – Henry Wilkinson
Dr Harper – Max Campbell
O’Hara – Joe Shalom
Klein – Tom Ingham
Brophy – Louisa Keight
Mr Gibbs – Jonny Oldfield
Mr Witherspoon – Mark Bittlestone
Lieutenant Rooney – Saskia Ross
Production Team
Director – Mark Bittlestone
Producer – Joseph Spencer
Technical Director – Jacob Baldwin
Assistant Producer – Eddie Spence
Assistant Director – Dan Edwards
Publicity Designer – Rory White
Associate Director – Haydn Jenkins
Assistant Stage Manager – Susannah Williams
Stage Manager – Emer O’Hanlon
Assistant Stage Manager – Eva O’Flynn
Set Designer & Builder – Siyang Wei
Photographer – Simon Lock
Make-Up – Dolores Carbonari
Trailer videographer – Emmy Ravenshaw, Olivia Brogan
Rehearsal Photographer – Johannes Hjorth
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