A Case Full of Laughs at Castle Hill

Castle Hill Players is presenting the classic Ray Cooney farce Funny Money, adapted into a movie starring Chevy Chase, for their second offering of their 2023 season, at the Pavilion Theatre from 31 March to 22 April.

What would you do if you arrived home from work and discovered that you'd picked up somebody else’s briefcase on the train? Then you opened that briefcase and discovered it contained a cool £735,000 in cash?

Good natured accountant, Henry Perkins, has accidently picked up such a briefcase and his first inclination is to escape to Barcelona with his wife Jean, a richer and happier man! But unforeseeable events intervene. Jean hits the brandy a bit too hard, one of Henry’s brothers is lying in the morgue and the other is apparently moving to Australia, a taxi-driver adds to the confusion whilst two policemen face serious consequences, and a Dutchman arrives with a broken leg wanting his money back. And then things start to get complicated.

“This play is full of twists and turns, surprises and most importantly laughs!” says Julian Floriano, Director

By Arrangement with ORiGiN™ Theatrical On Behalf of Samuel French A Concord Theatricals Company

31 March – 22 April. Wed, Fri, Sat 8PM, Sun 4PM

Pavilion Theatre, Castle Hill

Tickets $30, Concession $25

The Pavilion Theatre is located within the Castle Hill Showgrounds, Castle Hill

Bookings paviliontheatre.org.au/funnymoney or call 02 9634 2929

Images: (top) Vic Johnson (Stephen Snars) & Betty Johnson (Leigh Scanlon), and (lower) Jean Perkins (Vanessa Henderson) & Henry Perkins (Ben Freeman). Photographer: Penny Johnson.

Cast

Jean Perkins: Vanessa Henderson

Henry Perkins: Ben Freeman

Billie: Deb Lewis

Davenport: Benjamin Wheeler

Slater: Daisy Alexis

Betty Johnson: Leigh Scanlon

Vic Johnson: Stephen Snars

Passer-by: Constance Halstead

Creatives

Director: Julian Floriano

Set Design: Julian Badman

Lighting Design: James Winters

Sound Design: Bernard Teuben

Costume Design: Gina Willison