Death of a Playboy

Rubber Ear Productions are touring Cyprus this June with Death Of A Playboy, the latest comedy written by Kathleen Ruddy.
The multi-award winning comedy theatre group’s last production, The Devil Wears Primark was a great hit with audiences and critics alike and the new play will be starring writer and director Kathleen Ruddy.
Kathleen will be joined by the multi-talented Penni Tovey (Mina in The Devil Wears Primark and, for the first time in Cyprus, Mark McDonnell, who has previously appeared with Rubber Ear Productions in the Edinburgh Fringe playing the part of Sotiris in Sex, Chips and Ouzo.
The talented Penni Tovey returns to Cyprus after work for the BBC and MTV (dancing and singing with Taylor Swift and Paloma Faith)
Rubber Ear Productions have, yet again, attracted top acting talent to the island in Mark McDonnell. Mark has film and TV credits to his name including Velvet Soup, River City, Taggart, Nick Nickleby, Revolver, Rebus and Still Game.

In the theatre he has appeared in Curse Of The Starving Class, Trumpets And Raspberries (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh), The Bones Boys (Oran Mor), The Sundowe (Eden Court/Cameron MacIntosh) and The Little Foxes (Perth Rep).

He has also featured in The Merchant Of Venice, Six Black Candles (Winner Best Ensemble C.A.T.S awards), The Breathing House, The Taming Of The Shrew, The Playboy Of The Western World, The Comedy Of Errors, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Anatomist (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh) and The People Next Door (Traverse Theatre, winner Best Actor Kosovo International Theatre Festival 2004).
Mark has also performed in over 50 dramas for BBC Radio Four.

Death Of A Playboy is Rubber Ear Productions’ fourth play to tour the island and follows the success of Sex, Chips and Ouzo, Check Your Coupon and The Devil Wears Primark.

Synopsis
Victor Santino’s life is on the slide.
Once upon a time he was a New York playboy and ‘bourbon salesman of the year’ 1966-69. Men hung on his words and women fell at his feet. His waist was thin and his wallet was fat. Now all Victor can see in front of him is his belly.

In a vain attempt to revive his flagging career, Victor is sent on a business trip to ’60s London where he inadvertently involves himself in a wife-swapping scandal. When Victor takes a fancy to an MP’s wife, he finds himself sucked into a rubber fetishist party scene which threatens to drag down his company and the entire British government.
His story will touch you. And so will he.

The Cyprus tour is as follows:

Thursday 06 June Horizon Crown Resorts Amphitheatre, Coral Bay
Friday 07 June Horizon Crown Resorts Amphitheatre, Coral Bay
Saturday 08 June Tala Amphitheatre, Tala Village
Sunday 09 June Pissouri Amphitheatre, Pissouri Village
Thursday 13 June Polis Municipality Outdoor area (Town Hall)
Friday 14 June Paralimni Municipality Amphitheatre
Saturday 15 June Curium (Kourion) Amphitheatre, Limassol
Sunday 16 June Paphos Ancient Odeon Amphitheatre, Kato Paphos

Tickets will be available from Cartridge World shops island-wide (Tel 777 777 85)
Other outlets: The Crown Resorts Hotel, Coral Bay (Tel 26 813800), George’s Material Shop, Limassol (25 331739), The Wardrobe, Episkopi Village (99582302) and Pissouri Bay Divers (96530761).

For TICKETS, RESERVATIONS & FURTHER INFO call 99908434 / 99069074, log on to www.rubberear.wordpress.com or email [email protected]

Reviews of ‘The Devil Wears Primark’ by Kathleen Ruddy
(Toured Cyprus September 2012)

“...audiences roared with laughter and left the theatre quoting the lines to each other in chuckles. And the jokes were not the only thing that impressed. The actors (all professional, with incredibly notable resumes) supported Ruddy well, but it is unquestionable that the show’s creator stole the limelight. Ruddy has impeccable comic-timing, and is one of those rare actresses that steps onto a stage and just owns it.”
The Cyprus Mail, October 2012

“This comedy really was a laugh a minute, with an exceptional performance from Ruddy, whose timing and full embrace of her character, coupled with the comic genius of the rest of the cast was reminiscent of ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’”.
Daxi Magazine, November 2012