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» It’s a Wonderful Life at the New Venture Theatre

Latest 7 looks forward to a stage performance of one of the most popular films of all time – It’s a Wonderful Life

With all this talk of the ‘credit crunch Christmas’, you might think the last thing you’d want to see would be a play about greedy bankers and financial turmoil.
It’s a Wonderful Life, however, is the perfect play to see this festive season, as the New Venture Theatre presents a stage version, adapted by Gerry McCrudden, of Frank Capra’s moving and heartwarming 1946 film, which is made all the more relevant by today’s troubled economic times.

“Hey, look mister – we serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast, and we don’t need any characters around to give the joint ‘atmosphere‘. Is that clear? Or do I have to slip you my left for a convincer?” 1946 film script

It’s a Wonderful Life is one of the most popular and uplifting films of all time, telling the tale of George Bailey, a kind and generous man who is driven to the point of suicide by the actions of Mr Potter, a rapacious local banker. As he ponders taking his life, George’s guardian angel shows him all the good he has done for the local community by demonstrating how much worse off the community would have been without his kindness.
Gerry McCrudden, director, said: “Although the film came out in 1946, it has many echoes in the current financial climate.”
It’s a Wonderful Life, New Venture Theatre, Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 December 7.45pm & Sunday 21 December, 2.30pm Tickets: £7 (8.50 Friday and Saturday Nights) Box Office: 01273 746118 or www.newventure.org.uk

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